What a shame: if only the economy had been better, the rioters would have had more name-brand stores to burn.

Seriously, this had to be one of the strangest statements to come out of the Baltimore riots. On this evening's Ed Show, Baltimore Pastor Jamal Bryant complained that because of economic "disenfranchisement," the rioters "could only find one anchor store in that neighborhood" to destroy.

Bryant cited the relatively small value of the businesses destroyed in Baltimore compared to those burned in previous riots in Los Angeles and DC. "We need jobs, we need business, we need opportunities," quoth Bryant. Opportunites. Right. Just think of all the other stores that could have been burned!