One Stray Pea

I won’t lie, I’m not ashamed of this at all, I love me some celebrity gossip. That being said, it’s only appropriate that I sound off on all of this Paris Soap Opera. First Paris is apparently the new OJ and there’s a media circus all over Los Angeles. I’d like to first focus on this Judge/Prosecutor vs. Sheriff battle. Three elected officials are scratching and pulling hair over who’s right and who’s wrong. How would you feel if your local government chose to act like junior high girls in a power tug-of-war? I roll my eyes in their general, wanna-be celebrity direction.

Now, onto Paris. This whole “she shouldn’t go to jail for driving on a suspended license” argument is lame. People are acting like she didn’t do anything wrong. Since when is getting a DUI acceptable? Furthermore, claiming that the judge wouldn’t have sentenced anyone else to 45 days in jail for the same crime it ridiculous. Dig up a case of a person, non-famous who acted the same way and find the judges ruling on that. Everyone’s making this hasty generalization that Paris is being targeted because she’s a Hollywood brat. She put the lives of other people in danger, and I’m sure it wasn’t the first time.

Yesterday, the Reverend Al Sharpton was calling for Paris to be returned to jail. Today Anne Coulter is referring to Paris as a “nitwit hussy”, and then proceeds to defend Paris and say she shouldn’t be sentenced so her traffic-court judge can make a name for himself. I agree with Al Sharpton and not Anne Coulter? Surely you jest! It’s the Apocalypse!

Chris Henry being pulled over by a Cincinnati cop for not using a turn signal in Over-the-Rhine, THAT’S ridiculous (Chris Henry/Paris Hilton, surely you see that I’m comparing apples to apples here), Paris Hilton being punished for a DUI, not ridiculous.

I just love that Paris chose to scream for her mommy when the sentence was handed down (again). Nothing says I’m a mature adult like screaming for your mom.

Filed under: Nonsense, Squawk Box on June 8th, 2007