Plastered Paris. . .

Good Morning.
Ok, I would like to apologize ahead of time. My unfriendly side is making a quick appearance here today. But I'm so sick of her, I just can't keep it inside anymore. So pardon my little rant for a few minutes, and thank you for reading!

I started this post last week, then got side-tracked. So I need to get this posted before the topic dissipates, as it's about to soon. I would imagine that many of you are as SICK of hearing about pathetic, wimpy, little cry-baby Paris Hilton, as I am! WHY does she even constitute "News?" Why does the media pay her ANY attention? Why does any of the media care about ANY of the ill-behaved celebrities and why do they make the "News?" It used to be this crap stayed on venues like "Entertainment Tonight" or "E!" Now suddenly (in the last couple of years) the mainstream media seems to think it constitutes real News! I don't understand. It's NOT like there is nothing else going on in the world! There is a war going on in Iraq. Iran is misbehaving and developing nuclear weapons. Korea HAS nuclear weapons and is also misbehaving. Our troops are fighting and some dying to keep our beloved ways of life safe and free!
So why is it that the concept of badly behaved celebrities become newsworthy? Behaving and obeying the law. . . it's not a hard concept to master really. When you break the law, you get in trouble. HELLO!! That's how it is supposed to work. Don't do the crime if you are too wimpy to do the time!!! And if you are too stupid to stay out of trouble, stay home! Take personal responsibility for your thoughts, deeds, & actions!

So here we have a badly behaved rich kid who doesn't seem to understand the concept. Geeze Paris! Quit whining and just take the consequences of your ridiculously stupid actions without all the dramatics! And how about learning from one's mistakes? Try not making such insanely stupid decisions in the first place! And she needs to tell her followers/ fans to quit whining and get lives! Don't encourage them to be drama queens with her!

What a horrible example she has set for anyone who is a fan of hers (especially young, impressionable girls). And Why, exactly, does she even HAVE fans? I'm not sure I get that either. Why would anyone be a fan of someone who presents themselves as dumb, shallow, dingy, wimpy, anorexic and weak? Ok, so she has a pretty face, but she's not that pretty! She's a friggin' STICK! And I think that her chihuahua probably has a more interesting personality than she does! So she has money. . . So what? Apparently, money doesn't buy brains or intelligence! But maybe it sometimes buys special privilege in California? She acts like SUCH a wuss! If you blow on her, she would probably fall over & cry. . . and if you happened to have blown in her ear, she might be courteous enough to thank you for the refill! But probably not. And what is with the chihuahua in her purse that she takes practically everywhere she goes? Is that her body guard? Or maybe she is so dumb and that is her Blonde-star interpretor? And these pathetic little fans of hers. . . They print, "Free Paris" t-shirts and they circulated a petition and tried to plead with the Govenator to pardon her sentence. Pa-LEEASE!!! I was SO happy when his response was basically (paraphrased), "I haven't seen any plea for pardon on my desk. But really, I have more important issues to deal with, like running California." Let's hear it for Ah-nold! Hurray!

What? You ask what am I talking about? Ok, if you have been busy collecting termites or perhaps you've been deep in some jungle studying the mating habits of tiger salamanders. . . Here is the low-down on the ridiculous Paris saga.

In a nutshell (sources AP, and Reuters): Back in September of 2006 Paris went out drinking and chose to drive drunk. She got caught and was charged with drunken driving or DUI. In January 2007, she appeared in court and pleaded "no contest" (similar to guilty) to a lesser charge of alcohol-related reckless driving. She was given 36 months (3 years) probation and her driver's license was suspended. She was told NOT to drive, and SHE SIGNED A DOCUMENT STATING THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD this!
THEN, on February 27th, 2007 she was pulled over by California Highway Patrol for 1) Speeding, and 2) Driving at night without headlights, and. . . oh, whoops, 3) DRIVING on a SUSPENDED LICENSE! Back to court she went on May 4th, where a judge constituted that her actions were a Parole Violation! So. . . she broke the law on TWO different occasions, in various different ways! Thus, she was sentenced to serve jail time. Hurray!! Justice at last!
Golly gee, Ya see, that's kinda what usually happens when you VIOLATE PAROLE!
Instead of taking it like someone with a backbone, she whines and whimpers. Her chihuahua probably has more integrity! And, many of her fans act even worse than she does!

So off to jail she finally went. Personally, I think her jail time was delayed WAY too long and she has been given WAY too much latitude already. But that's my opinion. Anyway, she reported to jail on June 3rd, for her 45 day sentence. But Oh!! Boo-hoo!!!! She got a rash, or was emotionally distressed (we don't get the real story on what it was), some "medical" issue. So the jail released her after only 3 full days in jail, due to "medical reasons." They sent her to her posh, cushy home, confined to serve out her remaining time wearing a clunky old ankle bracelet to track her movements. I guess since Sax Fifth Avenue was fresh out of prisoner ankle bracelets, they must have figured the fashion faux pas of that clunky ankle bracelet was enough for her to bear!!

Anyway, my question is "WHY didn't they just treat her 'medical' issue in the infirmary like they would if it were you or I?" You and I can already, pretty much figure out the answer to that one! But "they" will deny that it was special celebrity treatment.

Ah! But let's hear it for public outcry and an angry judge. The sentencing judge was apparently furious over Hilton's early release to her home, with monitoring bracelet. Los Angles city prosecutors filed papers to yank her back into the jail (where I think she belongs to serve out her sentence). They also demanded that "the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (who runs that jail) be held in contempt of court for releasing her early and violating sentencing order, which expressly barred electronic monitoring of Hilton." (quote source: Reuters, 6/8/07) So Hilton was ordered back to appear in court the morning of 6/8/07.

In talking with my mom that morning, she said she had been trying to watch Fox News all morning, but the Hilton saga was ALL any of the 24-hour news stations were carrying that morning. Apparently around 9:15am Pacific time, Paris was already 28 minutes late for her court appearance, and they had not even left her house yet!! Talk about disrespect. She spouted something ridiculous about having not read the paperwork because she has people who do that for her. I wonder if that is part of her Chihuahua's job. I don't know for certain HOW late she ended up being, but it was speculated that the trip to the court house would take about an hour or more from her house. I think the law-breaking choices she made to begin with were evidence of disrespect enough. . . but this just amplified how disrespectful she has been of the legal process and the law in general. It would seem that she really DOES think she is above the law!

Then my mom told me a few minutes later, on MSNBC they broke in for about 33 seconds to announce that General Pace had been replace by someone else, but it was such a short break, it was hard to catch the name of the guy who replaced him! This Hilton coverage has been insane!

The afternoon of June 8th, after a new court appearance, "Hilton was led out of the court in handcuffs and crying, 'Mom, Mom. It's not right' as she was taken away to serve the remainder of her 45-day sentence for violating her probation in a reckless driving conviction." (quote source: Reuters, 6/8/07) Now (a few days later) she claims that her crying out was in reference to the bailiff not allowing her to hug her mom good-bye. (Do you see me rolling my eyes in disgust?)

So I guess "The Simple Life" star. . . well, her life isn't so simple right now. All because she chose to drink and drive and then drive on a suspended license. How stupid!?

NOW. . . Over the weekend, after spending a couple of days and nights in jail (which this time is kind of a special facility. . . with psychiatric and medical help available), she is telling the media to not focus on her. She tells the media there are more important things going on in the world (Ya Think???) and not to pay her so much attention. Gee, Embarrassed Paris? You should be! She dropped her appeal. And Now, she tells Barbara Walters that she will serve out her sentence, and she will no longer "act dumb." She claims it was an act, and that before all this, "it was cute, but it's not anymore." Cute, huh? I don't think so, but whatever. Now she claims that God has given her another chance and she wants to help people with her fame.

Ok. That's all well and good, but ACTIONS will be the real indicator as to whether or not she changes. I really do hope she has learned her lessons, but we shall see. It's not that I really wanted to keep up with this ridiculous saga, but EVERY TIME I logged onto the Internet or turned on the tv, there she was. . . her photo and more of the story. Gag!
In order to write/blog about this non-sense responsibly, I did double-check the sources. This pained me a bit to have to read about it again, but at least I know I got the facts right (as close to right as the current media allows). And it is cathartic to release the frustration of being inundated by the dingbat! I feel better already!

I had to chuckle when this past weekend, on CBS's "Sunday Morning" news broadcast, even good ol' Ben Stein had a comment about it! I just love him! It did my heart good to hear what he had to say, and he said many things I was already in the blog process of writing. So here it is, for what it's worth. I know that in a month, nobody will give a rat's patutie that any of this ever happened and it will be chalked-up to stupid celebrity behavior. People, PLEASE tell you kids that this is NOT behavior to emulate or copy. You might think they already know, but tell them anyway!! Ok, I'll step off of my soap box now and return the airways back to you. Thanks for allowing me to vent, and thanks for reading.