Jumping on the Paris Hilton Bandwagon (the person not the hotel)—A Frivolous Post
I’m into pop culture about as much as I’m into root canals without anesthetic. So, let me see if I have this straight—rich celebrity gets pulled over for DUI for umpteenth time; rich celebrity goes to court and gets jail time; rich celebrity gets out then goes back to court; rich celebrity plays the victim card, but the judge ain’t moved; rich celebrity goes back to jail; media’s all over it like a coke addict on a white line.
Meanwhile, I hear there’s a war going on someplace; the Justice Department has been sold to the highest bidder; icecaps are melting; my mother is getting more fragile by the day; I buried a baby heron I’d been watching for 3 days after hoping its parents would take care of it; I always have too much month left at the end of the money; I have to mow my yard, get the oil changed in my truck, wash clothes, feed the cat, ad infinitum. Remind me again; why should I care about the last time I saw Paris [not the Fitzgerald short story or the Elizabeth Taylor movie but the rich ( you fill in the blank)]? While you ponder that question, here’s a song.
The rich can't escape justice in the U.S., no siree. Just look at Paris Hilton. I don't follow the story and don't know much about her. Does she really need to be in jail? Aren't 2-million currently locked up enough?
Perhaps there might be a better alternative. I'd suggest she could live in a group home and work in a chicken processing plant for a year.
Same goes for Scooter, in my opinion. Scooter's not a danger to society once he's out of power. Let him pay restitution and he can do ten years as an oil change specialist at Quaker State - and do the standard housekeeping chores in the group home. Just a thought.
June 9, 2007 5:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
I like that thought. All I would add is that he be required to wear the same pants inmates here wear when doing community service. They have broad stripes of green and white. For some reason, I see them and immediately think of Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat.
Glenn Simmons (aka ges)
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.—Albert Camus
June 9, 2007 8:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
What kind of heron was it? Yesterday, I picked up a red-eyed vireo that hit my porch window--good news, it recovered and flew off after perching on my finger for about 15 minutes. I hope it will do all right. I imagine it had a concussion. I wonder whether those birds recover enough to survive.
June 9, 2007 8:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's way cool. I imagine it will be alright. The best I can tell, the herons that are nesting in my yard are green herons. We have some fish ponds at the end of the street, so I think they roost and nest here and go fishing in the ponds. Regardless, my parking pad is covered in bird poop :-)
Glenn Simmons (aka ges)
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.—Albert Camus
June 9, 2007 8:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
It was pretty neat just to have it sit there, completely calm, with its feet locked tightly around my index finger. It was interesting to watch as it recovered. Its eyes started moving faster and it started to peer really intently at me--and then all of a sudden it must have had an "oh shit" moment where it realized it was sitting on the paw of some really large mammal and poof! it was off.
June 9, 2007 8:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
That really is cool; it will definitely be fine. I went looking for images of the red-eyed vireo; it is a pretty bird. Thanks for sharing.
Glenn Simmons (aka ges)
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.—Albert Camus
June 9, 2007 8:47 PM | Reply | Permalink