… that they get to have the equivalent of Monopoly’s “Get Out Of Jail Free” card!
Here’s the revenge of the Esoterik News Of The Weekâ„¢:
Lindsay Lohan Gets One Day In Jail (Drunk Driving and Cocaine Possession)
Nicole Richie Serves 82 Minutes in Jail (Driving While Under Drug Influence)
I saw these articles yesterday. At first I couldn’t believe it, but then I thought of Paris Hilton’s recent “brush” with the slammer. Actually, if I were Paris, I’d be rather pissed off that my fellow celeb girlies got less time than I got, which wasn’t much really. In fact, ABC.com just made my blood boil by releasing this article early this morning:
Celebs Get Off Easily… Just Like Everyone Else?
“Some say they’re getting off easy, but as it turns out, drunk driving sentences across the country may be more lenient than many think…”
“…After all, legal experts say, famous or not, getting off easy is the norm across the country when it comes to driving under the influence. ‘If you really want to deter this conduct, they’re going to have to make the penalty part more serious,’ said Mary Fulginiti, ABC News’ legal correspondent. ‘You can have three D.U.I.’s in the state of California and it’s still not a felony. So it’s really a little outrageous, and things do need to change.’”
WHAT??!! All I saw in that article was about California’s legal ease! They talk about the whole country being lenient, and all they mention is California?! BULLCRAP!! I think anyone would be hard-pressed to find anyone else in this country, who is not a celebrity, who got off doing time as easily as these chicks did. (I use “chicks” in the sense that they don’t deserve to be called “ladies”) If anyone else got caught doing what they did, they’d most likely be looking at sentences ranging from 90 days to a year. Not including all the fines, fees and community service. I know Lohan got sentenced to community service too, but I betcha she won’t even be required to serve much or any of that either!
Recently, I got a ticket in the mail. A camera caught me, in June, making a right-hand turn at 12 mph, against a red light. I remember this incident, because it was one of the very few times in my life I had ever blown a red, and I DID try stopping. It was 10:20 at night, no one on the road but me and the wife. I couldn’t succeed in stopping in time, so I figured “nobody else coming, might as well go through”. Go back to now. You know what I got for this simple infraction? I had to pay $195 USD and I also have to go to Traffic Survival school for a day in October. With love, The Avondale AZPD. I also should mention that I haven’t had so much as even a parking ticket in more than five years. I betcha, if the three previously mentioned “ladies” (upchuck) had done the same as I, they wouldn’t have to pay a red American cent!!
As someone put it recently, The American legal system is just about legalities, loopholes and payoffs. There are exceptions, but it’s not about justice anymore!
Side note: As I typed that last sentence, I was listening to “Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams” by Threshold. The line that was playing is the kicker for this rant:
“… But now, I’m disenchanted. You endure my disaffection. All my systems running red, the radio is down and there’s trouble ahead!”
How very well put! Cheers!!
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This cute little 2×2 cube is still challenging to solve, but of course nowhere near the number of permutations that a regular 3×3 has! I introduced the little brain-racker to my guests at the party, and a few of our friends tried their hand at solving it, without much luck. I don’t blame them; like I said, it’s still a tricky little thing!
Well, I thought to do something a little different. I’ve seen lots of videos on YouTube of people solving the Rubik’s cube. Some are definite speedsolvers with insane times of 20 seconds or less. Others are just hobbyists. I wanted to start making more videos, maybe even video blog-like entries, so I figured that this may be the best way to start. Enjoy!
