by Russell Greer

Created on: June 22, 2007   Last Updated: October 18, 2009

Not in a million years did I expect it, but I suppose it was bound to happen, sooner or later the Right Reverend Al Sharpton and I finally agree on something. Praise the Lord! Our synchronicity of thought centers around the multiple arrests, prosecution, incarceration, and release of the tiresome Paris Hilton, who like the dearly departed Anna Nicole Smith, is famous for no other reason than being famous well, that and the infamous amateur adult video she made several years ago with her boyfriend, as well as the "reality" television show called "The Simple Life" in which she starred alongside her friend, Nicole Richie.

For those of you who have not been riveted to the saga of this pampered, self-absorbed princess, here's what has transpired, in a nutshell: She was arrested, convicted of DUI, and had her driver's license suspended. Subsequently, she was again pulled over by police and charged with driving on a revoked license (twice) and reckless driving. Somewhere in the middle of all this, she was a half-hour late to court, for reasons unknown to this writer. She was on the merge of a meltdown when the judge slapped a 45-day sentence on her, which drew the venom of her mother.

Because of her ability to make it to a subsequent court appearance on-time, the judged reduced her sentence to twenty-three days for "good behavior" before she started actually serving time in the Gray Bar Hotel. Huh? Her infantile behavior aroused scorn in the media, which suggested she just quit all the pissy whining and do the twenty-three days, which she apparently seemed ready to do, by the time she presented herself at the jailhouse door amid much media hype. After serving only three full days, Miss Hilton was then "reassigned" to forty-days of house arrest, while wearing an ankle bracelet, to a 2,700 square-foot home which includes a pool, spa, gym, and luxury most of us only dream about. The very next day, an outraged judge ordered her back to jail to complete her 45-day sentence. A shrieking, hysterical Paris called to her enabler mother as she was escorted out of the courtroom by deputies, "Mom, it's not right!"

Some thoughts come to mind here. First, this dimwit fails to understand that "license revocation" means you don't get to drive your Mercedes or any other car, regardless of how big of a personal inconvenience you deem said sentence to be. Second, less fortunate people who cannot swing bail have to show up in court on time because deputies take them directly from their

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