#80: oh, my bleeding heart

Paris Hilton was handed a 45-day prison sentence for driving when intoxicated on a suspended license. A caller on the radio cried bloody murder for this biased and disproportionate punishment. Yah, right! Non-resident-aliens (FOBs like me) can get deported on our first instance of DUI or DWI. The "harsh treatment" of celebrities truly bleeds my heart.

Notoriety and infamy is a passage to fame: ask Martha Stewart, Naomi Campbell or Marion Barry. Beaming them 24/7 is the zeitgeist of the 21st century media. The day Scooter Libby was indicted, the headline on WPost.com was Anna Nicole Smith's fatal drug overdose. So much for priorities and burning issues.