WTF? Again

Okay, so my WTF? for the week is as follows...

Don't know if you've heard of the "Bonnie and Clyde" couple out of Pennsylvania that apparently stole the identities of their friends and neighbors to finance some lavish lifestyle which included trips to Paris, Hawaii, expensive spa trips and clothes. Didn't look they were hurting for money. Did they turn themselves in? Nope, got caught after they ordered like $2000.00 worth of lingerie with a neighbor's credit card and went to pick it up. The neighbor was notified that she had a package and she was all, "I didn't order anything." Busted. Their attorney says they've finally "realized what they've done", which for everyone is code for "got caught in the act." They didn't suddenly become remorseful, they just have to play it up to try to get out of going to prison. I say throw the book at them. If this were some everyday Joe off the street that had stolen roughly $100,000 (this year alone the story goes) they would be in prison faster than you can say, "don't drop the soap." But because it's a couple of young, good-looking, white kids from well-to-do families, they probably won't get anything too hard. Am I the only one thinking that this is messed up? If they had robbed a bank for $100,000.00 they'd already be in prison. Is it less heinous that they stole from their neighbors, breaking into their mailboxes and their apartments to steal their credit cards and what not? I think not.

In other news, there's some article that says Britney Spears's erratic behavior is caused by her "toxic diet" of fast food and junk. I know what you're thinking, "why do you care about Britney Spears?" I liken it to seeing a car crash, you don't want to look at it, but somehow you can't stop yourself. I end up reading these articles and seeing the pictures and thinking, "What a moron and yet she's still richer than I ever could hope to be and for what? What does she contribute to our society? Anything positive?" Nope. Anywho, back to the point. So they say that because she downs frappachinos and Taco Bell drive-thru, it's cause for her craziness to include, but not limited to, shaving her head, attacking the paparazzi, ignoring her kids, etc., etc. I don't buy it. It's another cop-out for a famous person that doesn't have to be accountable for his or her actions. I eat Taco Hell and drink lattes and I'm not out shaving my head, or being investigated by social services. Grow up. I realize it's because of people like me that she's still in the news. If no one covered any of her shenanigans (yeah, I said shenanigans) she wouldn't be famous, period. Maybe then she'd get straightened out. Oh yeah and she's turned all klepto too. If we stole a lighter and a wig and a bunch of dresses we'd be in jail, but because she's famous, she's still out and about and stealing more stuff. Explain the logic to me.

This is kinda off track of the rest of my post but is this irony or what? The title of the article says it all. And they wonder why our education system isn't up to par.

Weening myself off National Enquirer (like I read that, I just look at the front page at the grocery store) at life.sa.laugh@hotmail.com.