Daily Commentary – Friday May 4th, 2007 – Commissioner Investages Immigration Rally Police Response

Dana discusses how and why the:

• Los Angeles Police Commissioner Investages Immigration Rally Police Response

Prosecutors Want Jail Time For Paris Hilton … I Sense a Prison Flick (Update: Sentenced to Jail) … “The Prison Life”

Why does the though of Paris Hilton in jail seem more like a bad movie script she would pursue, rather than real life? Call it Paris Hilton in Chains … or the Hilton Crowbar Hotel. Prosecutors want to give Paris Hilton jail time for violating her parole. The LA City attorney, Rocky Delgadillo, said “Hilton is being treated the same as anyone else”. Ok, can we stop laughing now. Who honestly believes Paris Hilton will ever see the inside of a jail, unless she is filming another private video to be released on the internet for more publicity?

Paris Hilton will have a very unglamorous new address if prosecutors get their way: the Los Angeles County jail. The city attorney’s office filed documents in Superior Court recommending the hotel heiress and TV star be jailed for 45 days for violating terms of her probation for an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction.

Prosecutors also want Hilton to stay away from alcohol for 90 days and wear a monitoring device that will chart whether she complies. And they are seeking to have her license suspended for an additional four months. (Yahoo News)

Since jail time is really not an option for the heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune maybe our readers can come up with a more fitting punishment for the troubled and always seemingly in the news for all the wrong reasons Paris Hilton.

Read court documents from TMZ.

Others to read:

• Glosslip, “it takes a serious karmic slap to the head to get a clue”.
• Celebrity Warship, Paris Hilton (Hopefully) Jail-Bound
• A Socialite Life, “Please, whatever deity might actually exist, make this happen. Put her in jail”.

UPDATE I: Paris Hilton Sentenced to 45 days in Jail

I have to admit this sentence comes as a shock. There is justice.

A judge sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days in county jail Friday for violating her probation, putting the brakes on the hotel heiress’ famous high life.

Hilton, who parlayed her name and relentless partying into worldwide notoriety, must go to jail on June 5 and she will not be allowed any work release, furloughs, use of an alternative jail or electronic monitoring in lieu of jail, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer ruled after a hearing.

The judge ruled that she was in violation of the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.

“I’m very sorry and from now on I’m going to pay complete attention to everything. I’m sorry and I did not do it on purpose at all,” she told the judge before he announced the sentence. (Fox News)

UPDATE II: Just say Jail, Baby … The Prison Life

The only bad part about Paris Hilton off to the slammer is we all know that she will use this prison time as a way to market herself …

Instead of Paris Hilton … The Simple Life, it will be Paris Hilton … Prison Life.

Senses Challenge – An Interesting Game

The BBC has an interesting challenge on their site that asks you 20 questions about how your senses understand and pick up stimuli. Click on the image to give it a try.

I got 11 out of 20, but was lucky that my old restaurant background helped me with the food questions. Give it a try, it will take about 5 minutes or so,  and then come back and leave a comment on how well you did.

Hattip Things That Make You Go Hmmm

Amigoe, Aruba: “Growing poverty in our society” … Post Natalee Holloway Aruban Economy

So do those that thought the “individual” boycott of Aruba by those following the disappearance and handling of  Natalee Holloway will have no effect? Of course it is not the only reason why Aruba finds itself in the predicament they are; however, it has a great deal. Does it really come as an surprise to anyone what the outcome is when cost of living increases, revenue decreases and government spending remains the same. What is the answer? Tax the little guy.

Governments raise taxes on its citizens in a desperate effort to generate revenues from losses in other areas. In Aruba’s case it was the loss of tax revenue generated from tourism. When the cost of living naturally goes up, Aruban’s were done no favors by their government officials  when they had to endure higher taxes, higher oil prices and a declining pay check. The fact of the matter is that Aruba’s economy saw a decline following how the Natalee Holloway investigation was handled. As the rest of the Caribbean saw increases, Aruba’s economy saw a decline.

(The face of Aruban Tourism)

Did Arubans really not think that this was going to affect them in their pockets?

Nearly two years later as  Aruban tourism tries desperately to sway tourists to coming to Aruba they are met with protests like at the Tourism trade shows in Boston and Miami. One only needs to take a look HERE to see how ineptly the Aruban government has handled what has turned into a PR nightmare and economic disaster known as Post Natalee Holloway cover up.

It is no coincidence that all of this began in full swing following the disappearance of Natalee Holloway and many tourists refusal to travel to an island that would handle a missing persons case as they did. The effects are still being felt today. An economic ship takes a long time to turn.

Amigoe: May 3, 2007, Cabinet Oduber causes poverty    

Mike Eman ( AVP ) listens.

ORANJESTAD – The cost of living has increased in such way that people on a minimum wage have massively run into problems.   But not only the people with a low income, also the ones with a medium income are about to run into problems.   Mike Eman of AVP says that it is so sad that the Oduber-government refuses to consider the problems of the Aruban citizens.    

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Daily Commentary – Thursday May 3rd, 2007 – Is Imus Getting 40 Million From CBS?

Dana wonders how it is possible:

• that Imus may be owed 40 Million Dollars by CBS