Paris Hilton is headed to the Pokey!!!

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The world got some good news today. Paris Hilton is heading to jail for 45 days for violating her plea agreement for a drunk driving arrest in September.

Why am I so happy about this? Is it because I don't like Paris Hilton? Partly.

She is essentially famous for nothing. She thinks that the world should bow down to her, that normal rules don't apply to her, just because her grandfather's father earn a boatload of dough.

Now, I'm just as surprised as she is that she's going to jail. I mean, this was Los Angeles, a town where if you are famous. you can get away with almost anything.But, in this case, Justice was served.

Well, it was if you ask anyone outside of the Hilton family. Now, you'd thing if you or your daughter was sentenced to jail time because she blatantly broke the law, that would be a call to reexamine your priorities. Maybe try to change from a spoiled brat to a responsible citizen. But noooooo. Not with Paris or her mom.

When the prosecutor said Paris deserved jail time, her mother Kathy laughed (as per this report on CNN.com). When the judge passed his sentence, she blurted out "May I have your autograph?" Yeah, the judge is only sentencing your daughter to jail time because he wants to be famous.

Kathy Hilton then had this to say to reporters outside the court when asked what she thought:"What do you think? This is pathetic and disgusting, a waste of taxpayer money with all this nonsense. This is a joke." 

Okay, she's not learning anything. But how about Paris. Well, this is what she had to say about it: "I feel that I was treated unfairly and that the sentence is both cruel and unwarranted and I don't deserve this." (Source: CNN.com) 

Unfair? Unwarranted? Maybe she's right let's look at the facts.

On September 7, 2007, Paris was arrested after driving erratically. They did a breathalizer, and she came back with a .08, above the limit.

She pleaded no contest to reckless driving in January of this year. Her punishment? Her license would be suspended for 90 days, she got 36 months of probation, had to take mandatory alcohol education classes and had to pay $1,500 in fines.

Hmm, that to me seems totally unfair. She should have gotten a heavier sentence. SHE WAS DRIVING DRUNK! $1,500 in fines? She spends more than that in five minutes of shopping.

Okay, so on January 15th, she was pulled over by the cops. At this time, she was made to sign a document saying that she knew that she wasn't allowed to drive. I repeat, she was made to sign a document saying that she wasn't allowed to drive. Okay?

Her explanation for this? Oh, she thought the cop was wrong and she didn't read what she signed.

I am going to draw up a contract stating that she is going to give me $20 million dollars. Then, I'm going to ask her for her autograph. Why play the lottery when it's that simple to make money?

On February 27th, she was pulled over for driving without her lights on. DRIVING WITHOUT HER LIGHTS ON! A MONTH AND A HALF AFTER SIGNING A DOCUMENT SAYING THAT SHE KNEW THAT SHE WASN"T SUPPOSED TO DRIVE!

Now, if you are going to flagrantly break the law, shouldn't you do so in a way so as to not draw attention to yourself?

Oh, and that alcohol education class? She was supposed to start it by February 12th. By April 17th, she still hadn't begun them.

Her excuses? Her publicist (who she fired after the court verdict) told her she could drive. No, not a lawyer, not a judge, but her publicist. She didn't read the thing that cop made her sign, but she takes the advice of her publicist.

So, is her prison sentence unwarranted? Unfair? I don't think so. She was not allowed to drive. She drove. Twice. (at least that's how many times she got caught.) She was flagrant in her disregard to her sentence. If she got community service or house arrest, she still would have drove. Not that I think the prison time will have any effect on the way she acts, but I think that it's warranted and fair.