Runaway Boondoggle

We just can't let this thing die, can we? I understand: she actually made false statements, and reported a crime that didn't happen, but the real question here is why did she do these things? Could it be that she reported being kidnapped by Mexican thugs and transported across the country because... I don't know... she was under intense pressure from the media to have been kidnapped? I mean, if she hadn't been kidnapped, that would mean that the entire media establishment had gone apeshit for no reason, right?

I'm not excusing what she did -- especially since she decided to blame it on a minority group, which is pathetic -- but I'd really like to be done with the Runaway Bride thing now. The story here is this: some woman about to marry an insane Christian guru bugged out and fled. Everything else it bogus and unnecessary, and now that she actually has committed a crime, we can all be happy about prosecuting her to the fullest extent of the law.

This story is where Terry Schiavo and Bill O'Reilly come together: large organizations -- whether they are governments, television networks, or Microsoft -- have no business dealing in the private lives of citizens. There you have it. My Libertarian pronouncement of the day.