Rest ye now, yon esteemed opinionators struggling in the quest for the final word on the Paris Hilton prison fiasco. For lo, our own John of the Bland has once again dug deep into his cranium ? yea, even past the surface salon stylings of the Pink Sapphire ? and found for us the eighth-grade girl’s journal summation of a current event.

Please, America, enjoy the trademark, self-satisfied banality:


Even the presidential candidate John Edwards found himself drawn into the debate. When asked about Hilton’s release on Thursday he said, “Without regard to Paris Hilton, we have two Americas and I think what’s important is, it’s obvious that the problem exists.”