Following the rules here people
Posted on 02/08/2006 5:09:49 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
February 8, 2006 - 08:00
It wouldn't have been more than a couple years ago that had headlines invoked Britney Spears in a "lap" controversy, images of graphic goings-on in the Champagne Lounge might have come to mind.
But time marches on, and Britney-the-new-mother is now caught in a lap-gate of an altogether different sort, after photos of her were snapped driving her car with her four-month old son in her lap rather than secured in a car seat. In the latest development, according to this LA Times article, a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy went to her Malibu home on Tuesday "to collect information for child welfare investigators" in connection with the matter. For the record, Spears says she was feeling hounded by paparazzi and drove off with the baby in her lap to escape them.
The morning shows worked themselves into a collective lather over the horror of it all, with the sentiment best summed up by CBS Early Show co-host Rene Syler, who, interviewing a child safety expert, emoted: "every time we look at that picture, it's just so, so scary."
Pluh-eese. Sure, kids should be strapped in a car seat in the back. But just a generation or so ago, an image of a parent tooling around with junior in her lap might have evoked cooing sounds from the person sitting in Syler's chair. The Andy Griffith Show meets Leave it to Beaver.
But today, in our therapeutic society, Britney's gaffe, if that's what it is, merited national news coverage. At one point at the beginning of the 7:30 AM half-hour, ABC, NBC and CBS were simultaneously airing a segment on the matter.
In a world where every day untold numbers of terrorists are plotting to kill as many men, women, and yes, little children as possible, where are the MSM's priorities?
"Lap-gate" ping to the Today Show ping list.
She's dumb as bricks, what can ya say!
Too bad it isn't Michael Jackson instead. .....you would of had 200 posts by now .....
Following the rules here people
And isn't Britney reputedly a Republican? ;-)
Everyone knows this is a manufactured obfuscation of current events, designed to remove public interest from the alledged fallacies and machinations of the President.
It was all arranged by Karl Rove and was timed to coincide with his appearance at the funeral of that King person.
So sayeth the DUmmies, anyway, or words to that effect.
As for me...I can only say...."Who the hell cares what Brittany Steers does or does not do?"
With her little finger, she spins my planet round and round.....
Hope to see a pic about this... can somebody post one?
I'm down in Mexico this week and I see this every day countless times. We are so risk averse in the US that I think we are getting to the point where we would sacrifice our freedom to avoid any risk. That is what is "so-so very scary".
Who gives a rats rear-end?
People need to start minding their own damned business and leave others to mind theirs.
It's not anyone's business what that woman does.
Period
Isn't lapgate a case of Darwin-ism?
she is trailer trash she is a just a filthy little girl a train wreck waiting to happen
Oh Why, oh WHy, DM1 ???
Kinda reminds me of something I used to see a lot in Taiwan. You'd see families of five all riding on one motor scooter. Once I saw a guy steering his motor scooter with one arm while holding a baby in the other.
She would've been wise to say that she moved the car a brief distance to get away from the photographers hounding her and then immediately put the child back in the carseat.
Britney is not wise.
I have no idea......hope not.
Just curious....if it were MJ....would you be saying the same thing?
No one cares about her. They care about the baby. It ain't like the kid can say "Hey Toots, put me back in the car seat. "
Just another rich rock star ignoring the rules that the little people should follow.
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