I like to read the crime articles in the newspapers.  You know something?  It makes me think that if so many people who violate the law weren’t so stupid, we’d have total anarchy, as opposed to the near-anarchy that we currently have in certain parts of the state.

 Let me give you a few examples. 

One-   In Baton Rouge, a new DVD called “Thuggin’ it and Lovin’ it”, is apparently flying off the shelves of local retailers.  I haven’t seen the video (nor do I think I care to), but the apparent theme is one of glorifying crime on the streets.  This is done by through footage of real crimes as they are being committed. 

Now these are not candid shots, mind you.  No, the perpetrators actually know they are being filmed.  They gyrate before the cameras like an NFL receiver who’d just scored a touchdown.  They say “Hi!” to their mothers and wave a finger in the air in victory.

 Now, as hot an item as these videos are on the streets, I’m sure they enjoy even greater popularity among the boys down at the precinct house.  I only wonder if these idiots will be dancing with such flair in the sequel- “Doin’ Time and Lovin’ on Bubba “.

 Two-  Earlier this week,  a cargo ship captain pleaded guilty to charges associated with an incident you may recall from a while back where a ship leaked fuel into the Mississippi River.  And we are not talking about some little carburetor leak here.  No, this amount of fuel could have sent the Space Shuttle to the planet Venus.

 What was the captain thinking here?  “Oh, well, this is the Mississippi River after all; who would notice?”

Or maybe he thought, “Hey, some hurricane is bound to pass through here before too long; that’ll cover out tracks.”

 I’m only glad that the ship was not coming here from China with its tanks full of melamine-tainted baby formula.  They’d have had to evacuate the entire New Orleans Metropolitan Area.  We all know how things went the last time they tried that.

 And finally-  There’s this story from DeRidder.  Police were called to a house at about 1:30 AM on a weeknight in response to complaints of loud music.  Now maybe this is just me, but if the cops showed up at my door late one night and asked me to turn down my music, I would go out of my way to make sure I got off with just a warning.  “I’m so sorry, officer,” I’d apologize, “I promise I’ll sell my stereo on E-bay, and I’ll even hit the mute button on my I-pod if it’ll help.”

So, did this guy do the intelligent thing and just suck it up?  Ohhh, noooooo.  He had to turn the music up even louder and get belligerent with the officer.  That earned him free accommodations for the night in a nice cell.

Keep it up, pal.  You and Bubba are going to become very well acquainted.