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Monday, June 5, 2006

The Ambitious Understudy

Posted by on June 5 at 10:30 AM

Clorox, soda, and a Texas high school. Here’s the saddest part:

The warrant notes that Smith “had a lot of family coming in from out of town to see the play and watch her perform.” Additionally, Smith’s mother believed that her daughter was the play’s main character, not an understudy…

(Thanks for the tip, Mr. Ballard.)


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Can we just give Texas back to Mexico?

SOMEBODY's been watching "Camp" a bit obsessively...

that or "showgirls."

or the recent disney hit "high school musical"

there was also the episode of "saved by the Bell" where the kids gave zack lemon juice so that he couldn't sing his rockin' high school spirit song.

She could have pulled a 'Savage' and just coughed on her rival's doorknobs!

What sucks is that she'll get a couple years or probation and get let off.

C'mon. Teach her a lesson and give her the full 20. Set an example.

yes, since we should use some girl's life to set an example.


great idea.

She clearly didn't give a crap about ending another girl's life.

but she's just a stupid little girl. no need to have her be in jail until she's 38. do you really think that will serve her or society any good?

It would keep her understudy ass off the stage, which would be the real public service.

Texas is like the capitol of killing people who stand in the way of your totally lame goals. I can cite five examples off the top of my head. Give it back to Mexico, indeed. The loss of oil revenue and Austin almost seems like a fair price to pay.

Didn't some cheerleaders try to knock each other off in Nacgodoches a few years back? Yeah, there's something about women in Texas killing each other to get ahead.

I think we have enough stupid assholes in this world without allowing the assholes who actively try to kill other people to walk free. Minimize the damage. Don't let your bleeding heart enable them.

but is she really some psychotic killer, or just some immature drama nerd who wasn't thinking? of course she should be punished, but the best way to do that doesn't seem to be putting her in the state pen for twenty years, where she won't learn anything except how to be a worse person. what is a person suppose to do when over half her life has been spent in prison?

i don't know if texas has this, but florida has a "youthful offender" program where a convicted felon spends weekends in jail, but attends courses and classes during the week. this seems like a good thing for her.

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