Source:www.celebrity-gossip.net



Lane Garrison, known as, Tweener, a recently deceased character on the Fox TV show, "prison break", has been determined to have been DUI last December, when he crashed his car resulting in the death of a 17-year-old boy.

So, it looks like the fake inmate will have a taste of real prison life.

The report stated that Garrison supplied booze to the deceased boy, and there was also a pair of 15-year-old girls in the car at the time.

What the hell is a 26-year-old guy doing with a trio of high school kids, two of which were under age girls?

I have never seen the show "Prison Break", nor do I intend to, but it seems that the show's casting department did a good job of finding someone to play a criminal.

Here's the link to the story.

Frankly, it appalls me that America seems to be having a love affair with criminals and prison life. Even as I write this, I just flicked on the TV to "MSNBC", and there's yet another program profiling felons.

I suppose it has something to do with the astounding amount of crime and criminals in this country. Perhaps the TV moguls have found a new, huge audience among the families and friends of felons, who want to see just how their jail bird relatives live.

Now some may argue that it's uplifting to see a story about a bad guy who has turned his life around but that's not what I'm seeing. The few times I watched these documentary type shows about felons the thugs that have been profiled have always returned to crime.

The rate of recidivism is alarmingly high, and repeat offenders have been given the almost endearing title of, "career criminals."

The impression given by such a tag makes me worry that people are starting to accept being a "career criminal" as an acceptable, alternative lifestyle.

This past fall I was watching a college football game and the announcers pointed out a total of one player's parent during the game.

The only thing the announcers said about him was that he had been released from prison a day earlier, after serving 8 years of hard time for a violent felony. They said it as if it was an accomplishment!

The guy was standing, and watching, with a look of concern on his face. He was standing, and blocking the view of the people sitting behind him. Obviously this guy didn't learn any manners in prison.

A look of concern, where was this guy when his son was between the ages of about 13 or 14, and 21 or 22, when he needed a father? Now he's concerned, because his son, who is now a man himself, was playing for a team that was losing a football game.

Out of about 150 players, who have 300 parents, this was the best the network could do when it came to pointing out a player's parent?

The announcers were so taken with this guy one would think he had just returned from his second or third tour in Iraq or Afghanistan, or got there just at kickoff, after performing life-saving surgery.

Maybe you think I'm harsh, but there's something wrong with the choice of people being idolized in America.