And not just for your beautiful trees and expensive homes. You really have put Sacramento on the map. The political news map, that is. Who among us doesn’t know who Steve Pearcy is? Why, he’s the Cindy Sheehan of our time–but wasn’t Cindy from here, too? Nope, she’s not a resident of Land Park, but close enough. Land Park is becoming the new Berkeley, anyway. Radical.

As for the latest on Land Park’s Julia Wilson, I am of two minds when I read her story. Straight A student or not, as a parent, I would have gone to the school and taken her out of class myself in order to avoid embarrassment–and risk. We’re talking Secret Service here, not Joe Bozo security guard coming to your house asking to speak with your child. Julia’s mother shows her gumption in trying to put them off.

On the other hand, if the Secret Service is investigating cases like this seriously, then…wow, they may be making lots of other mistakes. (Note to self: Secret Service can be abbreviated to “SS”–coincidence? Hmmm.) Not to mention that the MySpace site in question has been down since summer. A day late and a couple of dollars short, Mr. Secret Agent dudes. Oh yeah, and the press on this a-MAZ-ing. (Glad to read the Wilson family avoided interviews with FOX–it’d be a waste of their time anyway.)

All of this brings me back to parenting these days–I think it’s GREAT that young people are taking a stand, and that the young Miss Wilson is speaking her mind. On the other hand, why didn’t her parents know what she was doing on MySpace? Did I miss that part of the conversation? Surely there have been too many young people doing too many stupid things associated with that web service. Besides, even MY mom knows what I’m putting up on the web (Hi Ma!), and I’m waaaay out of highschool.

P.S. Check out Steve Pearcy’s comments on “the Wilson/MySpace” incident. Interesting read.

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