Feb 1 2008Britney Spears' motorcade necessary, police say
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When Britney Spears was taken to the hospital early Thursday morning she had her own motorcade which included at least a dozen LAPD officers, a helicopter, and a special mental health unit. Some people consider this a tad excessive, but Ana Aguirre, a spokesperson for the LAPD, says that Britney’s house is practically a tourist attraction with over 100 people camped outside. E! Online reports:
Another reason for the law enforcement parade: history. The last time Britney had to go to the hospital—on Jan. 3—the scene got pretty nuts.
One photographer even attempted to jump on top of Spears' ambulance, Aguirre tells me. "At that point we were out-resourced," Aguirre explains, and the police didn't want that to happen again.
However UCLA law professor Gary Blasi thinks that a few cops with guns could handle the unarmed paparazzi:
"In terms of equipment, repairs and possible overtime—and whether they had to do overtime—I would guess [the escort] cost well over $10,000," Blasi says. "I wouldn't second-guess the tactical needs of the police, but I hope if any of my friends need emergency transport they can get the same service."
Seriously, the paparazzi aren’t that hard to deal with. I tangle with them every morning. Sure, some might say it’s just a bunch of stuffed animals I put in my yard with disposable cameras and I yell profanities at them until my neighbors call the cops. I fail to see the difference. Those Pound Puppies need to respect my privacy or else I’ll bring the thunder. And by thunder I mean the garden hose.

Reader Comments
1. Erica - February 1, 2008 1:49 PM
Britney Spears is still annoying!
2. deaconjones - February 1, 2008 1:49 PM
FRIST FUCKERS
3. Jimbo - February 1, 2008 1:50 PM
mmmm...... i wanna lick her smelly feet....
4. shanipie - February 1, 2008 1:51 PM
Fourth Bitches!
5. ADemers - February 1, 2008 1:53 PM
Insightful comments... as always
6. Timmy - February 1, 2008 1:53 PM
My name is Timmy. I am a very sick little boy. My mother is typing this
for me, because I can't. She is crying. (Don't cry, Mommy!) Mommy is always sad, but she says it's not my fault. I asked her if it was God's fault,
but she didn't answer, and only started crying harder, so I don't ask her that anymore. The reason she is so sad is that I'm so sick. I was born
without a body.
It doesn't hurt, except when I go to sleep. The doctors gave me an artificial body; a burlap bag filled with leaves. The doctors said that was the best they could do, on account of us having no money or insurance.
I would like to have a body transplant, but we need more money. Mommy doesn't work because she said employers don't hire crying people. I said, "Don't cry, Mommy," and she hugged my burlap body. Mommy always gives me hugs, even though she's allergic to burlap,and it chafes her real bad.
I hope you will help me. You can help me if you forward my story to all your friends. Dr. Kronkhite from the clinic said if you forward this story then Bill Gates will team up with AOL and do a survey with NASA. Then the astronauts will collect prayers from school children all over the world and take them up
to space so that the angels can hear them better. Then they will go to the Pope, and he will take up a collection in church and send the money to the doctors. The doctors could help me get better then.
Maybe one day I will be able to play baseball. Or maybe just use my lungs and heart, when the doctors make them. The doctors said that every time
you forward this letter, the astronauts can take another prayer to the angels. Please help me.
Mommy is so sad, and I want a body. I don't want my leaves to rot before I turn 10. If you don't forward this e-story, that's OK. Mommy says you're a heartless shithead who doesn't care about a poor little boy with only a head. She says that if you don't stew in the raw septic tank of your own guilt-ridden stomach, she hopes you die a long, slow, horrible death so you can burn forever in the tar pits of Hell. What kind of goddamned person are you that you can't take THREE FUCKING MINUTES to forward this to all your friends so that they can feel guilt and shame for the rest of their days, and then maybe help a poor, bodiless nine-year-old boy? Please help me.
This really sucks. I try to be happy but it's hard. I wish I had a puppy. I wish I could hold a puppy. One time I had a puppy but he peed on my leaves.
Thank You.
Love from Timmy (the boy with just a head and a burlap sack for a body)
7. lipper - February 1, 2008 1:53 PM
You KNOW she's singing..
I'm a little tea pot short and stout! Here is my handle here is my spout..
Least, that's what I'm always singing. My bad!
8. Jimbo - February 1, 2008 1:54 PM
@3 I bet you do you dumb fucking troll..
9. lipper - February 1, 2008 1:55 PM
Sorry TImmy. I ate the dog.
And it was good.
10. Matthew - February 1, 2008 1:58 PM
britney Hey yall hi yall I am wating for cleatus and brandine for there moonshine party yall ::passerby Trainwreck
11. Jack Handy - February 1, 2008 1:58 PM
"I'll take that little one, way in the back", I said.
"That little collie mix?" said the animal shelter guy.
"No", I said, "the one behind him."
"The gray terrier?" he said.
"He's gray", I said, "but way in the back, in the corner."
"You mean the water faucet?" he said.
I realized then it was a water faucet, but I didn't
want to look like a jerk, so I said, "Yeah, that's the one I want."
It ended up costing me almost five hundred dollars
to get that faucet removed. But you know, I've still
got that faucet, and I wouldn't trade it for any dog
in the world.
12. Kitty - February 1, 2008 2:00 PM
"In terms of equipment, repairs and possible overtime—and whether they had to do overtime—I would guess [the escort] cost well over $10,000," Blasi says. "I wouldn't second-guess the tactical needs of the police, but I hope if any of my friends need emergency transport they can get the same service."
Yeah, coz they also have 100+ paps following them at all times. Psh.
13. The Office Whore - February 1, 2008 2:00 PM
Or maybe Britney can hop in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile and collect other childrens hearts for consumption. And of course, give one to poor Timmy..
14. The Beer Baron - February 1, 2008 2:09 PM
Motorcade? I've never wanted Lee Harvey Oswald to be alive more.
15. woodhorse - February 1, 2008 2:15 PM
clever crazy people
16. mrs.t - February 1, 2008 2:24 PM
#14-Now that's funny.
And I have nothing worth adding to this post, except to point out that the above pic beautifully illustrates one fact: there truly is nothing sadder than the tears of a clown.
17. Biff - February 1, 2008 2:28 PM
Ok, UCLA law professor Gary Blasi, try to follow along. Those photographers take pictures not for fun, but to sell for lots of money. So the photographers have jobs that pay their bills and taxes. Who buys the pictures? People running magazines and TV shows. They also have jobs that pay their bills and taxes. Where did the money come from? Advertisers. They pay anybody who can post their ads and make people see them and maybe buy their products. So the companies that place ads make money and pay bills and taxes. Who pays the cops? Oh yeah. So what's the problem, exactly? Like somebody said in another thread, it's LA. Who do you think are paying the cops' salaries and expenses, the mudmonkeys in South Central?
18. sunny - February 1, 2008 2:32 PM
poor britney... if you watch all those celebrity videos its a pain in the ass for celebrities to go anywhere. Pap's are so retarded they'll jump infront of a car. If it were me, I'd take that as an invite to run them over!
19. p0nk - February 1, 2008 2:42 PM
you people that keep blaming the paps need to realize that if these people wouldn't act like such asshats, there wouldn't be such a demand for the crap these paps produce - hence, fewer retarded paps.
there are a lot of very famous people running around living ordinary lives that don't require this much paparazzi attention - because they have learned how to act like the rest of society.
20. awesome111person - February 1, 2008 2:45 PM
this isn't even funny anymore. It's sick and she's going to end up dead. She's an idiot but she doesn't deserve to die.
21. Jen - February 1, 2008 2:45 PM
I don't care about the paparazzi. My issue is that this much money was expended to help somebody who doesn't even want help -- not to mention is a spoiled little princess with a chip on her shoulder a mile wide. Britney needs to GO THE FUCK AWAY. I'm am so fucking sick of her.
22. blahblahblah - February 1, 2008 3:20 PM
I like her shoes!
23. Manda - February 1, 2008 3:28 PM
So what if it was $10 000? I'm sure Britney pays much more than that in income tax every year.
24. gotmilk? - February 1, 2008 3:36 PM
18, not every celebrity has paparazzi following them around like britney does. 80% of them probably don't.
poor britney my ass! now, if you don't understand the FACT that britney has created this situation herself, you must be as retarded, if not more, than she is.
25. fearsarewishes - February 1, 2008 4:12 PM
I certainly hope and pray that no one was taken in by "Timmy."
I have researched "Timmy's" claims thoroughly and have not found any to indicate that there ever was a boy who, when born without a body, was issued one made of burlap and leaves.
This is simply a ploy by a brilliant and cruel psychopath to play upon the sympathies and exploit the sensitive readers here at The Superficial.
Thank you.
26. fuddy duddy - February 1, 2008 4:44 PM
seriously, is it wrong to have her put down?
27. joe - February 1, 2008 5:07 PM
By the way, I live by Britney, and I can attest to the fact there are NOT "over 100 people camped outside!" Yes, there are always paparazzi there - probably 10-20 cars at most. But, I would hardly call that 100 people!
They're lying.
28. D. Richards (Lord.) - February 1, 2008 5:29 PM
Now if the pigs would have used a couple of zeppelins, I''d consider it excessive.
Tens of squad cars and four or five helicopters makes complete sense.
29. Angry Tax Payer - February 1, 2008 5:31 PM
To all you dumbshits that think it was not a waste of money for the extra police protection, STFU! Even if Britney's crazy train helps add tax revenue, the point is who the hell wants to pay taxes anyway? You want those people in civil service to be fiscally responsible so taxes don't have to increase.
30. Ript1&0 - February 1, 2008 5:56 PM
I applaud that effort, Timmy. That got a laugh out of me.
31. Auto-Erotic-Asphixiation - February 1, 2008 7:33 PM
#6-Timmy -
C-mere little boy ..... I have a pair of scissors .... I want you to take them and run "really-really-fast" and wave them around in front of your burlap-body while you run.
What ? Nah .... don't worry about mommy .... she's a bitch anyway
RUN TIMMY ..... R U N !!
32. Lee Harvey Oswald - February 1, 2008 8:08 PM
I'm in town, but I swear I won't be anywhere near her or the motorcade.
33. ayaled - February 1, 2008 9:11 PM
poor girl. I still love her. I am a fan of her. It's said she recently joined a celebrity and millionaire dating site named "SearchingMillionaire.com". Many men winked at her there. But I did not find her when I joined it. So sad
34. Eric - February 1, 2008 9:27 PM
Glad to see my tax money well spent.
35. Ed - February 1, 2008 10:07 PM
@29 - Britney's paid 1000 times more in taxes than you'll ever pay in your lifetime, so shut your piehole. Money speaks, bitch.
36. crazy otto - February 2, 2008 12:25 AM
all she needs is a long ride on my hog
37. FRT - February 2, 2008 4:33 AM
Holy fuck!
They shoot horses don't they?
Put this sad thing out of her fucking pathetic misery!
Believe me...it would do everyone a world of good.
38. cookie monsta - February 2, 2008 11:50 PM
#26 & 37 - yes I'm voting for a mercy killing too.
Timmy, I'm emailing you a box of matches to play with, stay out of trouble k?
39. little old lady - February 4, 2008 2:31 PM
25- NOW you tell me; I just sent him my life savings. Fuck.
40. ldjfksd - February 4, 2008 7:36 PM
she looks miserable
give her a fuckin break from the media and get her a little help you ignorant pricks
41. I Forgot It - February 4, 2008 11:04 PM
Ah Britney "Moose Tits" Spears.....can your porn career be far away?
Of course it will be tough to raise the flag pole with Britney constantly blurting out "I ain't Crazy!" And writing the lyrics to Alice Coopers "were all crazy" on the wall in semen while she sings show tunes in her deep southern drawl.....that's souther accent for those of you from her trailer park back ta home.....
42. Ling - February 5, 2008 10:10 AM
God i gotta have those shoes.
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