http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/28/63475.aspxby Keith Morrison, Dateline correspondent It was a perfectly sunny L.A. afternoon, a charming curb-side restaurant right there in the sweet spot of the Sunset strip, lunch with a couple of members of an extremely exclusive club. And one of them poppeden-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/28/63475.aspx#64522Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:27:32 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:64522Gina Douglas, 1371 Nesbit Road, Nesbit, MS 38651I would just like to comment to say how out of control some of these peoples lives seem. If you live on the edge you usually will end up there. They get the American Dream and then do what with it? I would like to comment on Britney Spears problems. I have been through a painful divorce, but, pitty can only go so far. She had all the money to reach out and get help for her depression/whatever it is, and she doesn't. She just keeps partying. She seems like a sweet person, but, someone needs to sit her down and point out to her how far away from real life her thinking has become. She spends in one night, on a hotel room to cry in, what some of us make in one year. She needs to hold up at Motel 8 and give someone who could really use the money, the difference. I have little patience when I think about how she spends. She can be just as happy/unhappy in a $ 70.00 room. I heard she fires Nannies when her kids get too attached. How cruel and selfish. Not just to her kids, but to the Nanny. Some people , most people, live pay check to pay check. To just fire someone out of the blue is just as selfish and unreasonable as paying $ 16,000 a night for a room ( nice it might be) to cry in, or even worse, stay out all night partying and not really use it. Two or three nights in that could pay off my home and debts. She needs to be brought back down to reality in more ways than one. I like Britney, but damn, get a life!http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/28/63475.aspx#75361Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:20:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:75361Linda MartinqIs this really important to everyday people? Who cares about Paris Hilton anyway? I am quickly losing respect for Dateline if this is what "hard-hitting news" is what's important to your show.http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/28/63475.aspx#76055Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:33:19 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:76055Toni, NY (Most of) The celebrities we fawn over are not very talented, nor do they have real skills, nor do you project a positive image, nor do they have much intelligence, common sense, or respect for themselves. Money or not, they simply are not interesting people. Most read scripts for a living, most have no minds of their own, and most have immense ego's. Most of the celebrities that do not fall under any of these categories we don't hear much about, which is proof they have a life worth living.If we stop buying the rags and contributing to the endless media's nonsense,there is a chance some of the worthless celebrities could find a life worth living. Isn't our obligation to do so?http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/28/63475.aspx#78325Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:02:41 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:78325susan silver ny nyWhy on earth would you bother with anything that has to do with these two lowlifes...hilton and francis? please deal with things that matter. http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/28/63475.aspx#78419Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:50:20 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:78419nvw. Toronto, CanadaWhat form of education does Paris or Britney has?http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/28/63475.aspx#78455Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:07:20 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:78455Tom Allen, Bear Valley Springs, CADon't we have something better to report on than MORE Paris Hilton dribble?http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/28/63475.aspx#78496Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:33:14 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:78496yoscrupes, Las Vegas, NevadaThere is much to be said about American priorities these days. Billions for Iraq, tax breaks for the wealthy, etc., but no money for our problems in health care, education, immigration, crime. Our priorities are in the wrong places. Ditto for stories like this - I do not buy CDs, got to any movies, attend any pro games because most of these "celebrities" contribute so little to improving America. They will not do it with my money! Please - the less we hear about Paris, Anna and the others, the more we have time to deal with serious issues in this country.