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With the death of Anna Nicole Smith was announced yesterday, a variety of things went through my head including the fact that I wasn’t surprised. Her tabloid persona was an odd one. I think as a nation we mocked her, but then there was something more redeemable about her than the likes of Paris Hilton or  Lindsey Lohan.

I don’t know why I’m even thinking about this, but it just seems so tragic to me for some odd reason. As long as she has been in the public eye, it’s been like watching a train wreck.

And our country’s amusement at her, although warranted by her behavior, is very telling.

She’s the lead story on MSNBC and CNN’s websites right now. I guess that Libby Trial and Iraq are secondary to a celebrity.

And that’s most disturbing.