This is how the Bush-hating left would spin it: given the choice between watching two rich spoilt kids who are both in a place where they don’t really belong, you would of course watch the prettier of the two. I don’t know why more Americans chose to watch Paris Hilton instead of President Bush (who was being interviewed by Diane Sawyer), in fact they were pretty close in terms of viewers. I have wanted to write something intelligent about the whole Simple Life phenomenon as Irene and I have found ourselves watching it regularly (although not last Tuesday, honestly) but up to now I can’t explain it, I am lost for words in the face of a reality TV-show that pushes stupidity and bliss to the extreme. Maybe it's impossible to write something meaningful about it. It’s just damn entertaining.