One of my favorite news stories of the year, from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Not long after entrusting millions to a Kentucky oilman, the investors started asking questions: Where was the oil? Where was their money? And where was the oilman?I wonder if Dick Cheney's daughters thought like that, when they were 16.They think they got at least some answers when they turned on an episode of “My Super Sweet 16,” an MTV reality show about spoiled rich kids and their outrageously opulent birthday parties.
To their astonishment, the investors saw oilman Gary Milby on television giving his daughter a private helicopter ride, a new BMW and a shopping spree.
The cameras followed Milby to his oil fields where his daughter, Ariel, exclaimed, “I love oil! Oil means shoes and cars and purses!” Pointing to one of the drills, Milby told his daughter, “This one here will make over 20 barrels a day.”
And just think- now that they're airing a "Real World:Las Vegas" reunion season, 'Sweet 16' is only the second most-loathsome show on MTV!