Are they under the impression that North Carolina is going to invade?

Richland County's, South Carolina, Sheriff's Department buys a tank to, um, "save lives."

A Quote: ""We don't look at this as a killing machine," Lott told the paper. "It's going to keep the peace. We hope the fact that we have this is going to save lives. When something like this rolls up, it's time to give up.""

Its top speed is 30 miles an hour. I feel sure that by the time it rolls up the criminals will have gone.

Beverly Hills 90210: the new incarnation

My god, I hate all of these people. Except for crazy granny, she's okay, though clearly slumming it on this show. And stop trying to convince me you are 15! Can't you exploit actual 15 year olds?* Or people who are at least under 25.

And why does the one black kid allowed in Beverly Hills have white parents? TELL ME THESE THINGS, OH FLIST.

* The English teacher looks younger than most of his students. Maybe he is one of the poor who has worked his way through college at the age of 14 so he can teach the rich kiddies?

ETA: Clearly if I want a teens angst in high school show I should watch Gossip Girl. I would but I am so scared that there is no way that Chuck Bass on my TV can possibly match up what I've heard and seen of him.