Oh, boy...

Mel. What can I say?
As gossip columnist Liz Smith pointed out, you're way out ahead on digging yourself out of this hole with your mug shot. You've got theat winsome, bad boy smirk and only a single stray hair somewhat out of place. Who could forget Michael Jackson's mugshot? Or Gary Busey? Or Hugh Grant? You've got them all beat. You still look pretty good for post-bender, post-arrest. And we all learned from Billy Crystal, "It's better to look good, than to feel good."

My theory is that you were doing your little bit to normalize realtions between the US and the Arab world. It was a misguided attempt, but when everyone else complains about current events, you actually try to do something. Too bad it was such a horrible miscalculation.

Good luck.