Why You Should Lock You Social Network Profiles, Pt. 276

This was a fun weekend for me, I hope y'all enjoyed it as well! Aside from the fun and frivolity of Hollywood Beach in Chicago and Six Flags Great America, there was plenty of political junky news to filter through, like the wonderfully awesome revelation that hopeful US VP Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter was pregnant, despite her mother's staunch support of Abstinence-only sex education and very pro-Christian perspective. Oh, and Bristol Palin (the daugher) will now be marrying her high school sweetheart, Levi Johnston, because… well, whatever reason they've come up with today.

Oh, but wait, there's more! Turns out that mister Johnston has a MySpace page, like most teenagers do these days. Also, like many teenagers, it turns out that the young daddy-to-be isn't quite sure of how or why he should have locked his profile down. The New York Post was able to sneak a peek at the young man's profile, and pulled some interesting facts about the potential soon-to-be Washington, D.C. resident:

The New York Post reports that although Levi admits to being ‘in a relationship’ on his personal My Space page, the teen hockey player makes the candid revelation that he does not want to be a parent stating, “I don’t want kids.”

The teen also uses the site to talk openly about how he likes to spend his time. He boasts, "I'm a f - - -in' redneck who likes to snowboard and ride dirt bikes. But I live to play hockey. I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing, shoot some s- - - and just f - - -in' chillin' I guess.”

He warns, “Ya f - - - with me I'll kick [your] ass.

Now, none of this is really that shocking or damning, in particular for a MySpace page of a 17-year-old kid, but when that kid happens to be suddenly betrothed to the daughter of the woman who could potentially be President of the US, it's newsworthy. Ironic as well.

Lesson to learn here kids: LOCK YOUR PROFILES! They can, and will, be used against you for fun, blackmail, smear, whatever. It doesn't matter, just lock your stuff up for the love of all rednecks that don't want kids but knocked up their girlfriend on accident because their school program refused to acknowledge safer sex practices.

The Father of Bristol Palin’s Baby: “I Don’t Want Kids” [Usmagazine]
(Thanks, MediaJorge, for the Twitter Tip!)