Posted on 04/13/2014 6:06:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
They say Washington, D.C. is Hollywood for ugly people. And the biggest story splashed across the political tabloids is the now very ugly divorce of Tony and Heather Podesta, lobbyists extraordinaire.
Its not ugly in the way were used to. This is a decoupling carried out with a conscious air of respect and admiration, tarnished only by the soulless machinations of lawyers that we have come to expect wherever nontrivial sums are involved.
No, its ugly because of the lifestyle being revealed around these rich and famous power-brokers.
And no, its not just a matter of the museum-quality art they collected, the showcase home for said art, or their routine travel to cities like Venice, which our power elite has reduced to fancy museums where one can inhale the entombed fragrance of true aristocracy.
Alas, unlike the aristocrats of old, who threw plates and screamed at each other in private, Americas power elite makes a mockery of their pretensions to grandeur by hiring attorneys, by leaking documents, by bitching out one another as a matter of public record....
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Until the day when this all collapses I am comforted that I can live without them, but they can’t live without us.
Am Lonely my friend ... May I see you come October?
Well, they make a lot more money than we do... which helps. Besides they look at us bitter clingers and feel the least we can do is give them a great lifestyle with the tax dollars we contribute to their well being.
We are all alone?
and that’s the lynch pin.
if We The People turn our backs on them, they have no power
The other thread is based on this historical essay: Illiberal Liberalism
Meanwhile, the liberal writer of this piece for a liberal media source is concerned with a more shallow elitism, predicated on personalities.
Thus, despite the same nominal subject, there is a stark difference between the two articles.
Oddly, there are two threads addressing this "elitist" problem in America today -- one approaching it from a liberal's standpoint, the other from a conservative standpoint.
The other thread is based on this historical essay: Illiberal Liberalism
Meanwhile, the liberal writer of this piece for a liberal media source is concerned with a more shallow elitism, predicated on personalities.
Thus, despite the same nominal subject, there is a stark difference between the two articles.
“They” didn’t say “DC is like Hollywood for ugly people”. If I’m not mistaken, it was Limbaugh.
'If youre the president, member of congress, govt. agent, etc, the only reason why anyone should listen to what you say, is because you exercise power via the Constitution'.
'If the Constitution doesnt count, you dont have any legitimate power, and should be (forcibly) removed for trying to exercise power you dont possess'.
“Can We Divorce Our Elites?”
I believe THEY are about to find out.
They don’t need that. They have the power and the money.
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