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To: Publius

The bar at the top of the skyscraper but designed to look like a cellar seems to be typical of the self-delusion these people carry - they are sitting in a setting that looks like that of the common man so they can feel good about themselves. Yet a common man would not have access to that particular bar at the top of the skyscraper. Like celebrities that brag about giving up plastic shopping bags. I remember reading about some actress who bragged that she didn’t even own a car - of course she hired a driving service so the limo wasn’t technically hers.


33 posted on 01/31/2009 2:19:15 PM PST by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: meowmeow
"...they are sitting in a setting that looks like that of the common man so they can feel good about themselves. "

Brings to mind news reports the other day about "stealth wealth". Wealthy people dressing "down" or sneaking new luxury purchases out of shops on Rodeo Drive in plain unlabeled bags so as not to look ostentatious in a time of recession.

Maybe it won't be long before NBA players start driving Honda Civics and not wearing $25K bling for the same reasons.
Wait!.... Hell will freeze over before that happens. They are part of a downtrodden disenfranchised class.

39 posted on 01/31/2009 3:59:50 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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