Posted on 09/06/2009 2:20:35 AM PDT by Scanian
The revolt keeps growing, from tea parties to angry town hall meetings across the country, an uprising against the attempts of an elite to force on us an all-powerful State, about as welcome as grandma's cod-liver oil. Examples of revolt go beyond irate callers to radio talk shows. Take for instance the incident at a Frankie Valli concert recently posted on American Thinker, and the disgust and anger in Joe Sheffat's article. Sen. Barbara Boxer encountered it, as did Sen. Claire McCaskill, who made the mistake of asking if she was trusted.
The elite seem unable to comprehend that anyone could possibly oppose their infinitely superior wisdom, hence the strange and radical smears against the town hall opposition. No one could possibly have a better idea than us, the elite, therefore the town hall "mobs" must be fakes. Anyone, like Ronald Reagan, George Bush, or Sarah Palin, who thinks differently than us, the elite, surely must be of lower intellect. The elite are unable to understand that this is not about taxes, or health care, or politics. It is about them!
The American Elite Shoppe carries several varieties (not available in Walmart): Elites in Power, Elites in Towers, Elites in Flowers, and Elites in Choirs.
The Elites in Power are much of the Congress and many with powerful positions in the administration or as government bureaucrats. There they proceed to coerce the rest of us since they know better than us how to run our lives. The Elites in Towers (otherwise known as intellectuals) are in university humanities and "social science" departments or think tanks where they make the irrational appear rational, turn black into white, and take theories which have never worked and spin them into golden dreams. They hold a mysterious "wisdom" known only to themselves which invariably is contrary to common sense. They provide the ideas for the Elites in Power. Elites in Flowers curse mankind for not bowing before nature. Elites in Choirs sing from their media posts the praises of the other elites and their ideas.
This is not to impugn the integrity of members of Congress who respect the views of their constituents and the Constitution, professors who think rather than "intellectualize," true outdoorsmen, or responsible journalists. These do not currently wield any power and the revolt is not against them.
Most elites have spent their lives in universities or politics, or otherwise isolated from the rest of us, and almost never have run a business, or even earned a living in the manner most of us do. (Community organizing does not qualify.)
Some examples for Elites in Power (from government web site biographies):
Sen. Harry Reid - degree: law, business experience: 0, In Congress since: 1982 Sen. John Kerry - degree: law, business experience: 0, In Congress since: 1984 Barney Frank - degrees: political science, law, business experience: 0, In Congress since: 1981 Nancy Pelosi - business experience: 0 (worked for DNC), In Congress since: 1987
Lack of experience doesn't stop the elite from thinking themselves superior and not subject to the same rules as rest of us. Congress often excludes itself from laws, as in the proposed health care legislation. Corruption for them can be overlooked, or pasted over with a sufficient dose of BS. To erase any accountability when caught breaking the rules, the elite simply use the magic word; mistake.
for reference:
“The Vision of The Annointed”
by Thomas Sowell
And we thought we’d seen the height of this sort of Bravo Sierra
during the Clinton era...
It looks like we have one less “wacko elite” to worry about for the time being.
Now if we can only get rid of a couple thousand more!
I didn’t even know Frankie Valli was still alive. What was the “incident” the author mentions?
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/elites_speak_masses_laugh_fran.html
An unruly crowd of paesani in Brooklyn booed Pinch Sulzberger!
Richly deserved! Thanks for the link...I also clicked through some other links on it and read about Sulzberger’s office building deal. Incredible.
“Rag Doll” springs to mind.
The supreme irony would be, when the Slimes fails, it is taken over by Conservatives.
I realize Pinch was just a kid when he said it but Agnew’s “effete corps of impudent snobs” remark fits Pinch & the Times perfectly.
Thanks for that link! An excellent column on good old Pinch and the crumbling empire of the elites.
....and this is in NY
I cant wait for the elections LOL
You’re welcome!
Nothing against the Northeast but many inhabitants of that region talk a conservative and patriotic game but when they step into the voting booth they seem to instantly transform into full-bore dhimmis.
At least that is what election results show.
I’m very interested to see what happens in NJ this Nov.
Ah, I beg to differ here. Bwaney Fwank has business experience. He "allegedly" ran a page boy prostitution ring out of his Capitol Hill Apt.
They even have the power to vote their own pay increases. Once in office, they have no need to listen to their actual constituents. They do, however, listen to lobbyists because there's big bucks to be made.
Yes, Øbama brought "change" --- but definitely not the kind of change many who voted for him thought they would get. (though they are not ready to admit that yet)
well - if its any consolation I fly the Gadsen and own many guns and went to the local tea party
That is true. The intelligensia won’t quit believing they know better than the rest of the world.
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