This is the bug that has crawled up my ass today. There are bigger bugs, there are more important bugs, and there are bugs that will very soon be chomping at a much larger section of my colon, but today, this is the bug that has crawled up my ass. When unemployment is as high as it is (and undoubtedly quite higher with the uncounted discouraged workers) and, you know, this thing is just ticking away we have Michelle Obama and her two crotchspawn (don't get me wrong, the little one is super cute) living their entitled lifestyle of American royalty. This little junket involves three people and forty of their BFF's (along with a cadre of secret service agents and whatever else) taking up sixty to seventy rooms that cost, on average, something in the neighbourhood of $2500 a night. This, of course, does not include the cost of actually moving these forty-three people around in plane-that-is-sometimes-Air-Force-One-but-usually-isn't and the hilarious fact that they saw fit to have a ludicrously extravagant European vacation. Apparently American hot-spots suck right now and aren't worth taxpayer dollars. You know, American dollars.
This is not just a one-off event, honestly. This kind of detachment from reality is endemic to Democrat politics right now and this is nothing more than a grotesque example of it. You have Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) saying that the reason why November's upcoming mid-terms will be tough for Democrats will be because there are so many who are not Democratty (not a word) enough. That's right, they're just not far enough to the left for all of us and we're just going to have to teach them a lesson, the centrist fiends that they are.
Then you have this incredible gem in which Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) suggests the IRS should afford tax breaks to people living in areas with higher costs of living. I want you to think about that for a second and, if you know anything about history, I want you to think about what actually started the American Civil War (spoilers: not slavery). Now, take a peeky-poo at this:
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| Source: Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, Cost of Living 1st Quarter 2010 |
Now, it occurs to me that these kinds of things are almost inciting the public not among the blessed chosen of the government to be resentful of their government. I am an American, I am a very patriotic individual, and I can honestly say I would never hate America. Right now? America is dying, and the country it is turning into? I hate it with every fiber in my being. The political elite have formed themselves into a type of elected nobility, above the fray of the ignorant masses and, apparently, disdainful of the republic they represent. While they're apparently familiar with concepts of condescension and self-righteousness, they're genuinely ignorant of history. I know what happened to the French royalty the Obamas seem so happy to mimic and I know well enough what happened when Washington deigned that some states be more important than others, they either don't, or they choose to believe that it won't happen to us. The mistakes they make and grievances they sow don't just hurt them and their political futures, they hurt every citizen of this nation and the very soul of the nation itself.
Just to wrap this up on a hilarious note, here's an awesome (and moronic) quote from Mr. Obama himself because he knows just what it's like to be you:
"It was just a few years ago that we had high credit card balances, we had two kids, thinking about college. We had our own retirement accounts, wondering if we were going to be able to get enough assets in there."
Yes, I really like overusing links and parenthetical statements.
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