America's Lords and Masters: The Trust-Fund Babies

Good rant at The Progressive Daily Beacon on the sad state of affairs in this country and our ruling class. Caution: Paris alert.

All his life, George W. Bush was able to get by simply by being "George H.W. Bush's boy." Like Paris Hilton, George didn't need to study in school. Why bother? Success isn't something a person works for - not in their world, anyway. Success is a birthright. "They're special" by virtue of breeding and breathing --- no talent, no skill, no ability required. The George and Paris class are taught from a very early age that they are not bound by any of the rules applicable to the "common people." And, they live their lives letting everybody else know that they know it.

Neither Paris Hilton nor George W. Bush has any clue whatsoever what life is like for the average person. And, don't think for a moment these mollycoddled brats give a damn either.

They grew up in gated communities where the grass is always green, the lawn forever perfectly manicured, nannies are the norm; someone else does the cleaning, cooking, driving, bed-making, and garbage removal...George and Paris did the taking and Mommy and Daddy did the paying.

Hilton's pretty harmless, but we're all paying for Bush's upbringing, or lack thereof.

Yet, these are the people who would "lead" America. People whose entire life experience can be contained within the walls of Mommy and Daddy's gated estate and paid for with a credit card. These are a people who've come to believe that every issue and any problem can either be bought off or made to go away, if only someone can figure out whose palms to grease. Also, these are the people who get to play dress-up military in the National Guard and when they get bored with it, just walk away knowing Daddy's friends will take care of it. And, yes, the Paris Hilton and George W. Bush's really do think it is someone else's job to clean up their messes or to fight, bleed and die for their ideas and ideals.

How proud she and George have made America's trust-fund families. With such "character" and "dignity" they've represented America's ruling-class-by-birthright.

They must be proud indeed of their class's clueless spawn.