No titles - no Dukes, no earls, no viscounts, no Marquis -  have ever been conferred on anyone in the United States, in or out of government.And I think it says something very profound about the corruption of our most cherished beliefs and founding principles in Washington that some "servants of the people" don't actually see things that way and demand that we bow and scrape before them like medieval serfs.The scene: a senate hearing on the coastal restoration of Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina. Fox News gives us this exchange between Senator Boxer and Brig. General Michael Walsh:Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was testifying on the Louisiana coastal restoration process in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He began to answer one of Boxer's questions with "ma'am" when Boxer immediately cut him off. "You know, do me a favor," an irritated Boxer said. "Could say 'senator' instead of...(Read Full Post)