February 26, 2010

We Are Being Governed by the Elite? Oh, Really?

By Jim Yardley
According to all I hear from the media, both the dinosaur media types, and the conservative talk-radio/TV types, the "elites" are running the country.Now I'm not always the smartest kid in class, so I asked myself, just who are the "elites"?  Who exactly are these supposed betters that are running things for us? Sounds like a reasonable place to start trying to understand what is going on in Washington, or Albany, or Sacramento, or East Nowhere, North Dakota.  A simple dictionary definition describes the "elite" as the best of any group.  Sounds OK, but what about the word "best"?   Again, the dictionary comes to the rescue.  The best is simply something of the "highest quality."So let me see now if I get this.  The folks we have as our political leaders are considered the elite, by news media types who think that they themselves are part of the elite.  Both groups view themselves and each other...(Read Full Article)