When Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer speak of getting justice for the poor, they are merely reading lines from a Latin liturgy — in other words, from a language they do not comprehend.  Abortion, the wall, foreign wars, social justice — these are all ritual incantations, invoking the blessings of their god of power.  To us, the poor, it sounds as if they actually believe, actually care. They don't. The old saying is that the rich and famous put on their pants the same way we do — but they don't.  They float into them, or else have servants lift them into their attire. Very well, I'm being figurative here, but the fact is that, speaking from my level as a peasant, an hourly wage-earner, an ordinary taxpayer without letters after my name, the rich are very unlike me and my cohorts.  That is why they are wealthy, and we are not.  That is usually a good thing, but in some cases, there is a dark...(Read Full Post)