tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post6783799919465416244..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Understanding Elitist Washington D.C.Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-27046002610705016132012-05-29T08:42:13.516-04:002012-05-29T08:42:13.516-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.willsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05783359512921008585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58649761197550378802011-04-22T22:47:19.046-04:002011-04-22T22:47:19.046-04:00So they're doing it in the US of A now? How l...So they're doing it in the US of A now? How long has this been going on? A word of explanation: My wife and I spent 5 years in a Central Asian republic and were treated to this spectacle frequently. Smug me, I could only (then) be glad I was from "the land of the free". Guess the joke's on me. :-(davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9024652250497205882011-04-22T20:39:38.448-04:002011-04-22T20:39:38.448-04:00What a shame that the American people have not bec...What a shame that the American people have not become spontaneously angry en masse, as occurred during the whiskey tax. TSA abuses are such a huge indicator of where we are rapidly heading. What else will we be coerced to do? Take mass zyklon-b showers? Seems to me that many people will do it. "We all gotta die somehow," they'll say in acquiescence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71544494203267436082011-04-22T17:47:56.972-04:002011-04-22T17:47:56.972-04:00watching kardashians kris says best thing about us...watching kardashians kris says best thing about using girls gone wild boss joe francis' private jet is there is no security check. it occurs to me that a private jet could be as dangerous as private 737 - but of course as author correctly points out the elite have special rights - PERIOD. but kris does tell us great unwashed that TSA must then be about harassment and not protecting we the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-27525960894910346322011-04-22T12:22:43.861-04:002011-04-22T12:22:43.861-04:00I really did NOT like the recruiting ad for the FB...I really did NOT like the recruiting ad for the FBI that accompanied this post. That image of a goon in full body armor brandishing a weapon really put me off my lunch.Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3327640337881519322011-04-22T11:12:43.050-04:002011-04-22T11:12:43.050-04:00There are privileges to be had in anonymity also l...There are privileges to be had in anonymity also let's not forget. For instance, when you meet a celebrity in person, he cannot know anything at all about you, his knowledge of you is non-nonexistent, but you can already know for sure that he is a total dick.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08851404631426818045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57193578368817052442011-04-20T18:51:02.458-04:002011-04-20T18:51:02.458-04:00Another great one is tarmac privleges. Every airp...Another great one is tarmac privleges. Every airport has a list of nomanklature who hase the privlege, board before or after all the peasents. No waiting room no line no rubbing sholders with the hoi poli. Movie stars are always on the list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76057995041497297532011-04-20T17:22:45.016-04:002011-04-20T17:22:45.016-04:00So Ron doesn't get much of an escort, I guess....So Ron doesn't get much of an escort, I guess.Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.com