What Is At Stake In

I Think The Wikileaks Releases Furnish Us With An Opportunity To Observe The Upper Reaches Of The American Status Hierarchy In All Its Righteousness And Majesty. High-achieving Colleagues Attempting To Get Jobs For Their High-achieving Children. Foundation Executives Doing Fine And Noble Things. Prizes, Of Course, And High Academic Achievement.

Vote To Stand Tall Against Terrorists ; Receive Social Security Privatization . Vote To Strike A Blow Against Elitism; Receive A Social Order In Which Wealth Is More Concentrated Than Ever Before In Our Lifetimes , In Which Workers Have Been Stripped Of Power And Ceos Are Rewarded In A Manner Beyond Imagining.

While Democrats Fussed With The Details Of Health Care Reforms, Conservatives Spent Months Telling The Nation That The Real Issue Is Freedom, That What's On The Line Is American Liberty Itself.

Whereas Liberals Are Thought To Erupt Self-righteously Whenever They Feel Like It, Conservatives Believe That They Themselves Are Never Permitted To Say What They Really Think.

In The Subprime Mortgage Industry, Bankers Handed Out Iffy Loans Like Candy At A Parade Because Such Loans Meant Revenue And, Hence, Bonuses For Executives In The Here-and-now.