Monk

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I have a dream, my friends. I have a dream that we are approaching the day when a ranch-owning millionaire Republican like George Bush will make peace with a vineyard-owning millionaire Democrat like Nancy Pelosi.

I have a dream that Pelosi, who was chauffeured to school as a child and who, with her investor husband, owns minority shares in the Auberge du Soleil resort hotel and the CordeValle Golf Club, will look over her famous strand of South Sea Tahitian pearls and forge bonds of understanding with the zillionaire corporate barons in the opposing party.

-- David Brooks for The New York Times

Although Brooks is no class warrior nor an egalitarian, I think his column goes a long way to explaining the chasmic disparity between our democratic expectations and our democratic government. Though, I understand that one can argue with some force that this sort of elitism is what saves our republic from itself, but if that is necessarily true, what a pity it must be that human nature should be composed of such slavish stuff.

( Brooks column )

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As The Who sang years ago: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."

-- Al Kamen for The Washington Post

Incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has turned down Brian Lamb's request to allow greater coverage on C-SPAN of Congressional sessions. There goes another revolution! I am so shocked.

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