Woe Is Us

So birds are smarter than we thought and and kids are dumber? Oy.

And on another issue, can I just say that I am becoming truly disgusted with the increasing importance of personal wealth in politics? It looks like the de facto wealth test for office is becoming an ever-higher bar to political participation. I don't have anything against Corzine personally, but this is ridiculous. Why is it that we are forced to choose either candidates who have either sold out to corporate interests or are corporate interests? Our only other option seems to be candidates whose fathers were corporate interests.

I think that any Democratic candidate who does not meet the following standard should face a strong negative presumption: a person who has had to do her own taxes, wash his own dishes, go the the grocery store and cook his own meals. I want someone who has actually had to work for a living, who has really suffered, who knows what it is to struggle in this world. The only dynasts who need apply are those who have suffered severe physical or emotional trauma.

Oh and by the way, Bill Clinton, FDR, and John Kennedy would have met this test. And Bush would have flunked it. Sounds good to me.