Lower ego emissions

Does anyone still wonder about the nature of the man who occupies the most dangerous throne on Earth? We see him mock, sneer, shrug and make cynical dismissive comments every day designed to remind us that he's the man and we are not.

Volkswagen has been running a series of TV commercials implying that if one has something better than a VW, it's because of some egotistical hypertrophy, some overcompensated for inadequacy or other dire character defect. Of course that's snobbery in reverse, allowing the "can't-afford-its" to feel superior to the people who, for a great variety of reasons, don't drive a Passat. Indeed, there is no lack of conspicuous consumption involved in choosing a car, but in many if not most cases a fast car is just a fast car. I think I see a lot more aggression from econo-box drivers than Bentley Pilots, but that's just my opinion.

Sometimes an arrogant, dismissive twit is just a twit, even if he is a President. Sometimes he's also a dangerous man trying to seek revenge for the myriad offenses and humiliations he has received from smarter and better people all his life. George sneers first and asks question later - if he asks them at all. Witness the incident reported in Raw Story today where cocky little George attempts to embarrass journalist Peter Wallsten at White House Rose Garden by remarking on his sunglasses repeatedly, trying to get a laugh. George "bring 'em on" Bush stresses "for the viewers" that there is no sun.

"I guess it depends on your perspective" replied the immensly cool Wallsten, who of course wears dark glasses because he is blind.

Whatever he drives or rides is driven around in, George Bush is not the kind of guy I want to share a road with, or a country. I have more respect for the 18 year old brat in the 1992 Honda Civic with the J.C. Whitney wing bolted on the back who tries to race me at every stop light, than I do for this pathetic, overgrown, insecure adolescent who has the world by the throat.