Late Night Shots

I’ve been reading about the Late Night Shots debacle online at Wonkette and the Washington City Paper. I have to say after reading that one of the commenters hit it right on the head for me.  I am EXTREMELY jealous of the lifestyle they live.  My goal in life is to be able to give my children (if I have any) or myself their lifestyle before I die.  They are the ones who will be running things in 20 years.  They will be the ruling class.  The erring republican majority is only getting bigger.

I like how people were claiming their lives were shallow, or meaningless, or some how “emptier” than a person from the middle class.  That they were obnoxious, asshole, materialists, racists, elitist, etc.

The point is that the guy who said:

He says he knows people talk behind his back, but he doesn’t care. He’s rich, and that’s all that matters. “My brother and I, we do all right,” he says. “Guys with money can do whatever they want.” He grabs me again and says, “You’re kind of cute.”

Is absolutely right. My parents are immigrants, they put a huge amount of work getting to where they are right now.  They live in Great Falls, VA and have multiple properties all over the US.  My dad is the CIO of a company, my mom is a real estate agent.  I of course being the idealistic idiot, wanting to help make the world a better place insisted on pursuing a technical degree in college, something I deeply regret.  They had recommended I study business and eventually get my MBA.  I was an idiot.

Now I am a 21 year old, heading into program management at the world’s largest software maker.  The pay is good, the benefits are amazing, job satistifcation is probably close to unmatched except for Google.  Unfortunately, I actually have to produce value and deliver results.  I wish I could be one of those kids in Georgetown banging attractive young trophy-wives to be, while not actually doing anything and filling my mouth with Republican rhetoric on privilege.  Yes, I can spell it right too!  

Instead someone similar to them will probably end up being my boss (especially if I ever have to come back to VA, after September). I wish I could feel that sense of entitlement, the knowledge that I could get away with almost anything, the ability to be a complete and total asshole and still get laid, and in the end I would still be part of the elite telling everyone else what to do and how to live their lives, while being completely insulated from the real world.  

 Unless my children were stupid or idealistic they would never end up in Vietnam or Iraq.  Also, I could pay a 17.2% effective tax rate while making over 500 times as much as any employees I have, while they pay a 32.9% tax rate.

So unlike everyone else, who whines about how Republicans are hypocrites, how they are such good old boy alpha-males, racists, homophobes, rich, entitled, and shallow people that brazenly and uncouthly hit on girls they don’t know in bars; I salute you!  I honestly wish I could be you and will be dedicating my life to getting into the Social Register (and hopefully marrying someone who is in it or as equally ambitious as I am to get listed.) If I have a daughter she will have a cotillion.

The rest of you can be content to be turned into indentured servants sinking deeper into debt, having your sons sent off to fight in Iraq, pay your taxes, be mistreated and abused by a government controlled by business and lobbying interests. 

None of that for me, thank you very much. I will take the Red Bull and Vodka.  Now the real question is, do I go for a Lacoste or classic Ralph Lauren polo shirt? Light blue, or green?