Opposition

I was looking at the McClatchy dc website and found these two articles practically side by side, or at least in very close proximity on their page -

McClatchy: Unemployed hope Congress extends benefits once again

McClatchy: Palin received $1.5 million retainer for book

The poignant irony or is it the pitiful condition of the juxtaposition strikes me as symptomatic of our bruised times.

On one side we have people trying to scrape by in a vicious economic reality, with their immediate fate hanging on the decision of a few politicians. On the other side we have Sarah Pain gaining 1.5 mill for being the IQ deprived rep of the power elite.