ELITE RULE

WINSTON CHURCHILL, PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND DURING WORLD WAR II WHEN THE BEASTS- HITLER AND STALIN- ROAMED EUROPE, SAID: "DICTATORS RIDE TO AND FRO UPON TIGERS WHICH THEY DARE NOT DISMOUNT. AND THE TIGERS ARE GETTING HUNGRY," HIS STATEMENT EXPRESSES MY THOUGHT ABOUT TODAY'S ELITE. DON'T I WISH THE ELITE WOULD BE THROWN FROM THEIR 'PAPER TIGERS' AND CUT DOWN TO SIZE. THEY ARE BULLIES. IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ( A NEWSPAPER WITH A HIGHLY SELECTIVE READERSHIP), AN ON-LINE OPINION POLL REVEALED THAT 78% OF APPROXIMATELY 5000 RESPONDENTS, SUPPORTED A SMOKING BAN IN RESTAURANTS AND BARS. SUCH A SENTIMENT SHOWS THAT THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE ELITE RIDES ON. I CANNOT CONDONE A 'BIG BROTHER KNOWS BEST' WORLD VIEW OUT-OF TOUCH WITH REALITY, FRAMED BY ATTITUDES OF SUPERIORITY, SOPHISTICATION AND ENLIGHTMENT AND FILLED WITH A PROGRESSIVE, NARRATIVE AND A SELF-SELECTIVE MORALITY. I, A NON-SMOKER, CONDEMN THE ELITE FOR THEIR OUTRIGHT HYPOCRISY. THEY CONTINUOUSLY CHAMPION THE RIGHT TO THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND TO FREE SPEECH AS GUARANTEED IN THE 1ST AMENDMENT. YET THEY CLAIM THE RIGHT TO DEFINE WHAT SUCH RIGHTS ARE. THEIR PURPORT IS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD BUT ONLY WHEN ITS ENDS SUIT THEIR GOALS. THEY DICTATE WHAT RIGHTS ARE GUARANTEED TO THEIR INFERIORS. MAY I REMIND MY BETTERS THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE HUNGRY COMMONERS ROAMING THE LANDSCAPE THAN HIGH AND MIGHTY ELITE