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Prominent Obama supporter gleefully confesses to heinous ecological crimes
Wall Street JournalDuring a speech to Duke University's graduating class, Oprah talked about the secrets and joys of success. Among them: owning a mansion and a jet. "It's great to have a nice home. It's great to have nice homes! It's great to have a nice home that just escaped the fire in Santa Barbara," she told the students. "It's great to have a private jet. Anyone that tells you that having your own private jet isn't great is lying to you." She went on to explain that "you haven't completed the circle of success until you help someone else move to a higher ground and get to a better place." The golden nugget here is the jet part. In these times of hair-shirt capitalism and envy politics, the wealthy have been going to great lengths to pretend they don't enjoy luxury or want nice stuff. If Oprah were like most of the faux-populist rich today, she would have said something like, "I don't need private jets, in fact I'm happier flying commercial and living in a small house. I like the simple life." Of course, she would be lying. But she didn't. She told the truth, which is that flying in a private jet is one of the great material perks that money can buy. Talk to anyone who used to be rich and they will say one thing they really miss is the jet.... [AlGore] So, Oprah, how do you sleep at night? Do the dead polar bears and snail darters haunt your dreams? You'll be first agaist the wall when the revolution comes, you know that, don't you? [/AlGore] Posted by: Mike 2009-05-12 |
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