Who Do They Think They Are?

Those folks in the first-class lane want special treatment. But this is America

You know Republicans are running the country when you see the new express lanes for first-class customers at airport security. They're cropping up all over. The other day I was in the regular 59ยข non-express line of middle-class peasants waiting to be scanned, and a few of the ruling elite came sashaying along the other side of the rope to the head of our line--it was line jumping, government sanctioned--and two hefty gentlemen with helmet hair and dangly cell phones butted in front of me as if by divine right and dumped their bags and laptops on the conveyor and forged...

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