Back in the days of the old Communist Party run Soviet Union, party members tried to become one of the inner circle - the nomenclatura. I forget what the term actually translates into - something about being listed as a top official, but the point was to both get on the list for the perks it provided and for the status it gave your children.

Well, the politicians of all our parties seem to have a little nomenclatura running though their veins, but the worse are the "smarter than you are, just let us run everything," Democrats.

Today a report on Drudge that Sen Obama of Illinois made an impassioned plea for all of us to drive more fuel efficient vehicles [Drudge had a picture of him standing along with Superman] right before he jumped into his standard GMC SUV and tooled off in a cloud of unleaded gas fumes. I also remember the big Democrat Party press conference in front of the gas station a few weeks ago in DC - all of the whiney Democrats pulled up in their sub 20 mpg SUVs [or Suburbans] to decry the nations uncontrolled use of gas in our cars.

Back in the old days of the Soviet Union the nomenclatura were the only ones who could buy the big soviet made cars that resembled our Cadillacs. They had special lanes on Moscow streets where only they could drive. They had special schools where only their kids could go.

Gee, sounds a bit like today's Washington, DC.

The license plates in the heavily Liberal Democratic District of Columbia have "Taxation without Representation" on them.

Gee, just like the old Moscow - their residents weren't given any say in the operations of that capital either.