Congressional Staffers Get Inoculated Before Joining Peons

This story is a couple weeks old, but I just had to post it anyway. The Washington Times reports that a group of House Homeland Security Committee staffers are on a peculiar mission to study "public health issues at events involving mass gatherings". While that sounds all fine and dandy, they're actually going to attend a NASCAR event. Okay, so what's the big deal?

Before getting out and rubbing shoulders with their constituents, these great government staffers must first be immunized against Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, tetanus, diphtheria, and influenza.

Boy, if this doesn't illustrate the condescension with which our government looks at the American people, nothing does. The fact that they are requiring staffers to be inoculated for several diseases before mixing with the 'common people' (or 'peons', or however they look at us) is pushing the boundaries of arrogance and condescension beyond belief.

It's an amusing story, but it's also no wonder the American people think they're worthless. Apparently the feeling is mutual.

There's my two cents.