Famous Monty Python/Holy Grail Quote: "I fart in your general direction."

This quote from the famous Monty Python movie, "Monty Python and The Holy Grail," was used when the defenders of a castle were hurling insults at King Arthur. Sort of feels like the way the American political class treats ordinary citizens with contempt and annoyance today, now farting in our direction:

• Earlier this week, Congresswoman Shelia Jackson of Houston was conducting a town hall type meeting to discuss the health care reform efforts of the Obama administration. A young woman was politely explaining her opposition to health care reform, eloquently describing how she was a cancer survivor and that her own health care plan and doctors were wonderful and saved her live without government interference. In the course of her talking, the Congresswoman answered a call on her cell phone and conducted a brief cell conversation while this constituent was speaking. Nothing says you are unimportant/I fart in your general direction more than answering your cell phone in the middle of a direct conversation with someone, without any explanation or a word of apology.
• Earlier this year some numbskull in the political class thought it would be a good idea to take Airforce One and a fighter jet on a low level flying excursion over Manhattan to take a picture of Air Force One with the Statue Of Liberty in the background. Two Python contempt moments here. First, let the taxpayers be damned, let's spend over $300,000 of taxpayer money on jet fuel and other expenses to take one picture that could have easily, and for virtually no cost, been created with Photoshop or any other photo editing software. The hidden cost of the flight was likely much higher since people in Manhattan were freaking out, leaving work, getting hysterical in the street, assuming another terrorist attack was imminent given the low flying planes, evoking horrible memories of the 9-11 attacks. Second, several days later at the annual Correspondents Dinner, President Obama thought it would be a good idea to make a joke about the incident even though it had widely reported how widespread and stressful the panic had been: "Sasha and Malia aren't here tonight because they're grounded. You just can't take Air Force One on a joy ride to Manhattan." Hah, hah, very funny. Let's stress out the workers and residents of an entire city for a joke, in the process showing utter contempt for New Yorkers.
• In late 2008, Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid was widely quoted as saying: "In the summertime... you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol." Talk about contempt. Even though you citizens pay my salary and pay for all the perks that we here in the political class enjoy, I really think you guys all stink and would prefer not to deal with you, especially in the summer. And this is a person who has "leader" in his title. Not the type of leader I would follow into battle.
• Ex-Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich showed extreme contempt for the citizens of Illinois. Rather than fill President Obama's vacant Senate seat with the most able candidate available to serve Illinois residents, the ex-governor was caught on wiretaps explaining and ranting about how valuable the vacant seat was, that he would not want to just give it away unless he was handsomely rewarded for the appointment.

This list of contemptible political class moments could go one forever but you get the idea. We are nothing more than votes to them and an annoyance whenever they come in contact with us despite their jobs and perks depending on our tax dollars. Now I know how Python's King Arthur must have felt.