The inauguration of Barack Obama has emphasized .. at least, for some .. the vast divide between the evil, disgusting, rancid, rotting, putrid, hated, crooked rich and "real Americans," a/k/a the poor and middle income citizens. You can thank the media for reminding us that rich people are attending the inauguration with all the luxuries they can afford, and yet that same media that slammed George Bush for spending about one-third of what the Obama folks are spending on this one.

I want you to take a look at how ABC News covered the pre-inauguration events. Here's a little taste:

President-elect Barack Obama billed his inauguration an event "for all Americans." But in the nation's capital this long weekend, wealthy visitors are finding themselves a bit more equal -- and warmer -- than others.

Most Americans here to see President-elect Obama make history crammed onto buses and trains, slept on floors and fought crowds and cold. But the wealthiest Americans coming to see the event are enjoying all the perks their money and power ever warranted.

For CEOs and stars arriving by private jet, local airports have shut down entire runways to serve as parking lots for their planes. Officials are prepared to handle hundreds of private aircraft for the long weekend ...

Visitors without connections may scrounge to buy a $150 ticket to a state ball and feel a small part of history; meanwhile CEOs, media personalities and major campaign donors hop from private party to ball to private party.

Well, there you go. Isn't it just horrible that these high-achievers are allowed to spend their money to attend this inauguration? Don't they know that everybody is supposed to be equally miserable during this event? If one person has to arrive by bus, then everybody should arrive by bus. Nobody is better than anyone else, right? If one church group of Mississippi has to stand in the mall shivering in the cold, then everyone should stand in the mall. If one bus load from Illinois has to carry their own toilet paper ten who are these rich SOB's to have warm bathrooms and super-soft tissues?

Is this going to be the media routine throughout the Obama presidency? Are we in for four years --- maybe eight --- of the leftist media making a big deal of the differences in lifestyle between high-achievers and your local union pipe fitter?

Oh hell yes, we are.