song of the day

Why do people in the Unites States of America apparently need a president that's a fucking idiot? I just heard the news say that, though he's a Harvard lawyer, Obama has to prove to voters that he's just a regular guy. Is this a joke? The leader of a country shouldn't be 'regular,' she/he should be way "better" than everyone else so that they can deal with shit and perform better than anyone, not a "regular guy" whose lack of education/whatever insecure rural types can feel comforted by.

Being intelligent ≠ being a rich asshole

Here's an excerpt from a Toronto Star article from today about this part of Toronto that studies show has the most people with post-graduate degrees in the G.T.A.

"It's a no-brainer to Ken King, who frequents the area, that it's home to the intellectually advanced.

'I'm not surprised because this is an expensive area to live,' he said, adding the neighbourhood's posh highrises, expensive designer boutiques and tony eateries attract business people, lawyers and doctors who can afford to live there."

Why is it that intelligence is thus understood to manifest in expediency and wealth? Is this implying that wealthy people are intelligent, or intelligent people are wealthy? Both are ridiculous. Plus, I think this article is confusing, as so many people do, academic competence & learnedness with intelligence.