Elephant In Exile

I believe the children are the future..

Wow! This week has seen one journalistic milestone after another in our local papers. First we had the Post do a breakthrough piece on August traffic and now, the much maligned Washington Examiner does an insightful and shocking piece on the impressions of a DC intern from Ohio. Her observations cut to the quick and go to show that our children is learning.

Her thoughts:

• After I got over the discomfort associated with seeking out cheap beer at happy hour and learning to curb my Pellegrino habit, the sky started to clear. (Ohio! Mineral Water!?- "I love my dead gay son!")
• We soon discovered that many of the adults in D.C. were fake, impolite and pretentious.
• [I]t was phenomenal to drink champagne in million dollar Georgetown homes with legendary senators. (A million dollar Georgetown home? How'd they fit everyone into that studio?)
• Despite my love for the city, the uppity mentality and condescending attitude held by many in D.C. left a sour taste in my mouth. (Yeah, that's what Monica said).

Who says the youth of today are self absorbed morons. This young woman was here for just two months and she seems to have blown our cover as a city filled with friendly, beautiful, and hip young people. This intern also mentioned that she's looking forward to writing her senior thesis, tentatively entitled, "War, what is it good for."

An intern looks back on summer