Charles Perez asks a very cogent question on THE FULCRUM.

Or it would be cogent if he (and we) were talking about actual human beings.

He asks, referring to Bush and his Masters:

"What have they really learned?"

To which I reply, cynically:

"But you have to at least admit there was SOMETHING you didn't know, before, to learn anything."

What I would HOPE they've learned is the old saying:

"Be careful the asses you kick on the way up -- they're the same ones you'll have to kiss on the way down."

And I hope they learn it the hardest way possible.