Barack Obama has been coming to California to scoop up high tech money and support, as it starts to sink in on the nation that arm-in-arm with the plutocrats of Silicon Valley, he is using Big Data in scary ways. So it is [particularly welcome that Zombie turned his or her talent to chronicling the president's latest visit, a fundraiser at the Palo Alto home of high tech entrepreneur Michael McCue. The resulting post at PJ Media is a feast for the eye and the mind.

Like an anthropologist documenting South Sea or rainforest cultures, Zombie dissects the complexities of the fundraiser and the protests that followed. It is a perfect Saturday treat.  A brief sample to whet your appetite:

Palo Alto is one of those few places in America densely populated by the kind of citizens that don't fit in to the traditional political framework: Rich radicals. These are not your hardcore Berkeley ideologues nor your violent Oakland revolutionaries nor even your smug San Francisco ironic hipsters. Nor are they top-hat wearing high society cigar-smoking paleo-Republicans. No, these are postmodern hypocritical millionaires motivated by a desire to not feel guilty about living their lives of luxury. And the easiest way to assuage that guilt is Vote and Donate Obama. [...]

the paperboy delivers copies of Wealth magazine to people's front lawns.

Where rows of brown-skinned valets patiently wait to park your car for you...