tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post2423277895297593689..comments2024-03-28T23:33:45.139-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Constitutional Crisis? Not Yet, Maybe.Comrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-57744056257137092992017-01-30T09:14:26.197-05:002017-01-30T09:14:26.197-05:00'Q: What's the difference between the CBP ...'Q: What's the difference between the CBP and the Boy Scouts? A: The Boy Scouts have competent adult supervision.'<br /><br />nono.<br /><br />'The fish stinks from the head'<br /><br />It's the <i>White House</i> that lacks adult leadership. <br /><br />And there's another lovely quote from that noted crackpot and Fascist, Ezra Pound, who did a wonderful translation of Confucius:<br /><br />"When the head of state, or family, thinks first of gouging out an income, he must perforce do it through small men; and even if they are cleverat their job, if one employ such inferior characters in state and family business, the tilled fields will go rack swamp and ruin, and edged calamities will mount up to the full....<br />This is the meaning of:<br />A state does not profit by profits"<br />Tseng's Comment from Confucius: The Great Digest, the Unwobbling Pivot, and the AnalectsStewart Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830186006689502072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-4602791668580611022017-01-30T09:14:02.262-05:002017-01-30T09:14:02.262-05:00I suspect that at least one of the judges will tak...I suspect that at least one of the judges will take umbrage at the acts when presented with clear evidence of a refusal to comply, and toss someone in jail for contempt. The scholar forced onto a departing plane by agents before finally being released comes to mind. CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.com