i'm not sure why
but all this talk about barry the remote control murderer
the defender of empire and the jailor of her mortal enemies
etc etc etc
reminds me of a turkey strut
white hat or black hat
that is it
he can't fill any other slot good emperor or bad
apropos
this is from back before his reign :
http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org/2008/06/start_working_on_your_stoicism.html
" Are we ready for a good emperor, maybe a great one, a philosopher emperor -- Baracus Aurelius
My quondam companion, the dearly departed J Alva Scruggs, once wrote me
on the subject of philosopher emperors.
he thundered and he flashed
,he filled the page with deep insight, and I was in awe and dazzled for days after.
I've misplaced it, and its perfected phrasing may be lost for all time,
but I remember he was... ......agin' 'em.
"There are no good emperors.paine
They all turn into Nosferatu once the door's shut -- it goes with the office."
ya " it goes with the office "
but then how do we judge such as barry ?
that question
reminds me of the old orangeman
that observed to his catlick workmate :
" what sense is there Dan
what sense
in asking me....me for heaven's sake
a knox man to my toes
why ask me
what makes for a good Pope "
Comments (4)
owen paine sez:
"Are we ready for a good emperor, maybe a great one, a philosopher emperor -- Baracus Aurelius..."
What?? Obama, a philospher emperor? That goddamn' lightweight opportunist, ticket-punching, balloon juice-gushing, Chicago political machine hack, a philosopher? D'AHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA oh hell, I've wet 'em.
Granted, I may just be an art-school dropout, but I still know that it takes more than a Harvard degree and the ability to pronounce "nuclear" correctly to make you a goddamn' philosopher. (What was it I said here once -- "Smart is the new Stupid"?)
Posted by Mike Flugennock | June 20, 2012 7:59 PM
Posted on June 20, 2012 19:59
Some of these Chicago politicos, collectively known as the Silent Six, seemed to hold greater philosophical potential than Obama. At least they remained faithful to Heidegger's precept on not wasting words.
Posted by sk | June 20, 2012 9:06 PM
Posted on June 20, 2012 21:06
flug you dear lamb of a ham
you read my shit
like a blind prize fighter
hearing bells in his head
always comes as a god sent for me
why
it makes writing these stupid ass posts
more fun then taunting
a red sox's starter
who's got no fuckin outs
and the bases loaded
with the iron of the order coming up
Posted by op | June 21, 2012 6:46 PM
Posted on June 21, 2012 18:46
op sez on 06.21.12 @18:46:
flug you dear lamb of a ham...
(etc. etc.)
...it makes writing these stupid ass posts
more fun then taunting
a red sox's starter
who's got no fuckin outs
and the bases loaded
with the iron of the order coming up
Uhmmmm... OK, yeah. I really can't tell if that's a compliment... or, not...?
Posted by Mike Flugennock | June 22, 2012 11:15 AM
Posted on June 22, 2012 11:15