tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post5043511222392421931..comments2024-02-29T02:16:45.679-08:00Comments on Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche: In Re: The United States versus My GrandchildrenJohn V. Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-45899160491967671872013-01-14T10:13:48.252-08:002013-01-14T10:13:48.252-08:00Picky, picky.Picky, picky.John V. Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-67076549233902286132013-01-14T04:44:42.061-08:002013-01-14T04:44:42.061-08:00Poltroon is such an excellent and underused word. ...Poltroon is such an excellent and underused word. I will certainly be teaching it to my daughter, whether or not it will enhance her social capital. Her name is Ruby, however, not Rubin. Perhaps you have her confused with Clinton's Secretary of the Treasury?They say it's a cold worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059089212388940864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-38048775161094359852013-01-11T07:01:51.217-08:002013-01-11T07:01:51.217-08:00Apropos of your comments on Congress, I call your ...Apropos of your comments on Congress, I call your attention to this news item:<br /><br />"When asked if they have a higher opinion of either Congress or a series of unpleasant or disliked things, voters said they had a higher opinion of root canals (32 for Congress and 56 for the dental procedure), NFL replacement refs (29-56), head lice (19-67), the rock band Nickelback (32-39), colonoscopies (31-58), Washington DC political pundits (34-37), carnies (31-39), traffic jams (34-56), cockroaches (43-45), Donald Trump (42-44), France (37-46), Genghis Khan (37-41), used-car salesmen (32-57), and Brussels sprouts (23-69) than Congress."<br />http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/01/congress-less-popular-than-cockroaches-traffic-jams.htmlSteve Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14348211003750424579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-3173233360269225352013-01-10T01:14:34.494-08:002013-01-10T01:14:34.494-08:00An alumnus friend of many years' standing, the...An alumnus friend of many years' standing, the erudite art historian Steve Orso, has written as follows:<br /><br />Because I don't have any of the Web registrations required for commenting directly on "Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche," I send this by e-mail instead.<br /><br />Although you are correct in assigning the "mediocrity deserves representation" argument to the Nixon era, I believe the context was different.<br /><br />It was Sen. Roman Hruska (R, Nebraska) who said of G. Harrold Carswell, a Nixon nominee to the Supreme Court, "Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos." John V. Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.com