. . .
K “These Masters of Public Policy and Masters of Public Administration types all suffer from a collective groupthink.”
J “That they are the Masters of the Universe. They are actually the errand boys and errand girls for the real Masters of the Universe.”
K “Apparatchik manufacturing. The law schools historically have manufactured them.”
J “These programs are a ‘law school substitute’ or a ‘law school light’ program.”
K “The most important part of the curriculum is ‘Excuses 101’ that salvages any ill-conceived whim.”
. . .
K “Maintaining groupthink is the overriding concern and the unifying doctrine.”
J “And building the old boy network to divide the spoils.”
. . .
K “Look at the responses on the mid-term.”
- What choice did we have?
- Nobody saw it coming.
- All policies have unintended consequences.
- All of the above.
J “They are the ‘D’ students.”
K “Are we all the ‘D’ students?”
. . .
K “Better to get an MFA?”
J “Better to skip the classroom, boycott the S.I.C. and teach yourself.”
K “Have you ever seen the syllabus for a Master of Coarse Arts degree?”
. . .
[See the e-commentary at “Schooling The Apparatchiks For The Kleptocrats (December 7, 2015)” and “Clinton, Inc., Trump, Inc., Bush, Inc., Kennedy, Inc., O’Bama, Inc. (October 24, 2016).”]
Bumper stickers of the week:
“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.” Frederick Douglass
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Mark Twain
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” George Bernard Shaw
There but for the grace of God go I
Appropriately Proud Single Mom: “My three ‘D’ students took their mom out to dinner for her birthday. My M.D. student, my J.D. student and my Ph.D. student.”
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” Eric Hoffer
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