[mass55th]

I just turned to a new chapter of a book I'm reading, and there is a quote from Aeschylus, Agamemnon that is very appropriate to Judge Merchan:

Seduction with power overwhelms a man,
For it is the offspring of encompassing ruin,
And now no medicine can avail him,
His crime no longer smolders,
But burns with felonious beauty.
As shoddy bronze, when rubbed,
Disintegrates, black, grimy, dull at the wheel,
This man, put to the proof, falls apart.
Vain as a boy striving to snare a flying bird,
He wins only shame, and brings down his city.

[Jacquerie]

Like the Nazi’s Roland Freisler, there is no shortage of judges like Merchan, whose first loyalty is to the Democrat Party.

[poconopundit]

Well done, mass55th!  Love the poetry you've given us at the ideal time.

Events have now set up an epic conflict between a genuine New York-made hero, Donald J. Trump, builder of skyscrapers and magnificent golf course... and hero of the Apprentice -- against a lawless gang of judges and Communist frauds who are steadily destroying their great City.

But rather than sink the Man, their grave injustice has elevated his noble Character to a higher plateau.  The blue collar workers, the builders, the police and firefighters, the Bronx brigade of patriots, and everyday right-thinking New Yorkers are raising their voices in support of NYC's great son of Liberty, Free Enterprise, and Chutzpah!

And now's the perfect time to note how the great patriot and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson compared the power of Character to another great force of nature on the west side of New York State:

A man is a beggar who only lives to the useful, and, however he may serve as a pin or rivet in the social machine, cannot be said to have arrived at self-possession.

I suffer, every day, from the want of perception of beauty in people.  They do not know the charm with which all moments and objects can be embellished, the charm of manners, of self-command, of benevolence.

Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman, -- repose in energy.  The Greek battle-pieces are calm; the heroes, in whatever violent actions engaged, retain a serene aspect.

As we say of Niagara, it falls without speed.  A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture, and success enough.  For it indicates the purpose of Nature and wisdom attained.

Culture from The Conduct of Life (1860, rev. 1876)

[SunkenCiv]

What poconopundit said. :^)