A River of Power

For John, BLUF:  The author wonders if we know who is really running the Country and suggests it is a collection of Ivy League graduates.  That doesn't give me much confidencde.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Who Are the Commissioners?

From Chicago Boyz, by Blogger David Foster, 13 November 2023.

Here is the lede:

If you read English naval history, you are sure to run into a reference to The Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral.  Your first reaction is likely to be something like, “Huh?  WTF?  Why couldn’t the Lord High Admiral execute the duties of his own office?  Lazy, much?”

The Lord High Commiioners of the Admiralty were the officials who managed the affairs of the Royal Navy.  I would say, over the centuries they did a pretty good job, except maybe for the Dardanelles (The Gallipoli Campaign).

The discussion of the Lord High Commissioners leads to a discussion of the backstage managers of the Biden Administration.  [You didn't think President Biden was running things on his own, did you.]  The term "river of power" comes from President Biden and refers to the Ivy League.♠

The Blogger ends with:

In less than two years, Biden and his ‘Commissioners’ have done tremendous damage to the United States and the world.  It is hard to imagine that any future Democratic administration would not also be heavily subject to the influence of Obama and the other ‘commissioners’ I mentioned above, leaving aside only Doctor Jill Biden.  The best hope of minimizing this damage lies in the potential for a Republican House and and Republican Senate.  True, many of the candidates are not what we would wish.  But ‘the best is the enemy of the good’, and the issue of the moment is not establishing ideal policies but rather avoiding multiple catastrophes.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff
♠  Just as a reminder, the Ivy League is that collection of Universities where over the last few weeks the students have been marching for Hamas and the chant, "From the River to the Sea, Palestine must be free."  Heaven help us.