{"id":64384,"date":"2025-09-28T12:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=64384"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:17:56","slug":"two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/","title":{"rendered":"Two things that can get you in Trouble from Justice Powell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn my experience, there are two things that can get a man in trouble\u2014a stiff prick and talking to the press.\u201d \u2014 Justice Powell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my experience I think we have way too many of these in Politics.  All trying to be a top dog which is not a great spot to be in. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn my experience, there are two things that can get a man in trouble\u2014a stiff prick and talking to the press.\u201d \u2014 Justice Powell<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my experience I think we have way too many of these in Politics. All trying to be a top dog which is not a great spot to be in. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idiots","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two things that can get you in Trouble from Justice Powell - And That was How it Went<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two things that can get you in Trouble from Justice Powell - And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cIn my experience, there are two things that can get a man in trouble\u2014a stiff prick and talking to the press.\u201d \u2014 Justice Powell In my experience I think we have way too many of these in Politics. All trying to be a top dog which is not a great spot to be in.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-28T18:28:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-17T16:17:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"wd0ajg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@wd0ajg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@wd0ajg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"wd0ajg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/28\\\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/28\\\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"wd0ajg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\"},\"headline\":\"Two things that can get you in Trouble from Justice Powell\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-28T18:28:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-17T16:17:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/28\\\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":65,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Idiots\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/28\\\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/28\\\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\\\/\",\"name\":\"Two things that can get you in Trouble from Justice Powell - And That was How it Went\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-28T18:28:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-17T16:17:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/28\\\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/28\\\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/28\\\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Two things that can get you in Trouble from Justice Powell\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"And That was How it Went\",\"description\":\"life, ham-radio,travel, investing, work, retirement and getting there\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ishmaels.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462\",\"name\":\"wd0ajg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"wd0ajg\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Two things that can get you in Trouble from Justice Powell - And That was How it Went","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Two things that can get you in Trouble from Justice Powell - And That was How it Went","og_description":"\u201cIn my experience, there are two things that can get a man in trouble\u2014a stiff prick and talking to the press.\u201d \u2014 Justice Powell In my experience I think we have way too many of these in Politics. All trying to be a top dog which is not a great spot to be in.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/","og_site_name":"And That was How it Went","article_published_time":"2025-09-28T18:28:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-17T16:17:56+00:00","author":"wd0ajg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@wd0ajg","twitter_site":"@wd0ajg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"wd0ajg","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/"},"author":{"name":"wd0ajg","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462"},"headline":"Two things that can get you in Trouble from Justice Powell","datePublished":"2025-09-28T18:28:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-17T16:17:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/"},"wordCount":65,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462"},"articleSection":["Idiots"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/","name":"Two things that can get you in Trouble from Justice Powell - And That was How it Went","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-09-28T18:28:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-17T16:17:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2025\/09\/28\/two-things-that-can-get-you-in-trouble-from-justice-powell\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Two things that can get you in Trouble from Justice Powell"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/","name":"And That was How it Went","description":"life, ham-radio,travel, investing, work, retirement and getting there","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e09620d4264e5cd90e30305809ea2462","name":"wd0ajg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"wd0ajg"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db64afcf51fce3b55d7ed73473f96d8213f4d5b7466a584423982496ed778676?s=96&d=mm&r=g"}}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parvvB-gKs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9174,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/17\/digital-modes-on-hf-did-you-see-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":64384,"position":0},"title":"Digital Modes on HF\u2026 did you see it?","author":"wd0ajg","date":"December 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Did you read this article about using Olivia?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I also get hung up using PSK31 and have only attempted the others a few times.\u00a0 I have several contacts using Olivia in my log and One using Contestia.\u00a0 I need to branch out a bit more and have recently seen\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Ishmael Bathurst Genology\"","block_context":{"text":"Ishmael Bathurst Genology","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/ishmael-bathurst-genology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amateurradio.com\/wp-content\/themes\/amateurradio_3_3\/images\/PostHeaderIcon.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6571,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/11\/big-t-ball-barbque-and-other-things\/","url_meta":{"origin":64384,"position":1},"title":"Big T-Ball, BarBQue, and other things","author":"wd0ajg","date":"June 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It was a big, busy Saturday.\u00a0 Grandson said he had to get up at 4am so he could be ready for his 9:00AM T-ball game?\u00a0 He does not yet have a real concept of time.\u00a0 We did rouse around at 7AM.\u00a0 I was first up and made just enough noise\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Pages\"","block_context":{"text":"Pages","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/pages\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8943,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/03\/college-town-students-christmas-fever\/","url_meta":{"origin":64384,"position":2},"title":"College town, Students, Christmas Fever","author":"wd0ajg","date":"December 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It is great at times to live in a College Town.\u00a0 You can see things there you can\u2019t find in other places.\u00a0 Now what I am going to show you can see anywhere but it seems to be a bit more pronounced or maybe it is just me and my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Ishmael Bathurst Genology\"","block_context":{"text":"Ishmael Bathurst Genology","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/tag\/ishmael-bathurst-genology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"hummerxmas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/hummerxmas_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13037,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/05\/i-got-it-too\/","url_meta":{"origin":64384,"position":3},"title":"I got it too\u2026","author":"wd0ajg","date":"December 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"From one of my favorite blogs \u2013Travel with The Bayfield Bunch\u00a0 I picked up this \u201cpearl\u201d of wisdom\u2026 You know it when you see it, feel it, and experience it\u2026 \u201cThe ongoing various stages of aging is a somewhat complicated thing at times.\u00a0 There is no precise ending of one\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":59460,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/29\/super-secret-art-designs\/","url_meta":{"origin":64384,"position":4},"title":"Super Secret Art Designs!","author":"wd0ajg","date":"April 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Good grief it has been almost a week since I last took the time to update.\u00a0 Not sure where to begin\u2026 we got to Denver\u00a0 and the snow was deep, then melted then deep again and when that was gone we took a little drive Sunday through Morrison and Evergreen\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_7246","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_7246_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_7246_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_7246_thumb.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IMG_7246_thumb.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16835,"url":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2014\/08\/08\/need-a-big-house-on-campus\/","url_meta":{"origin":64384,"position":5},"title":"Need a big house on Campus?","author":"wd0ajg","date":"August 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Well it was raining this morning so I didn\u2019t get my walk in\u2026 we got 2 inches and it raised the pond level about a foot\u2026It was a bad night for the cat to decide she could stay out but I had left the door to the shop up a\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"1-IMG_1406","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1-IMG_1406_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1-IMG_1406_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1-IMG_1406_thumb.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64385,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64384\/revisions\/64385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}