Commerce Explained
Are you a Supreme Court justice weary of the incessant carping of sick people trying to grow medicine? Wondering how you can prolong their suffering by means of the Interstate Commerce Clause when that medicine is neither bought, nor sold, nor crosses state lines? Don't worry, Fafnir of Fafblog is here to help. An excerpt:
"Insolent pot!" says Giblets. "Be more vendible!"
"Giblets why are you yellin at that pot plant?" says me.
"Giblets is trying to turn it into commerce," says Giblets. "But buying and selling it is too much work. He wants it to be commerce NOOOOOWWW!"
"Silly Giblets, everything is commerce!" says me. "Let's step into this maaaagical schoolbus and we will learn all about Our World Of Commerce!"THE PHYSICS OF COMMERCE!
When you hold a ball in the air it has POTENTIAL commerce. When you let it go the potential commerce turns into KINETIC commerce, which makes it faaaaalllllll through the air! It is caught by Congress or gravity. Classroom Learning Challenge: Levy a tariff on the ball before it hits the ground!
Special Bonus Commerce PARADOX! A cat is in a box. According to quantum mechanics, it is neither bought nor sold. Instead it is a cat commerce waveform sold in all possible states at the same time until it is confiscated and destroyed by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Cats.
(Hat tip: The Flybottle.)
