Secret Service vs the President: What if the president wants to do something the Secret Service opposes?

[Andy_L]

I’ve heard that joke usually in its flagpole form

Is a Sergeant Ever a "Sir"?

There’s a joke, but it pretty well illustrates the difference. At a West Point physics class, the instructor said he’d give them a problm, and ask for oral solutions. He said there was a 25-foot flagpole laying on the ground. It weighed 300 lbs. There was a cement block in the ground with a hole for the base of the pole. As an officer, you have a sergeant and five privates at your disposal. How would you erect the flagpole? Each cadet offered various ideas from block and tackle to a rope wit…