Comments on: Tort$$$ Trump Terrorism

By: 03ba82b9fe68

03ba82b9fe68 — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:48:17 +0000

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By: tanstaafl

tanstaafl — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:00:19 +0000

…“was only calling his elderly mother in _______ wishing her a happy 80th birthday”

I”ll fill in the blank with YEMEN.

It reminded me of another American trial lawyer, Lynne Stewart, who served as courier for messages from the Blind Sheikh, Omar Abdul-Rahman, (in jail for the 1993 WTC bombing) to his supporters & cronies in the Middle East.

By: OnlyInBostonKids

OnlyInBostonKids — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:17:01 +0000

Why protect Americans, when you can have your campaign base charge $350-500/hr trying to convince the judge that their client “was only calling his elderly mother in _______ wishing her a happy 80th birthday” when in fact that “Happy Birthday, Mom!” was a carefully coded password to start a massive attack?

No, the aftermath of a massive attack, after these bozos decide to let loose in DC and cause chaos in and around the governmental buildings – that’ll be the time Congress will tell the tort lawyers to get lost. Even better: wiretap all these tort lawyers for a spell and see how THEY like being spied on – I can bet you’ll get quite an earful of other shady goings-on.

By: RebeccaH

RebeccaH — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:14:35 +0000

I don’t know which angers me more: back when I thought Congress was just a conglomerate of idiots, or now when I know they’re self-interested idiots in the pocket of law-sanctioned thieves, i.e. trial lawyers.

By: The Thunder Run

The Thunder Run — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:31:17 +0000

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By: tanstaafl

tanstaafl — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:15:09 +0000

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys……………..P.J. O’Rourke

I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts………Will Rogers

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself…………Mark Twain

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul…………….George Bernard Shaw

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner…………..James Bovard

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free……….P.J. O’Rourke

I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts…………….Will Rogers

No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session…..Mark Twain

There is no distinctly native American criminal class, , , , , , save Congress…….Mark Twain

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have………Thomas Jefferson

(there, I feel better)

By: tanstaafl

tanstaafl — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:00:38 +0000

The true reason for blocking the bill was Senate-passed retroactive immunity to protect from lawsuits private telecommunications firms asked to eavesdrop by the government. The nation’s torts bar, vigorously pursuing such suits, has spent months lobbying hard against immunity.

It’s quite a thesis that trial lawyers lobby would agitate to block this legislation so as not to remove the option to sue telecoms.

And that the Democrat Congress would respond to that.

I’ve also read that the tort guys wanted the option to sue government if they were barred (no pun intended) from suing the phone companies.

Whadda planet.