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Post by grainnerhuad on Aug 8, 2009 17:32:29 GMT -5
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Post by karlsie on Aug 8, 2009 23:17:00 GMT -5
The last lines of the article are what really disturbed me. "We are a company that files law suits first, then asks questions later." What the hell?
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Post by Maya on Aug 9, 2009 12:14:12 GMT -5
Jeez Louise! WTF is that about? Well if Amanda managed to attract 20 people's attention, imagine how many people's attention Horizon grabbed. Doesn't freedom of speech apply?
This is bullshit, I wonder how many other corporations are going to cry to their lawyer's now that the seed has been planted. I blame it on Sarah Palin's inability to take a bad joke, it started the whole thing.
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Post by grainnerhuad on Aug 9, 2009 12:25:51 GMT -5
No, I blame it on our human mentality period. How many commercials do you see for "Mesothelioma" suites or now Paxil. I think Law firms take on interns just to brainstorm potential class action suites. We all want a piece of everyone else's pie.
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Post by Maya on Aug 9, 2009 12:30:27 GMT -5
Those commercials disgust me. Medical malpractice lawsuit encouragement, autism causing vaccines, people need to realize that things happen for a reason and accept it.
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Post by karlsie on Aug 9, 2009 13:56:25 GMT -5
Things sometimes happen for unnecessary reasons. Because of the hysterical crowds demanding instant cures for their ailments, all kinds of "miracle" drugs are produced and marketed. The class action law suits are bogus. After filing against an automobile insurance company for over-charging me four thousand dollars for a yearly policy; they had attached both my son and daughter as drivers although neither of them had a license at the time; an attorney advised me he had added my name to a list that were taking a class action suit against the company. A year later, i was notified i was entitled to a hundred sixty-five dollar settlement as a result. Not satisfied, i refused to sign for my claim and didn't receive a dime for passing go.
The tendency to run to the courts for every little complaint has created an enormous cash cow for attorneys. No matter how justified you are or think you are in carrying your argument to the bench, the case is decided by who has the most legal means at disposal; i.e., the best attorneys. Corporations hire teams of attorneys whose effectiveness in dealing with one malpractice suit sets a precedent for future considerations.
This is because we are an equity court. Equity is decided by those who have the most influence in creating economic growth policies beginning at the assembly level. It has nothing at all to do with lawful jurisdiction. The words of the Supreme Court Justice who ended the case against Ted Stevens keep coming back to me, "the courts should be about justice, not winning or losing." Spoken as though surprised the practice had been going on so long at the municipal level, i was both amused and slightly gratified to learn a kernel of conscientious duty still resided.
We should be thankful we have Sarah Palin. She has been molded so perfectly by mainstream society, we finally have the sterling stereotype to point our finger at and call ridiculous. She is everything the American man desires and the American housewife dreams of being; relentless and brutal at sports; not a team member but a team leader. A beauty queen who could hunt and fish, a daddy in the oil business, Sarah has it all; everything except the intelligence to hold a public office. She is the mirror reflection of the public.
We've reached the testing ground of our Constitutional and inherited rights. Anyone who thinks we will never lose our essential freedoms; of press, of free assembly and free speech without a battle is covering their eyes. There was a reason America was dummied down and filled with suppressive drugs. There is a reason it's turned a generation of children into electronic stimulation addicts involved more with automatons than the life going on around them. History has shown us that slavery is dangerous only when the slaves begin to think for themselves.
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Post by grainnerhuad on Aug 9, 2009 15:30:01 GMT -5
We should be thankful we have Sarah Palin. She has been molded so perfectly by mainstream society, we finally have the sterling stereotype to point our finger at and call ridiculous. She is everything the American man desires and the American housewife dreams of being; relentless and brutal at sports; not a team member but a team leader. A beauty queen who could hunt and fish, a daddy in the oil business, Sarah has it all; everything except the intelligence to hold a public office. She is the mirror reflection of the public. We've reached the testing ground of our Constitutional and inherited rights. Anyone who thinks we will never lose our essential freedoms; of press, of free assembly and free speech without a battle is covering their eyes. There was a reason America was dummied down and filled with suppressive drugs. There is a reason it's turned a generation of children into electronic stimulation addicts involved more with automatons than the life going on around them. History has shown us that slavery is dangerous only when the slaves begin to think for themselves. Did I read that right? We should be thankful we have Sarah Palin? Every man wants her? Every woman wants to be her? I have to disagree. Men that I know don't want women like that. It takes a strong man to deal with a woman that can weild a firearm better than him. In truth a lot of men's say out loud they want that but find they can't handle it when they get it. And women, I find that most women between the ages of 19 and 32 have not figured what they want and try on all kinds of personas. Very few settle for coniving beotch. I don't find her the mirror reflection, more like a stylized fem-bot. As to losing our freedoms, we have rolled over as a collective population and shown our bellies already. Patriot act anyone. However this is a good point for an article and Karla, it looks like you have it half written already. |
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Post by neonorth on Aug 9, 2009 21:34:03 GMT -5
I'm drawing a blank for the most part on ideas for articles. I thought about writing one on whether or not rehabilitation is worth the money in prisons or whether killing someone really is a foul as it is portrayed as in most legal and moral arguments. Dr. Phal has been dabbling with school boards, economists, muffins, interpretive politics with Obama and health care and the idea of education versus e-duh-cation. I've also been considering an in depth article on why they call it a blowjob when there really isn't any blowing....
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Post by karlsie on Aug 10, 2009 2:13:36 GMT -5
Now then, by the same line of reasoning, one would wonder why "you suck" is considered an insult. It often happens that once we've vented our pet peeves, we grope around for a little extra momentum. Writing, although a serious endeavor, doesn't always have to cover serious topics. Dr. Phal is a great political mouthpiece, drawing humor into situations and issues that otherwise might become staid from relentless bitterness. I can imagine that following his act with a well researched article can be a little exhausting.
Sometimes, the smallest things can stimulate a response. A blurb at Twitter caused a reaction and the question of freedom of speech to arise. It also brought to attention a legal system that profits from conflict instead of the pursuit of justice. As much as we might bemoan a public that follows blindly the dictates of its manufactured heroes, it's the public we wish to persuade. Our job, beyond adding a perspective to the news media that's sadly lacking in objective coverage, is to present the added dimension of counter cultural artistic expression. Our suggestions for topics are just that; suggestions to add uniformity to our format and direction. If the suggestions don't strike a responsive chord, just kick the can around a little until something does.
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