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Evolution of Stupidity?
As a lifelong citizen of the US, I am concerned about the
deteriorating trend that is destroying the dignity and integrity of the American people. Among the inevitable crime, overpopulation and every day social issues that contribute to the ongoing problems that we face, there is a much deeper and darker influence that has been quickly evolving into a social "plague". I have closely observed the ethical decline of this country's government and I am sickened by the warped values of our legal system. We now live in a country that solicits injudicious and frivolous lawsuits, encourages people to destroy honest businesses and their reputations, and rewards this sadistic behavior with a monetary payoff. The lawyers and judges in this country (with the exception of a very few who are courageous enough to stand strong on their convictions), have sold their concern of humanity for greed and personal gain. The government has been reduced to nothing more than organized crime as they over tax us and force the honest businesses to pay them exorbitant amounts of money under the pretense of litigation. Of coarse, on occasion, there are legitimate causes, but the epidemic of sue happy litigators has reached a level of pure insanity. For example, NJ State Attorney General, Peter Harvey's is suing Nissan for producing cars with headlights that thieves find enticing to steal. Or how about a federal judge ordering WalMart to pay $16 million for selling a shotgun that was used in a murder. I may be crazy, but wouldn't the man who pulled the trigger be responsible for that? Then there's the lawfirm who pressed and then settled a class action against Microsoft supposedly on behalf of 14 million California consumers, demanding legal fees of $300 million. These insane class action lawsuits might dress well in the media, but who makes out? $300 million for the lawyers and maybe the consumer will get back a portion of what ever he paid for a product that he consciously chose and evaluated before making the purchase. Just another blatant case of legal extortion. The list goes on and on, and the most twisted part of it all is that the victim in these unfair legal attacks must pay to defend themselves whether right, wrong, win or lose. Where is the justice in this? Have we evolved into a breed of humans that are too stupid to be responsible for our own choices and actions? As the avalanche of lawsuits grows stronger and stronger the concern for humanity becomes less and less. Do these subhumans that call themselves lawyers and judges realize that these businesses they are destroying are run by people with families? This is not just paperwork, this is mothers and fathers who are proud of their hard work and success until the vultures pick apart their livelihood with legal brutality and slander their names with media manipulation. What has happened to our sense of humanity? Are we now just a nation of self serving cut-throats with no consciences? What will become of us if this self-destructing trend continues? |
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The American dream................
"Benjamin Holdt" skrev i melding om... As a lifelong citizen of the US, I am concerned about the deteriorating trend that is destroying the dignity and integrity of the American people. Among the inevitable crime, overpopulation and every day social issues that contribute to the ongoing problems that we face, there is a much deeper and darker influence that has been quickly evolving into a social "plague". I have closely observed the ethical decline of this country's government and I am sickened by the warped values of our legal system. We now live in a country that solicits injudicious and frivolous lawsuits, encourages people to destroy honest businesses and their reputations, and rewards this sadistic behavior with a monetary payoff. The lawyers and judges in this country (with the exception of a very few who are courageous enough to stand strong on their convictions), have sold their concern of humanity for greed and personal gain. The government has been reduced to nothing more than organized crime as they over tax us and force the honest businesses to pay them exorbitant amounts of money under the pretense of litigation. Of coarse, on occasion, there are legitimate causes, but the epidemic of sue happy litigators has reached a level of pure insanity. For example, NJ State Attorney General, Peter Harvey's is suing Nissan for producing cars with headlights that thieves find enticing to steal. Or how about a federal judge ordering WalMart to pay $16 million for selling a shotgun that was used in a murder. I may be crazy, but wouldn't the man who pulled the trigger be responsible for that? Then there's the lawfirm who pressed and then settled a class action against Microsoft supposedly on behalf of 14 million California consumers, demanding legal fees of $300 million. These insane class action lawsuits might dress well in the media, but who makes out? $300 million for the lawyers and maybe the consumer will get back a portion of what ever he paid for a product that he consciously chose and evaluated before making the purchase. Just another blatant case of legal extortion. The list goes on and on, and the most twisted part of it all is that the victim in these unfair legal attacks must pay to defend themselves whether right, wrong, win or lose. Where is the justice in this? Have we evolved into a breed of humans that are too stupid to be responsible for our own choices and actions? As the avalanche of lawsuits grows stronger and stronger the concern for humanity becomes less and less. Do these subhumans that call themselves lawyers and judges realize that these businesses they are destroying are run by people with families? This is not just paperwork, this is mothers and fathers who are proud of their hard work and success until the vultures pick apart their livelihood with legal brutality and slander their names with media manipulation. What has happened to our sense of humanity? Are we now just a nation of self serving cut-throats with no consciences? What will become of us if this self-destructing trend continues? |
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"Benjamin Holdt" wrote in message om... As a lifelong citizen of the US, I am concerned about the deteriorating trend that is destroying the dignity and integrity of the American people. Among the inevitable crime, overpopulation and every day social issues that contribute to the ongoing problems that we face, there is a much deeper and darker influence that has been quickly evolving into a social "plague". I have closely observed the ethical decline of this country's government and I am sickened by the warped values of our legal system. We now live in a country that solicits injudicious and frivolous lawsuits, encourages people to destroy honest businesses and their reputations, and rewards this sadistic behavior with a monetary payoff. Our legal system provides a way for "victims" of injudicious and frivolous lawsuits to seek redress. It is equally as flawed as the original lawsuit itself in that it shares the problem of a seeking redress against damages from a defendant with empty or shallow pocket. It is still better than the uncivilized alternative which tort reformers in their shallow view fail to adress. It isn't perfect, but people that share your hopeless view of the tort system do so usually because they were either forced to pay a high price for what a jury deemed a wrong they did that they do not recognize as a wrong, or one of the mob that stimulates their adrenals by listening to a talk radio show that exites the sedentary personality into a minor proactive one---that is to say the radio voice is capable of moving the couch potato from the couch to the phone to call in a radio show, write an article for a newsgroup, or discuss it agitatedly over church or beer! The former has had his day in court; the jury has spoken. The later usually makes up his "judicial mind" from ten minutes of detail and fact as recited to him by a talk radio jock. The later has not the same quality of fact to deal with as the jury they are second guessing. I am sickened by the superficial readiness of both of these growing types of people to do away with the flawed system we have without thinking of the consequences. The flawed system of common law we have was developed over hundreds of years to prevent the injured from enforcing his own standards of redress. Cherokee, one of my many American cultures, did not have common law. The ancient Cherokee relied upon Blood Law for redress. Revenge might be the better word. Without a flawed tort system with juries to decide....the alternative would be man to man where might makes right. I promise you it is far a better thing to be on the wrong side of a tort court decision than to be on the wrong side of a Blood Law obligation. Under Blood Law your entire family would have to answer to the perceived victim's entire family for as long as it took to get justice..........or revenge....whichever word you prefer! Laws and systems of laws don't just appear out of a vaccuum. They are compromises made over time by process as decided by the whole where the individual surrenders some of his personal perogative for action in exchange for the contract to live among the group. The lawyers and judges in this country (with the exception of a very few who are courageous enough to stand strong on their convictions), have sold their concern of humanity for greed and personal gain. The government has been reduced to nothing more than organized crime as they over tax us and force the honest businesses to pay them exorbitant amounts of money under the pretense of litigation. Of coarse, on occasion, there are legitimate causes, but the epidemic of sue happy litigators has reached a level of pure insanity. Many in Texas think as you do....but they are mistaken. Many in Texas think the high cost of medicine is due to the cost of mal practise lawsuit awards. 98% of all medical-malpractise lawsuits in Texas end with a judgment for the defendant. That means all those insane suits that you talk about are funded by lawyers who have to try 100 cases to win two. The cost of a medical malpractise lawsuit for a plantiff runs from $50,000 to $350,000 dollars. I know of a couple of established attorneys who were wiped out completely funding a case they thought would win............but did not. These were cases that had every right to win, but the jury pool was made up of people likeminded to yourself that just could not believe that a friendly Doctor could really sew up someone's chest with gauge still inside to leave infections that caused three more operations to no avail until the patient finally went to a third doctor who found the infected gauze. The plaintiff lost and the attorney, you will be pleased to know, went into domestic law helping people get divorces. For example, NJ State Attorney General, Peter Harvey's is suing Nissan for producing cars with headlights that thieves find enticing to steal. You are quite smug in your quick statement of the facts. Can you admit that such a quick statement calls for a quick judgment without the real facts. Any judgment made upon your statement would indicate the shallow mind that is inadequate to examine such issues at all. Virtually everyone that reads this post will know that the above is not the only facts of this case. Therefore, your statement is meaningless and belongs on talk radio...........or right here on the newsgroup, but has no merit worth consideration by serious people. Or how about a federal judge ordering WalMart to pay $16 million for selling a shotgun that was used in a murder. I may be crazy, but wouldn't the man who pulled the trigger be responsible for that? Then there's the lawfirm who pressed and then settled a class action against Microsoft supposedly on behalf of 14 million California consumers, demanding legal fees of $300 million. These insane class action lawsuits might dress well in the media, but who makes out? $300 million for the lawyers and maybe the consumer will get back a portion of what ever he paid for a product that he consciously chose and evaluated before making the purchase. Just another blatant case of legal extortion. The list goes on and on, and the most twisted part of it all is that the victim in these unfair legal attacks must pay to defend themselves whether right, wrong, win or lose. Where is the justice in this? Have we evolved into a breed of humans that are too stupid to be responsible for our own choices and actions? Go ahead, make it virtually impossible for one man to sue another. That is a step back to the old west. We knew how to handle these things here in Texas. My wife's great grandfather had a long running dispute with his French neighbor. One day as he was choping the head off a chicken the neighbor came out to gripe as he did often. (They had no small claims court in those days). The Frenchman had his hand on the fence post and was steadily giving my wife's grandfather a dressing down. He didn't talk much. He didn't say a word. When he had heard all he wanted to hear, he just took the hand axe he used on the chicken and chopped of two of the Frenchman's fingers. The dispute was settled........no lawyers........no judge.....no jury! As the avalanche of lawsuits grows stronger and stronger the concern for humanity becomes less and less. Do these subhumans that call themselves lawyers and judges realize that these businesses they are destroying are run by people with families? This is not just paperwork, this is mothers and fathers who are proud of their hard work and success until the vultures pick apart their livelihood with legal brutality and slander their names with media manipulation. What has happened to our sense of humanity? Are we now just a nation of self serving cut-throats with no consciences? What will become of us if this self-destructing trend continues? I'm with you! The tort system is only a fence that keeps us apart. I don't like the fence and neither do you. As soon as I finish killing this chicken.........I'll deal with it my own way. Go ahead and stand there with your hand on the post :-) Just kidding........offered as something to think about. It really is just as simple as you present it...........and me. If you don't like the tort system we can go back to the old Blood Law ways if you want to. That is where we are headed, but don't say I didn't warn you! You might not like what you get. Bin Laden didn't feel he could get a fair hearing in a court of law in the United States. The WTC is just an magnified example of what happens when people decide to settle things in their own way. People who perceive themselves as injured do not just walk away. Either they have a day in court or they find another way to get even. It is the nature of man that he will do these things. A flawed tort system is better than the alternative. Randy R. Cox |
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Evolution of Stupidity?
Benjamin Holdt wrote:
As a lifelong citizen of the US, I am concerned about the deteriorating trend that is destroying the dignity and integrity of the American people. I'm concerned about idjits crossposting long off-topic rants to unrelated newsgroups myself. As an American, I absolutely hate it when Americans do incredibly sutpid things whilst pointing out that they're Americans. If you must make an ass of youself, please don't claim a common citizenship with me as you do it. I'm posting from alt.support.diet.low-carb. -- Newbie tip: Read the FAQ. It's posted here daily, contains tons of great info on low-carbing and lots of links to more great info and tons of recipes too! |
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"Jackie Patti" wrote in message ... Benjamin Holdt wrote: As a lifelong citizen of the US, I am concerned about the deteriorating trend that is destroying the dignity and integrity of the American people. I'm concerned about idjits crossposting long off-topic rants to unrelated newsgroups myself. Xactly. What's baffling is the choice of ng's to cross-post this sort of thing to. |
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For example, NJ State Attorney General, Peter Harvey's is suing Nissan for producing cars with headlights that thieves find enticing to steal. You are quite smug in your quick statement of the facts. Can you admit that such a quick statement calls for a quick judgment without the real facts. Any judgment made upon your statement would indicate the shallow mind that is inadequate to examine such issues at all. Virtually everyone that reads this post will know that the above is not the only facts of this case. Therefore, your statement is meaningless and belongs on talk radio...........or right here on the newsgroup, but has no merit worth consideration by serious people. Here a few more facts regarding this particular issue and it sounds like Nissan is getting sued for their headlights being enticing to theives in addition to being very expensive to replace. http://www.wnbc.com/money/2968643/detail.html Are You In Headlight Hell? Xenon Lights More Popular Than Ever With Thieves The new xenon headlights are clearly brighter and more efficient than the old style. They've also proven quite popular to both car owners and thieves. We did early reports on the theft problem nearly two years ago. Since then, xenon headlights have continued to frustrate carmakers, lawmakers, and most of all people like Erica Swanson. It took less than a year for Swanson to go from loving her car to resenting it. "They've been stolen three times and I've had my car less than a year. April 10 will make it a year," Swanson said. Swanson is not the worst case the New Jersey Attorney General's Office has seen. "The winner so far is the poor person who has had this happen to them five times," said Reni Erdos of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. Headlights stolen from 2002 and 2003 Nissan Maximas make up the majority of the 750 theft reports filed in New Jersey. That's enough to prompt a lawsuit against the carmaker. "What we're seeking there is restitution and out-of-pocket loss that customers had suffered," New Jersey Attorney General Peter C. Harvey said. With replacement costs at $1,500 to $2,000, those pockets are pretty empty. Many consumers have paid outright and those who filed insurance claims still paid deductibles. "I had to pay a $500 deductible," Swanson said. Don't forget to multiply that $500 by the three times her lights were stolen. Nissan responded by distributing antitheft kits. Some people bought them and others thought they were supposed to be free. Car owners found the solution offered puzzling at best. That's one of the reasons New York consumer authorities have decided to join in the legal action. "We are urging people to contact the consumer protection board because we are negotiating with attorneys to help people get their money back," said Teresa A. Santiago of the New York State Consumer Protection Board. In Connecticut, the attorney general's office tells us they haven't received any calls from consumers complaining about headlight thefts but are interested if there are any. A Nissan spokesperson told us the company would not comment on issues that will be settled in court later. It is interesting to note the company acknowledges it redesigned the headlights in its 2004-2005 models. |
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On 14 Apr 2004 07:57:08 -0700, Benjamin Holdt wrote in
alt.support.diet.low-carb: As a lifelong citizen of the US, I am concerned So am I. Are you saying that stupidity is low-carb? If so, I'll probably want to change diets. If not --- THEN WHY THE **** ARE YOU POSTING THIS IN alt.support.diet.low-carb????? I'm also not that sure about alt.sports.baseball.balt-orioles, unless you're telling a whole city full of baseball fans that they're stupid. Among the inevitable crime, overpopulation and every day social issues that contribute to the ongoing problems that we face, there is a much deeper and darker influence that has been quickly evolving into a social "plague". Yup - bad Nettiquette. We MUST stamp it out!!!!! -- 6/2/2003 181/160/164? |
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Only you can trim those headers and avoid crossposting.
alt.politics, sci.med.nutrition, alt.support.diet.low-carb, alt.politics.bush, alt.sports.baseball.balt-orioles Lee Rodgers Lowcarb Retreat http://www.lowcarb.org CHATroom http://www.lowcarb.org/parachat.html Message Board http://retreat.kowalk.org/forums Low-Carb Connoisseur http://www.low-carb.com |
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Once upon a time, our fellow Benjamin Holdt
rambled on about "Evolution of Stupidity?." Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ... As a lifelong citizen of the US, I am concerned about the deteriorating trend that is destroying the dignity and integrity of the American people. Among the inevitable crime, overpopulation and every day social issues that contribute to the ongoing problems that we face, there is a much deeper and darker influence that has been quickly evolving into a social "plague". I have closely observed the ethical decline of this country's government and I am sickened by the warped values of our legal system. We now live in a country that solicits injudicious and frivolous lawsuits, encourages people to destroy honest businesses and their reputations, and rewards this sadistic behavior with a monetary payoff. The lawyers and judges in this country (with the exception of a very few who are courageous enough to stand strong on their convictions), have sold their concern of humanity for greed and personal gain. The government has been reduced to nothing more than organized crime as they over tax us and force the honest businesses to pay them exorbitant amounts of money under the pretense of litigation. Of coarse, on occasion, there are legitimate causes, but the epidemic of sue happy litigators has reached a level of pure insanity. For example, NJ State Attorney General, Peter Harvey's is suing Nissan for producing cars with headlights that thieves find enticing to steal. Or how about a federal judge ordering WalMart to pay $16 million for selling a shotgun that was used in a murder. I may be crazy, but wouldn't the man who pulled the trigger be responsible for that? Then there's the lawfirm who pressed and then settled a class action against Microsoft supposedly on behalf of 14 million California consumers, demanding legal fees of $300 million. These insane class action lawsuits might dress well in the media, but who makes out? $300 million for the lawyers and maybe the consumer will get back a portion of what ever he paid for a product that he consciously chose and evaluated before making the purchase. Just another blatant case of legal extortion. The list goes on and on, and the most twisted part of it all is that the victim in these unfair legal attacks must pay to defend themselves whether right, wrong, win or lose. Where is the justice in this? Have we evolved into a breed of humans that are too stupid to be responsible for our own choices and actions? As the avalanche of lawsuits grows stronger and stronger the concern for humanity becomes less and less. Do these subhumans that call themselves lawyers and judges realize that these businesses they are destroying are run by people with families? This is not just paperwork, this is mothers and fathers who are proud of their hard work and success until the vultures pick apart their livelihood with legal brutality and slander their names with media manipulation. What has happened to our sense of humanity? Are we now just a nation of self serving cut-throats with no consciences? What will become of us if this self-destructing trend continues? Perhaps if you were to try focusing and some deep breathing exercises? Ha, ... Hah, Ha! |
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Once upon a time, our fellow Jackie Patti
rambled on about " Evolution of Stupidity?." Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ... I'm posting from alt.support.diet.low-carb. Woopie! Ha, ... Hah, Ha! |
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