Comments on: Why I Was Disbarred http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/11/01/why-i-was-disbarred/ Author James Bovard Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:04:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Patrick http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/11/01/why-i-was-disbarred/#comment-6688 Patrick Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:07:26 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/11/01/why-i-was-disbarred/#comment-6688 It's all about the scapegoating. when our well funded (but painfully ineffective) gov't fails us in a crisis (as they are oft to do) the first thing they do is mount a campaign in the lapdog media, highlighting villains for the citizenry to fixate on never mind the fabulously expensive/criminally inept government that couldn't seem to get a handle on a fire short of 60 square miles of burnt property. Speaking of criminals, today the press is abuzz with news of mass arrests by the feds one week last month. Nearly 11,000 arrests I feel safer already... It’s all about the scapegoating.

when our well funded (but painfully ineffective) gov’t fails us in a crisis (as they are oft to do)

the first thing they do is mount a campaign in the lapdog media, highlighting villains for the citizenry to fixate on

never mind the fabulously expensive/criminally inept government that couldn’t seem to get a handle on a fire short of 60 square miles of burnt property.

Speaking of criminals, today the press is abuzz with news of mass arrests by the feds one week last month.

Nearly 11,000 arrests

I feel safer already…

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/11/01/why-i-was-disbarred/#comment-6684 Jim Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:16:59 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/11/01/why-i-was-disbarred/#comment-6684 Hmmmmm... Maybe I made a mistake by not plunking down the $79.99 that it would have cost to get embossed lettering included on the diploma. On those "Stepford Lawyers" - were they wearing white shoes? White shoed lawyers is such a wonderful notion. Just be careful about placing any ads in Muslim Yellow Pages out there in Oregon. It could make it very difficult for you to keep in touch with your clients. Hmmmmm… Maybe I made a mistake by not plunking down the $79.99 that it would have cost to get embossed lettering included on the diploma.

On those “Stepford Lawyers” - were they wearing white shoes? White shoed lawyers is such a wonderful notion.

Just be careful about placing any ads in Muslim Yellow Pages out there in Oregon. It could make it very difficult for you to keep in touch with your clients.

]]> By: lawhobbit http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/11/01/why-i-was-disbarred/#comment-6683 lawhobbit Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:03:00 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/11/01/why-i-was-disbarred/#comment-6683 There are plenty of good lawyers out there, and plenty of good congressmen! John Wesley Hardin and Henry Clay come to mind as sterling examples - cf. the 19th century phrase regarding "a good Indian." But as for Tom advising others and becoming a "person of interest," I'll just say that I paid a bit more than $49.00 for my degree (though I didn't get a frame) and when you've got an investment in a monopoly you work very hard to protect it. Again, cf. "two party system." I'll thoroughly agree about the necktie part, though. I've been to some of those offices that Tom describes, where all the Stepford Lawyers are wearing their ties and suspenders and walking around in an atmosphere not unlike that of a morgue and it ain't the life for me. There are plenty of good lawyers out there, and plenty of good congressmen! John Wesley Hardin and Henry Clay come to mind as sterling examples - cf. the 19th century phrase regarding “a good Indian.” But as for Tom advising others and becoming a “person of interest,” I’ll just say that I paid a bit more than $49.00 for my degree (though I didn’t get a frame) and when you’ve got an investment in a monopoly you work very hard to protect it. Again, cf. “two party system.”

I’ll thoroughly agree about the necktie part, though. I’ve been to some of those offices that Tom describes, where all the Stepford Lawyers are wearing their ties and suspenders and walking around in an atmosphere not unlike that of a morgue and it ain’t the life for me.

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/11/01/why-i-was-disbarred/#comment-6682 Jim Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:43:24 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/11/01/why-i-was-disbarred/#comment-6682 Tom - I agree with you neckties. They have a harrowing resemblance to nooses. There are some good lawyers out there, and maybe a slightly higher percentage than that of good congressmen. But I'm not sure that rates as 'statistically significant.' Tom - I agree with you neckties. They have a harrowing resemblance to nooses.

There are some good lawyers out there, and maybe a slightly higher percentage than that of good congressmen. But I’m not sure that rates as ’statistically significant.’

]]> By: Tom Blanton http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/11/01/why-i-was-disbarred/#comment-6657 Tom Blanton Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:41:16 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/11/01/why-i-was-disbarred/#comment-6657 In Oliver Twist, Mr. Bumble said that the law is an ass. If Dickens were to have written that tale now, the story would be called Oliver Twisted and a character named Mr. Bungle would say the law is an asshole. But that would be wrong. Actually, the law is a whole bunch of assholes. From the legislators and judges to the snooty law office receptionist and her slimey bosses, the profession is riddled with a-holes - I'd guess about 90% or so. I once thought of going to law school until I worked at a law firm for a couple of years as a paralegal where I developed an allergy to neckties. I've since discovered the lawyers will pay you more money to hang out at the courthouse wearing a t-shirt and read documents - freeing them up to be assholes back at the office. So while I saved the $49.99 for a law degree, I am only allowed to advise lawyers on what legal documents say. If I were to advise an ordinary person on such matters, I would become a "person of interest". I think Ashcroft redefined "person of interst" to be someone who the government fucks with, despite having no evidence at all, so that officials can hold a press conference to congratulate themselves for keeping the taxpayers safe. In Oliver Twist, Mr. Bumble said that the law is an ass. If Dickens were to have written that tale now, the story would be called Oliver Twisted and a character named Mr. Bungle would say the law is an asshole. But that would be wrong. Actually, the law is a whole bunch of assholes.

From the legislators and judges to the snooty law office receptionist and her slimey bosses, the profession is riddled with a-holes - I’d guess about 90% or so.

I once thought of going to law school until I worked at a law firm for a couple of years as a paralegal where I developed an allergy to neckties. I’ve since discovered the lawyers will pay you more money to hang out at the courthouse wearing a t-shirt and read documents - freeing them up to be assholes back at the office. So while I saved the $49.99 for a law degree, I am only allowed to advise lawyers on what legal documents say. If I were to advise an ordinary person on such matters, I would become a “person of interest”.

I think Ashcroft redefined “person of interst” to be someone who the government fucks with, despite having no evidence at all, so that officials can hold a press conference to congratulate themselves for keeping the taxpayers safe.

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