I find that attorneys are scum who will help others sue someone whether it is warranted or not or pursue a guilty plea even if they have doubt as long as they think they have a chance to win and make a buck. Isn't this really the equivalent of someone who would steal if they don't think they will get caught?Have you seen the pathetic personal injury attorneys just fishing for "customers". It is disgusting. Due to our litigous society, doctors are being forced from medicine due to skyrocketing insurance premiums. Doesn't anyone ever take responsibility for themselves anymore...why is everything someone elses fault. Example, a woman spills coffee on herself at a drive through and sues McDonalds
These are people that have basically given their souls to the devil yet they seem to feel as if they are in an esteemed profession...why is that?
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Well my sister is a lawyer and she is lovely I know that most are revolting people who would try to set free a guilty rapist
You obviously don't know any public interest lawyers. But there's also two sides to every story and I hear the woman who sued McDonald's was not the first to be severely burned, that the McDonald's had been told the coffee was too hot and didn't give a d@mn, she was a diabetic and, therefore, took a long time to heal, the whole time lying in bed with her legs wide open because the burn was where your underwear elastic goes around the leg and they'd had to scrape melted elastic out of her flesh.
But, yeah, there's greedy and unscrupulous lawyers just as there are greedy and unscrupulous people in every profession and pedophile teachers or soccer coaches.
I know a lot of folks feel this way, but not all attorneys do Personal Injury, and not all do Litigation, and some work for free for people that are being oppressed by bullies with or without licenses to practice Law.
The McDonald's case wasn't that simple. I used to agree with you, but the facts go beyond a simple cup of coffee. The fact is that McD's coffee at that time was extremely poor quality. I know this because I, an old Infantry soldier, found it undrinkable, and I've had some really bad coffee in my time. To counter the awfulness of the taste, they served it forty degrees hotter than anyone else served coffee, to cover the taste. Within that forty degree range is the difference between a minor irritation and a serious third degree burn injury.
McDonald's was wrong, and they paid for it, and they've changed their coffee because no one would buy it at safe temperatures.
Yes...all lawyers are scum...they are all personal injury attorneys...there are no prosecutors, public defenders...pro bono attorneys, legal aid attorneys, civil rights atttorneys and so forth...no attorneys do anything good.,.all other professions are spotless.no priests molest children, no police officers are corrupt...no doctors are money grubbing...Wow young lady you really need to think before you speak.
I see you are blonde...should we take you as a dumb blonde because of your hair color, or take you as an individual
Yes, there are bad lawyers that do whatever they can just to make a buck.But they are the very small majority, even among personal injury lawyers. Would you rather live in a world where people who get injured due to the negligence or recklessness of another have no way to be compensated for their injuries?
I've often said that lawyers are like dentists. Everyone hates them until they need them. The difference is that if you get a good lawyer, you'll love lawyers after that. If you get a good dentist, you'll still hate dentists.
BTW, it has been shown time and time again that insurance premiums do not rise in response to payouts, they rise in response to the performance of the underlying investments. Just because the insurance companies have been able to convince the doctors doesn't mean anyone else should fall for it.
i have news for you, miss--bad things happen unexpectedly to the best of people, who can suddenly find themselves unable to work and feed their families and pay the rent through no fault of their own. this could be you, or someone you know. so, if you are ever in an unimaginably difficult situation, does this mean you will suffer in silence rather than call a lawyer? your screed is a lame bunch of recycled stereotypes and half-truths that you read in a wrinkled old magazine at the beauty shop. did you speak to the lady who spilled the coffee, or her lawyer? if not, then how can you assume to know all about that case? why don't you tell us the truth about nuclear physicists or architects, since you have no clue about those fields, either?
To "clarify" your "clarification" -
If a person comes to a lawyer and wants him to do a certain case, and hires him, as long as the case has the slightest sliver of merit and it would not violate the ethics of the profession or the law to continue on with the client's wishes, the lawyer doesn't have a say in it.
It is our culture of victimology, brought about by the feminization of our country, among other things, that has made us litigious. Lawyers are merely the soliders in the trenches doing the work of this litigious society while their clients are the generals directing the battles.
Assuming all legal situations fit your ridiculous description, it would still only mean that 1/2 of lawyers are bad... Don't forget, in the McDonald's case, McDonald's had lawyers working for them and saying what you said. Did you ever consider that?
By the way, it's funny that you think lawyers that advertise are automatically evil... What, lawyers don't need to make money? I see doctors and dentists advertising in my town... GASP! They are making money by "fishing" for sick people!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
What do you think of labor unions?
I have a notion that labor unions may soon see a resurgence. I'd like to know your opinion but PLEASE in your answer list your state of residence. Thank you.
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I live in California and labor unions are a good thing they help the worker by getting them higher wages and humane conditions to work in. They are one of the things that make this country great.
They had their day.
The union management has become management, and is just as greedy and unconcerned about the workers as management is.
IN and PA
I think they are a crutch for mediocre people. They suck the life out of the human spirit.
FL
If it weren't for Labor Unions we'd probably be working for 2 dollars an hour, 16 hour days now. But they got too big, and too greedy, so I'm not sure how I feel about them
They should be abolished
Unions are counter-productive in this world economy. Employers should decide how much they are willing to pay to labor. The company has to make money, go out of business, or move to a foreign country.
Unions do not add anything to productivity. They spend way too much money on political campaigns of liberals.
I think labor unions are too worried about politics and getting as many liberal ideals adopted as possible that they ruin the companies their employee's work for. Labor unions are a front for political unions to collect money from millions of people to fund an agenda of a few people that only benefits a few people. Unions served their purpose in the past but have overstepped their bounds in today's society and are nothing more than a liberal political action group now.
The State of New Jersey is in hock because of the
Municiple Workers Union. NYC was near bankrupt because of the City unions. Unions killed the US steel industry, and have just about dispatched Ford, Chysler, and GM. Unions drove many railroads into insolvency.
They took way too much. They were out for themselves and destroyed great american companies. If they would have understood that what was good for the company, with effective management, would have been good for the union. They have now destroyed the opportunity for their sons and daughters to find the abundant career opportunities that they had.
I live in Ypsilanti, MI.
Labor unions had their place back in the days of child labor and unsafe working conditions, but now there are too many unions who have taken it to the extreme and are now paying the price for it. Case in point: The UAW. Being an auto-line worker is the only job I know of where you can get a starting wage of around $18.00 an hour and bring absolutely nothing to the table in terms of education, training, or skills. These people basically get paid a king's ransom for doing a job a trained monkey can do. And they have the gall to blame the corporate executives of the Big Three for being too greedy! Unions also bring the worker base down to the lowest common denominator -- no one is allowed to work harder or do a better job than the laziest slob in the union because "you're making the others look bad." I don't think we'll see a resurgence in unions because the executives and company owners will take their bases of operations elsewhere. People gripe about losing jobs to Canada and Mexico -- well, when people there make 25% to 50% less in pay and benefits and are thankful to have the jobs (and therefore work harder and do a better job), what's the point of continuing to throw money at a bunch of overpaid whiny-butts who think they're entitled to live in the lap of luxury while providing next to nothing in return?
(IL/NV)The Labor Unions had lost lots of American support because of their positions on Illegal Immigration. They started by sending American jobs to other countries by okaying outsourcing of jobs and prosperity for Americans. Labor Unions stopped Supporting Americans and Veterans that have had previous training in those fields. ( The Automotive and steel industries almost gone, as examples) It is an insult and slap in the face to American Workers. These moves by Labor Unions are also setting Women back 40 years in the advances they have made. Practically everybody is working 2 or more jobs to make ends meet.
A USA News Today ( 6/2007- Titled "Don't Waste U.S. brainpower by hiring Foreign Workers for Coveted Jobs) says that American Workers are being wasted for cheaper foreign labor through the H-1B visa program. Most don't even have a high school education or are here Illegally, using someone else's identifying information and school or college information. Still Congress refuses to Secure the borders and stop the influx of workers that had broken the law by entering the country illegally, which is a felony.
If Labor Unions don't return to American values, they will completely go under. People cannot afford to live a Third World lifestyle and won't stay on the bottom, for the sake of the greedy. It has been them supporting Illegal Aleins!
Unions had their days. People who join think of all the great benefits of being part of union has. However, they soon forget that the Union THINKS for them. They will have to abide by whatever the Union wants. Most of the time unions only care about themselves and not the workers. They tend to be greedy. Plus industrialism is seeing a steady decrease in America because of subsidized labor in foreign countries.
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I live in California and labor unions are a good thing they help the worker by getting them higher wages and humane conditions to work in. They are one of the things that make this country great.
They had their day.
The union management has become management, and is just as greedy and unconcerned about the workers as management is.
IN and PA
I think they are a crutch for mediocre people. They suck the life out of the human spirit.
FL
If it weren't for Labor Unions we'd probably be working for 2 dollars an hour, 16 hour days now. But they got too big, and too greedy, so I'm not sure how I feel about them
They should be abolished
Unions are counter-productive in this world economy. Employers should decide how much they are willing to pay to labor. The company has to make money, go out of business, or move to a foreign country.
Unions do not add anything to productivity. They spend way too much money on political campaigns of liberals.
I think labor unions are too worried about politics and getting as many liberal ideals adopted as possible that they ruin the companies their employee's work for. Labor unions are a front for political unions to collect money from millions of people to fund an agenda of a few people that only benefits a few people. Unions served their purpose in the past but have overstepped their bounds in today's society and are nothing more than a liberal political action group now.
The State of New Jersey is in hock because of the
Municiple Workers Union. NYC was near bankrupt because of the City unions. Unions killed the US steel industry, and have just about dispatched Ford, Chysler, and GM. Unions drove many railroads into insolvency.
They took way too much. They were out for themselves and destroyed great american companies. If they would have understood that what was good for the company, with effective management, would have been good for the union. They have now destroyed the opportunity for their sons and daughters to find the abundant career opportunities that they had.
I live in Ypsilanti, MI.
Labor unions had their place back in the days of child labor and unsafe working conditions, but now there are too many unions who have taken it to the extreme and are now paying the price for it. Case in point: The UAW. Being an auto-line worker is the only job I know of where you can get a starting wage of around $18.00 an hour and bring absolutely nothing to the table in terms of education, training, or skills. These people basically get paid a king's ransom for doing a job a trained monkey can do. And they have the gall to blame the corporate executives of the Big Three for being too greedy! Unions also bring the worker base down to the lowest common denominator -- no one is allowed to work harder or do a better job than the laziest slob in the union because "you're making the others look bad." I don't think we'll see a resurgence in unions because the executives and company owners will take their bases of operations elsewhere. People gripe about losing jobs to Canada and Mexico -- well, when people there make 25% to 50% less in pay and benefits and are thankful to have the jobs (and therefore work harder and do a better job), what's the point of continuing to throw money at a bunch of overpaid whiny-butts who think they're entitled to live in the lap of luxury while providing next to nothing in return?
(IL/NV)The Labor Unions had lost lots of American support because of their positions on Illegal Immigration. They started by sending American jobs to other countries by okaying outsourcing of jobs and prosperity for Americans. Labor Unions stopped Supporting Americans and Veterans that have had previous training in those fields. ( The Automotive and steel industries almost gone, as examples) It is an insult and slap in the face to American Workers. These moves by Labor Unions are also setting Women back 40 years in the advances they have made. Practically everybody is working 2 or more jobs to make ends meet.
A USA News Today ( 6/2007- Titled "Don't Waste U.S. brainpower by hiring Foreign Workers for Coveted Jobs) says that American Workers are being wasted for cheaper foreign labor through the H-1B visa program. Most don't even have a high school education or are here Illegally, using someone else's identifying information and school or college information. Still Congress refuses to Secure the borders and stop the influx of workers that had broken the law by entering the country illegally, which is a felony.
If Labor Unions don't return to American values, they will completely go under. People cannot afford to live a Third World lifestyle and won't stay on the bottom, for the sake of the greedy. It has been them supporting Illegal Aleins!
Unions had their days. People who join think of all the great benefits of being part of union has. However, they soon forget that the Union THINKS for them. They will have to abide by whatever the Union wants. Most of the time unions only care about themselves and not the workers. They tend to be greedy. Plus industrialism is seeing a steady decrease in America because of subsidized labor in foreign countries.
What do you think of Georgia laws and Genarlow Wilson ?
thank goodness georgia has closed that law down where if you are teenagers and have oral sex (even consensualy) that it is considered aggravated child molestation! that is crazy!!! it's good that the judge freed him from serving some more years but that atty general needs help!! i understand if the guy is 22 and the girl is 15 BUT when you have 2 teenagers who have sex..even though it isn't right (pre-marital sex) that's doesn't make it a CRIME! What are your thoughts?
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I'm a Georgian and I can tell you 2 things. At the same time he did this another dude was in the SAME SITUATION. Dont you think he should have learned from the other guy's mistake?!
At any rate, this dude has 2 cards that will be thrown in his face...
1 is the race card
2 is the bible belt politics
most ridiculous case I've read about in years, it's why I avoid red states at all costs, their legal systems reek of an almost fundy talibanic interpretation of the law
It shows how racism is still a big part of our society. The DA has filed an appeal. The law was changed because if was an obscene law. Unfortunately for Mr Wilson his fight continues.
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I'm a Georgian and I can tell you 2 things. At the same time he did this another dude was in the SAME SITUATION. Dont you think he should have learned from the other guy's mistake?!
At any rate, this dude has 2 cards that will be thrown in his face...
1 is the race card
2 is the bible belt politics
most ridiculous case I've read about in years, it's why I avoid red states at all costs, their legal systems reek of an almost fundy talibanic interpretation of the law
It shows how racism is still a big part of our society. The DA has filed an appeal. The law was changed because if was an obscene law. Unfortunately for Mr Wilson his fight continues.
What do you think of abortion?
My oppinion is that abotion is ok since it can help several people through stem cells, but for people to not worry about safe sex and just let themselves get pregnant because they can always abort is just wrong. I want to know what you think.
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GOD... I can't believe all the fundamentalist, right-wing propaganda some people buy into (ESPECIALLY the younger people answering). It's time to evolve as a species everybody.
To me, abortion is a choice that is made (not to be made without careful consideration of course) when the people involved in the pregnancy have absolutely no chance of providing for another human life (i.e. the baby). It's not used as a primary means of birth-control and in the unlikely event that it is being used that way, that individual has their own cross to bear.
I don't buy into that whole, "well they can just give the baby up for adoption if they can't care for it" line of B.S.. If that is THEIR choice, then God bless them, but honestly I'm just sick to death of people screaming nonsense at the top of their lungs about how OTHER PEOPLE should live their lives. If you don't think abortion is morally right, then by all means DON'T HAVE ONE! But don't try to tell anyone else what or how to live their lives.
What about when a mother is having a traumatic pregnancy whereby she is chronically sick from complications. What if she will DIE from childbirth? What if she was raped? I think there needs to be an alternative available for situations like this without question or qualification.
fact : abortion kills unborn babies , sorry there's no nice way to put it
and by the way they can now make stem cells from human skin cells
Pretty much follow the same lines you mentioned.
It's not as economically efficient as birth control (whether barrier, drug or simple abstenence), but it gets the job done.
One interesting correllation, about 16 or so years after Roe v Wade, crime rates started dropping. Possibly, fewer juvenile delinquents growing up into hardened criminals - because some of them were never born.
murder.
duhhhhh.
I feel that every woman should have that right if she can live with it.
We all answer to our creator, and only HE can judge us.
I would never presume to know another woman's situation, or take away her right to decide whether to reproduce or not, and I think nobody else has the right to judge her, either.
it is the woman's body. if she chooses to do that it is her business. she might have a good reason to do that.
whether people think it's right or wrong, they have no say in it.
I THINK NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE SOMEONES INNOCENT HUMAN BEING LIFE. IF THEY WERE IRRESPONSIBLE WHY A HUMAN BEING HAS TO PAY THEIR MISTAKE WITH HIS/HER LIFE?
many PEOPLE ARE HOPING TO ADOPT A BABY WHY NOT HAVE IT AND LET HIM/HER HAVE A DECENT LIFE?
it's a disgrace of modern times to murder a child just because people are to stupid or selfish or hung up on sex or to collect stem cells, it proves we are on a path to self destruction.
Yay!Hortha!
Echo what he says.We have a world wide population problem as is.Do we really need more children that are malnourished,uneducated,and financially not taken care of. I don't think the same people who say they are against abortion would like to see there taxes shoot threw the roof over this.This problem is not easy and by any means a subject that has a nice pretty answer!
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GOD... I can't believe all the fundamentalist, right-wing propaganda some people buy into (ESPECIALLY the younger people answering). It's time to evolve as a species everybody.
To me, abortion is a choice that is made (not to be made without careful consideration of course) when the people involved in the pregnancy have absolutely no chance of providing for another human life (i.e. the baby). It's not used as a primary means of birth-control and in the unlikely event that it is being used that way, that individual has their own cross to bear.
I don't buy into that whole, "well they can just give the baby up for adoption if they can't care for it" line of B.S.. If that is THEIR choice, then God bless them, but honestly I'm just sick to death of people screaming nonsense at the top of their lungs about how OTHER PEOPLE should live their lives. If you don't think abortion is morally right, then by all means DON'T HAVE ONE! But don't try to tell anyone else what or how to live their lives.
What about when a mother is having a traumatic pregnancy whereby she is chronically sick from complications. What if she will DIE from childbirth? What if she was raped? I think there needs to be an alternative available for situations like this without question or qualification.
fact : abortion kills unborn babies , sorry there's no nice way to put it
and by the way they can now make stem cells from human skin cells
Pretty much follow the same lines you mentioned.
It's not as economically efficient as birth control (whether barrier, drug or simple abstenence), but it gets the job done.
One interesting correllation, about 16 or so years after Roe v Wade, crime rates started dropping. Possibly, fewer juvenile delinquents growing up into hardened criminals - because some of them were never born.
murder.
duhhhhh.
I feel that every woman should have that right if she can live with it.
We all answer to our creator, and only HE can judge us.
I would never presume to know another woman's situation, or take away her right to decide whether to reproduce or not, and I think nobody else has the right to judge her, either.
it is the woman's body. if she chooses to do that it is her business. she might have a good reason to do that.
whether people think it's right or wrong, they have no say in it.
I THINK NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE SOMEONES INNOCENT HUMAN BEING LIFE. IF THEY WERE IRRESPONSIBLE WHY A HUMAN BEING HAS TO PAY THEIR MISTAKE WITH HIS/HER LIFE?
many PEOPLE ARE HOPING TO ADOPT A BABY WHY NOT HAVE IT AND LET HIM/HER HAVE A DECENT LIFE?
it's a disgrace of modern times to murder a child just because people are to stupid or selfish or hung up on sex or to collect stem cells, it proves we are on a path to self destruction.
Yay!Hortha!
Echo what he says.We have a world wide population problem as is.Do we really need more children that are malnourished,uneducated,and financially not taken care of. I don't think the same people who say they are against abortion would like to see there taxes shoot threw the roof over this.This problem is not easy and by any means a subject that has a nice pretty answer!
What do you think it means that 22% of US labor force is employed guarding stuff? (according to the WSJ today)
They have the US as the second highest % workforce dedicated to guarding (after Greece) out of 18 economies.
The Wall Street Journal is referring to these economists' article:
http://www.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.c...
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We have lost, a lot it means we are a service industry. We don't make anything any more. We buy what ever we need from china.Shame on Us
We have a lot of stuff.
It means that out of every 100 people in the US that has a job, 22 of them spend at least part of their time on the job guarding something, whether it be physical goods or information.
You don't need an education for that.
The Wall Street Journal is referring to these economists' article:
http://www.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.c...
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We have lost, a lot it means we are a service industry. We don't make anything any more. We buy what ever we need from china.Shame on Us
We have a lot of stuff.
It means that out of every 100 people in the US that has a job, 22 of them spend at least part of their time on the job guarding something, whether it be physical goods or information.
You don't need an education for that.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
What do you think is a better idea for a mini documentary?
The topic is multicultral britain and whether it is fact or fantasy?
Do you think:
There is no fantasy, but complete fact. Then go on to explain the history of immagration into Britain from the 800 AD to present time. This would show the point that multicultural Britain is something that doesn't need to be done because it already is?
My second one is the fashion surrounding multicultural society -like being Green. This would show how leaders are exploiting this idea to get votes, when really there is no need to create this trendy utopia.
If you can think of better ideas please share, or if you can think of a way to intergrate both of these ideas.
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I think the fashion one would go over better, but I agree with the immigration thing, too.
I think the fact or fantasy would be very interesting but this has been covered in many ways, however I love the second idea its a different slant on multiculterism, it has already captured my interest and something I would like to see. It sounds like it could be a subject that needs a lot of research though and hard work!!
Do you think:
There is no fantasy, but complete fact. Then go on to explain the history of immagration into Britain from the 800 AD to present time. This would show the point that multicultural Britain is something that doesn't need to be done because it already is?
My second one is the fashion surrounding multicultural society -like being Green. This would show how leaders are exploiting this idea to get votes, when really there is no need to create this trendy utopia.
If you can think of better ideas please share, or if you can think of a way to intergrate both of these ideas.
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I think the fashion one would go over better, but I agree with the immigration thing, too.
I think the fact or fantasy would be very interesting but this has been covered in many ways, however I love the second idea its a different slant on multiculterism, it has already captured my interest and something I would like to see. It sounds like it could be a subject that needs a lot of research though and hard work!!
What do you think if a prosecutor, a Ho and a student got together a plan to sue N.C. for 18M and split 3..?
ways after the thing was history. thats 6M each and retirement.
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LOL!!
I don't think even a NC jury would be dumb enough to fall for it..
more power to them.
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LOL!!
I don't think even a NC jury would be dumb enough to fall for it..
more power to them.
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