The Crazy Rants of Samantha BurnsLawsuits That Just Shouldn't Be
Some more great news bits from Jim, with a few commentaries from me.
"Carlos the Jackal," who is perhaps the world's most notorious terrorist and who is serving life in prison in France, filed a lawsuit earlier this year against the head of French intelligence for illegally capturing him while he was sedated in a liposuction clinic in Khartoum, Sudan, in 1994. [The Scotsman, 6-29-06]Why's that? Because it's wrong to capture someone when they can't outrun the police? Besides, he was having liposuction done, I'm guessing he couldn't have run too fast anyhow.
Now, I suppose the US isn't the only country in the world that has people trying to cash in on absurd notions. Wouldn't it be funny, though, if he actually won.
ExxonMobil, the company that announced jaw-dropping profits of $18.7 billion for the first half of 2006, said in June that it would fight the U.S. Justice Department over $92 million that the government said the company owes in the still-uncompleted 1989 Exxon Valdez oil-spill cleanup. [New York Times, 6-2-06]I guess, nah, it's really not that important to clean up, eh, ExxonMobil? Bah, long term, major environmental damage as a result of your drunk driver, whoopty-doo. Besides, before you see the effects of your idiocy, you'll be long dead, right?
I may not be an environmentalist nutjob, but I do know that if you make a mistake, you fix it.
Comments
Can I sue stupid frivolous lawsuit filers for wasting valuable taxpayers' resources?
Posted by: TheWriteJerry | September 28, 2006 05:58 AM
Please do, I'll support you on that.
Posted by: Sam | September 28, 2006 07:46 AM
hey there, lost your email, so I figured I'd put this link here....
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060925/D8KBS6AG0.html
yes indeed, peta is now sticking up for cockroaches.....
figured this was right up your alley...
and sorry about off-topic, delete it if you want.
Posted by: moonbat monitor | September 28, 2006 08:24 AM
MM - thanks for sharing it, and don't be surprised if PERV copycats this somehow *wink*
As for my email, it's sam, then @samanthaburns.com
Can also find it in the "Sam's FAQ" link.
Posted by: Sam | September 28, 2006 08:46 AM
well if they lose you can bet Exxon/Mobil will use this as another excuse to raise the price of their gas, can't have them dipping into their profits can we?!! hey how 'bout a suite against the lawyers who accept these frivolous lawsuits...I'm in
Posted by: madd | September 28, 2006 11:47 AM
madd - another sweet idea. Perhaps lawyers would be more selective in their dealings if they had to watch themselves.
Posted by: Sam | September 28, 2006 12:03 PM