Reply #107: My parents hired a guy to build a fence [View All]

[Kenroy]

and it wasn't well done.

All contractors are evil fuckheads.

I don't understand why the everybody, even on the left, buys into the lawyer-hatred. I believe there was concentrated effort by the right-wing for the last 30 years to demonize lawyers.... and why?

Because lawyers fuck up the right. They fuck the corporations. Today Merck got some come-uppance for their horrible practices. And who caused that? Lawyers.

Every valuable tort case was brought by lawyers. They are there to protect us, and thank God for that.

Are there bad lawyers, stupid lawyers, right-wing shill lawyers? Of course. But that doesn't mean the profession is worthy of denigration.

Even the most right-wing republicans hire a lawyer when they need one. Who was the first person to file a lawsuit in the Florida election case in 2000? George W. Bush.

What did George W. Bush do as soon as he learned there was an investigation into the CIA operative leak? He hired a personal lawyer.

Seriously, I thank God that lawyers are available to ALL of us. We need them - they do seriously important work, and I believe the majority of them are sincere, well-intentioned people.