Ban Lawyers from All Judicial Posts
When the idea of this great nation and its democratic government, a government that began as one "of the people, for the people and by the people," was conceived, I am sure that none of our founding fathers would have ever dreamed that America would be in the shape that it is now. With income taxes at exorbitant rates, the plague of frivolous lawsuits and the scourge of government corruption, if George Washington was alive today, I believe he would call for another revolution!
Democracy is a wonderful principle. Unfortunately, there is one major cancer that is terminal to democracy, it is human greed. Instead of American's looking out for the good of the whole country, we have become a people that seek the good of only ourselves. Because of this we see frivolous lawsuits that are bringing this great nation to its knees. The fuel that feeds this fire is the abundance of lawyers in this country. All one has to do is open the Yellow Pages to see how many "ambulance chasers" are in every major city. On an average, these lawyers make a 40% fee for these ridiculous lawsuits they present to our courts. We are seeing the result of this corruption in our health care costs and other things such as car insurance, prescription drug prices and income taxes. If health care costs continue to soar as they have in the past few years, soon only the extremely rich will be able to afford any health care at all.
Democracy is a wonderful principle. Unfortunately, there is one major cancer that is terminal to democracy, it is human greed. Instead of American's looking out for the good of the whole country, we have become a people that seek the good of only ourselves. Because of this we see frivolous lawsuits that are bringing this great nation to its knees. The fuel that feeds this fire is the abundance of lawyers in this country. All one has to do is open the Yellow Pages to see how many "ambulance chasers" are in every major city. On an average, these lawyers make a 40% fee for these ridiculous lawsuits they present to our courts. We are seeing the result of this corruption in our health care costs and other things such as car insurance, prescription drug prices and income taxes. If health care costs continue to soar as they have in the past few years, soon only the extremely rich will be able to afford any health care at all.
Many of you may remember the woman that was burned as she spilled her coffee at a McDonald's restaurant's drive through a few years ago. With a "good" lawyer, she was able to walk away with $1 million! Unbelievably, the judge in this case found McDonald's liable for the pain and suffering the woman sustained.
Isn't if amazing that judges are lawyers, as are most of our legislators? It is no wonder that our country is in a downward spiral morally and politically. Perhaps legislators, judges and lawyers should be charged and convicted under racketeering laws! They have the perfect system in America though, to keep not only money but power in their pockets. The legislators, with the help of their legal teams (lawyers), write the laws in "legalese", using Latin and other terms that only a lawyer could understand. It is no accident that laws are written that way. Because of the murkiness of the legislative waters, lawyers must be employed to decipher and interpret those laws. The lawyers are also able to find the loopholes in the laws that they write and sponsor. Are loopholes in our laws accidentally or were they put there purposely? Lawyers have successfully built a self perpetuating kingdom for themselves!
All firemen are aware of the fire triangle. The fire triangle shows that there must be three elements in order for there to be a fire. Remove one element and the fire will not start or continue. The elements are fuel, oxygen and a heat source. In America we have our "law triangle." Each of our three elements in the law triangle feeds off of the other. The legislator writes and votes in the law, the lawyer represents the law or its opponent and the judge decides if the lawyer's case either passes or fails the terms of the law. It is very easy to see how corruption and racketeering can grow in such a system. If the people of the United States were to ban all lawyers from becoming judges or even legislators (thus removing an element from our law triangle), it would stop many of the frivolous lawsuits that plague our nation and drive costs to unbearable levels. In the McDonald's case, a "non-lawyer" judge would have, more than likely, found the woman to be at fault for not being more cautious with a hot cup of coffee and would have thrown the case out of court. He may have also de-barred the lawyer that brought the case before his court. By banning lawyers from being judges in this country, I believe it would free our courts up for more serious matters. It would also cut the costs of a doctor's malpractice insurance, car insurance, income taxes, prescription drug expenses and about every other kind of burden that is being forced on the American people.
I hope I am wrong but I feel very strongly that America is in a death spiral. It actually began the day this democracy was formed. Although hard to recognize during the first one hundred years of this country's life, this death spiral is becoming exponentially worse. It is much like a whirlpool that spins slowly at the outside but the spiral becomes tighter and faster toward the center, or the end.
It used to be, when a nation's leaders were corrupt and the people got to a place that they could take no more, they rebelled and overthrew the government. America is a monster that has become too big for that to happen. The death spiral began to show itself in 1860 with Lincoln's administration going to war to force southern states to stay in the union when the citizens of those states did not wish to be a part of the union any longer. Force, by murder and destruction, was the first severe sign of this death spiral. In the days of the War Between the States, there was a slim chance that the Confederate states could have been victorious in their struggle against a ferocious and brutal government, to remain free. In this modern day, there is not a chance that the people of any state could free themselves from the laws and moral turpitude of this country. America's military might is just too strong. Because of that and the fear instilled by our government (which is run by lawyers), we continue to pay unlawful income taxes. Because of the lawyers, we as citizens, continue to pay ludicrous insurance prices. Because of the lawyers we cannot worship freely as was once guaranteed by our constitution. As a result of lawyers and their seed, we will continue to be oppressed and demoralized. Speak out when you can!
Jay Mc
Isn't if amazing that judges are lawyers, as are most of our legislators? It is no wonder that our country is in a downward spiral morally and politically. Perhaps legislators, judges and lawyers should be charged and convicted under racketeering laws! They have the perfect system in America though, to keep not only money but power in their pockets. The legislators, with the help of their legal teams (lawyers), write the laws in "legalese", using Latin and other terms that only a lawyer could understand. It is no accident that laws are written that way. Because of the murkiness of the legislative waters, lawyers must be employed to decipher and interpret those laws. The lawyers are also able to find the loopholes in the laws that they write and sponsor. Are loopholes in our laws accidentally or were they put there purposely? Lawyers have successfully built a self perpetuating kingdom for themselves!
All firemen are aware of the fire triangle. The fire triangle shows that there must be three elements in order for there to be a fire. Remove one element and the fire will not start or continue. The elements are fuel, oxygen and a heat source. In America we have our "law triangle." Each of our three elements in the law triangle feeds off of the other. The legislator writes and votes in the law, the lawyer represents the law or its opponent and the judge decides if the lawyer's case either passes or fails the terms of the law. It is very easy to see how corruption and racketeering can grow in such a system. If the people of the United States were to ban all lawyers from becoming judges or even legislators (thus removing an element from our law triangle), it would stop many of the frivolous lawsuits that plague our nation and drive costs to unbearable levels. In the McDonald's case, a "non-lawyer" judge would have, more than likely, found the woman to be at fault for not being more cautious with a hot cup of coffee and would have thrown the case out of court. He may have also de-barred the lawyer that brought the case before his court. By banning lawyers from being judges in this country, I believe it would free our courts up for more serious matters. It would also cut the costs of a doctor's malpractice insurance, car insurance, income taxes, prescription drug expenses and about every other kind of burden that is being forced on the American people.
I hope I am wrong but I feel very strongly that America is in a death spiral. It actually began the day this democracy was formed. Although hard to recognize during the first one hundred years of this country's life, this death spiral is becoming exponentially worse. It is much like a whirlpool that spins slowly at the outside but the spiral becomes tighter and faster toward the center, or the end.
It used to be, when a nation's leaders were corrupt and the people got to a place that they could take no more, they rebelled and overthrew the government. America is a monster that has become too big for that to happen. The death spiral began to show itself in 1860 with Lincoln's administration going to war to force southern states to stay in the union when the citizens of those states did not wish to be a part of the union any longer. Force, by murder and destruction, was the first severe sign of this death spiral. In the days of the War Between the States, there was a slim chance that the Confederate states could have been victorious in their struggle against a ferocious and brutal government, to remain free. In this modern day, there is not a chance that the people of any state could free themselves from the laws and moral turpitude of this country. America's military might is just too strong. Because of that and the fear instilled by our government (which is run by lawyers), we continue to pay unlawful income taxes. Because of the lawyers, we as citizens, continue to pay ludicrous insurance prices. Because of the lawyers we cannot worship freely as was once guaranteed by our constitution. As a result of lawyers and their seed, we will continue to be oppressed and demoralized. Speak out when you can!
Jay Mc
posted by JayMc at 9:08 AM
1 Comments:
I'm not convinced that barring lawyers from becoming judges would solve our problem. I think the victim mentality and "big corporation owes me something" is well entrenched in the average person's head well beyond any lawyer's doing. When you do find the lawyer or judge who thinks righteously, fair decisions are made. I would far rather have a righteous judge who is a lawyer, than many of the people I see represented in the media with ideas far more ridiculous than even the typical lawsuit.
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