[Parmy]

"Prospectively, of course, I'm looking for laws that I think are pro-consumer. Consumer rights is my issue -- that is my livelihood," he said.

Translation-----"I am a predatory scavenger. I live off the road-kill of society."

[Quiller]

Consumer rights is my issue -- that is my livelihood," he said.

Because he, as so many other "trial lawyers", has found that in civil cases, trial lawyers get to: - feed from deep pockets and go after "evil corporations."

- Tap the pity pool with juries and their identification with the victim, even if the 'victim' became a victim because they were an idiot.

- Depend on the lower standard of proof and less rigorous level of jury verdicts.

- Set it up so they will be first at the trough, and the plaintiffs (especially in class-action suits) can get stuck with crappy coupons, while lawyers get cash.

- Can exploit labrynthine laws and professional victims to shake down even the most socially-conscious, consumer-oriented business.

I'm with Dick the butcher on this one.