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What Kind of Fool am I?
Steyn Online ^ | Mark Steyn

Posted on 03/24/2014 7:56:20 PM PDT by OddLane

Ever since I ended my joint representation with National Review and fired my lawyers on Boxing Day, the endlessly reprised refrain has been that "Mark Steyn has a fool for a client". As I wrote here:

That's an old English joke, of course. Circa 18th century, I believe, when English life was very lightly lawyered. Whether it applies a quarter-millennium on in a sclerotic dungheap of a system that, as my old boss Conrad Black likes to point out, employs as many lawyers as the rest of the planet combined, who between them invoice ten per cent of GDP is an interesting question. My own view is that, if the lawyerization of American life needs to snort up its nose the entire GDP of Australia every year, then you're doing it wrong.

I wrote that after a hugely enjoyable and inspiring day in Madam Justice Matheson's courtroom in Toronto watching a performance that would be impossible in the objection-choked procedural swamps of American "justice". I have come to the conclusion that the system here is, in fact, evil - which is perhaps not the most helpful perspective when one is on the receiving end of it.

(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: agw; conradblack; freespeech; globalwarminghoax; law; lawyers; litigation; marksteyn
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1 posted on 03/24/2014 7:56:21 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: OddLane

who is mark steyn


2 posted on 03/24/2014 8:00:18 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: OddLane
I have come to the conclusion that the system here is, in fact, evil

yeah huh

3 posted on 03/24/2014 8:03:16 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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4 posted on 03/24/2014 8:03:39 PM PDT by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: sauropod

I hope they kick Michael Mann’s ass back into the last ice age!
Mark Steyn rocks.


5 posted on 03/24/2014 8:06:44 PM PDT by acapesket
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To: OddLane

This may be my favorite response in his Answer:

111. Denies the allegations in Paragraph One-Hundred-And-
Eleven of the Amended Complaint, and feels Plaintiff is
going round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a
wheel, like the circles that you find in the tree-rings of
your mind.

Ten million in counterclaims, yeah baby ... Steyn rocks.


6 posted on 03/24/2014 8:12:17 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: OddLane

Thank God.


7 posted on 03/24/2014 8:12:36 PM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: bigheadfred
An incredibly funny Canadian immigrant who often fills in for Rush Limbaugh on his show.

He was nearly thrown in jail for comments FReepers stated here on FRee Republic.

You see, he was being held responsible for apparent animus we had. And I thought the US had it bad.

8 posted on 03/24/2014 8:12:56 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: acapesket

Yep. Mann’s quite the douche.


9 posted on 03/24/2014 8:13:11 PM PDT by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: OddLane

ping to read in AM


10 posted on 03/24/2014 8:13:44 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: tumblindice

that is effing hilarious

I love it

I had a boss once that wrote in an answer that the plaintiff had filed a petition full of “gobbledegook”!


11 posted on 03/24/2014 8:20:45 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: bigheadfred

I think he means the legal system.


12 posted on 03/24/2014 8:24:22 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: bigheadfred

Steyn is probably one of the best political commentators/satirists of the last two centuries. Familiarize yourself with him, I promise you’ll be glad you did.


13 posted on 03/24/2014 8:24:30 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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To: OddLane

Bomb Michael Mann into the Stone Age, son!


14 posted on 03/24/2014 8:25:02 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: sauropod
Mann’s quite the douche.

If I ever meet him in a bar, I'll buy him a vinegar-and-water.

15 posted on 03/24/2014 8:27:04 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: OddLane

May Mann’s charge against Steyn’s barbs be his Crécy.


16 posted on 03/24/2014 8:35:04 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
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To: yldstrk

If he did it, as that Popehat site said, pro se, he did a workmanlike job. They seemed to describe his pleadings as not serious or even frivolous.
Setting aside 111., his responses in his Answer and Counterclaims were quite good, I thought.
And good to hear he shucked NRO. Bill Buckley wouldn’t recognize the place now.
I hope he puts some wood to the backsides of the eco-nazis.


17 posted on 03/24/2014 8:37:43 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: workerbee
Steyn is probably one of the best political commentators/satirists of the last two centuries. Familiarize yourself with him, I promise you’ll be glad you did.

I agree with you. He is definitely the better commentator in today's world. Witty, resourceful and filled with reason. Have you read this book of his? It's VERY good.

18 posted on 03/24/2014 8:46:34 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Character matters for those who understand the concept)
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To: OddLane
" I said that I wanted this to be a jurisprudential landmark - the first legal campaign entirely funded by sales of my Christmas disco record. Sadly, there seems to be a certain resistance to my intoxicating rhythms from some readers..."

LOL! I hope he wipes the smugness off the faces of Michael Mann and ALL of this global warming nazi compatriots.

19 posted on 03/24/2014 8:57:55 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: OddLane

bttt


20 posted on 03/24/2014 10:13:22 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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