[Mr. Silverback]

What in the bleedin' world could Boeing have done to prevent this attack? Freakin' leeches!

Tort and judicial reform is about as interesting to me as watching paint dry, and I'm sure that it's the same for many of you. Still, we must tame this tiger now, or it will eat our children and children's children.

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain." --John Adams

It is time for us to study, and prosecute, the war within our culture, to overcome the tyranny of the courts and the unbridled avarice of our neighbors.

[Mr. Silverback]

One additional note: I think the word "terrorism" is used too loosely her. As bad as these judges and lawyers are, we must not lose the language, especially when we are engaged in a world war against terrorist forces.

[bigeasy_70118]

It is amazing how some of you "small government" conservatives believe that the United States should be an insurer of last resort for the people who died in these attacks. Come the end of the day, I doubt any jury will find that the Port Authority or the Airlines have any liability and further if it is true, then the true beneficiary will be the Worker's Comp insurance carrier as they have already paid out billions to the victims' families and are entitled to seek re-imbursement from any third parties.

I am not a fan of the tort suit. But I am less a fan of the victims' compensation fund.

[Lexington Green]

A flock of geese - A murder of crows - A tyranny of lawyers

[martin_fierro]

Why People Tell Lawyer Jokes

[paul51]

Judges are just another cog in the wheel of the rotten and corrupt legal system that has been hijacked by those that feed off it. Can anyone ever imagine a judge ruling that a 'legal representative' doesn't have the right to seek compensation in any situation? They are all like maggots propagating each other.

[newgeezer]

What in the bleedin' world could Boeing have done to prevent this attack?

Well, just look at what's been done to prevent another attack.

Improve the cockpit door.

[Rummyfan]

Yet another example of judicial idiocy. How long before the court houses are stormed and some of these legal eagles are tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail?

Not that I'm advocating that!

[Big Mack]

99.6% of all lawyers give the rest a bad name.

[bc2]

if I hear the US referred to as a "democracy" one more time this week I am going to freak out! Between supporters of smoking bans, to gun control freaks and War On Drugs nazis, it seems that individual liberty, natural rights and our Constitution are not safe from anyone.

[Hegemony Cricket]

The blood of the innocent victims of 9/11 STILL cries out from the ground for justice, and justice does NOT mean scoring a huge, legal-system-enabled robbery of Boeing, the Port Authority, the airlines, etc. who were every bit as much victims as any individual. As much sympathy/empathy as I have for the friends & families of the victims, some of them need to really examine their priorities, and consider carefully the ramifications of their actions. In other words, they need to think for themselves instead of letting a money-grubbing lawyer lead them around by the nose.

[Gritty]

Forget giving to the Red Cross or Congress voting largesse for the victims after the next terrorist attack. Just let the victims sue and make lawyers filthy rich, judges important and eat out what substance is left after the attack instead!

Whatever happened to 'comforting the afflicted' rather than turning it into just another moneygrubbing scheme for the lawyer class and a way for judges to demonstrate their power?

[TopQuark]

Tort and judicial reform is about as interesting to me as watching paint dry, and I'm sure that it's the same for many of you.

This is probably true but very unfortunate. One of the reasons we lose jobs to foreign countries is the sky-high insurance premia, which are high, in turn, because of the ridiculous litigation and huge awards. We all are paying these awards, and most people do not know that.

I do not blame Bush for the loss of jobs as many do here on FR --- it's the function of the rest of the economy --- but I do blame him for the lack of two immediate reforms: immigration and tort.

[StriperSniper]

the lawyers will get a lot more.

Still, we must tame this tiger now, or it will eat our children and children's children.

I can feel the gnawing already.

It is time for us to study, and prosecute, the war within our culture, to overcome the tyranny of the courts and the unbridled avarice of our neighbors.

Hear! Hear!