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Spence said. "There is no other profession in America that fights for freedom, that fights for what America is about, that fights for justice for ordinary people."...yeah, and for every lawyer fighting for justice for ordinary people there are five trying to figure how to screw the ordinary guy and and help themselves to his money and rights - as for example the cadre of legal brains working night and day even now to make sure Obama's birth certificate never gets reviewed by the ordinary people........

Spence said. "There is no other profession in America that fights for freedom, that fights for what America is about, that fights for justice for ordinary people."...yeah, and for every lawyer fighting for justice for ordinary people there are five trying to figure how to screw the ordinary guy and and help themselves to his money and rights...

There's no need to get that abstract. For every trial lawyer fighting for justice, look no further than directly across the table from him to find another trial lawyer working against what the first one is working for.

Interestingly enough, both justice and anti-justice tend to have attended the same schools, live in the same neighborhoods, belong to the same professionals' organization, and charge similar extortionate rates.

You'd almost think they had a racket or something.

yeah, and for every lawyer fighting for justice for ordinary people there are five trying to figure how to screw the ordinary guy

As a lawyer, I can say that you are absolutely wrong on this. 1:10 ratio would be more accurate than the 1:5 that you described :-)

Now please excuse me. I just heard an ambulance drive past the house and I will never be able to catch it if I sit around here posting all night. However, I will leave you with one of my favorite lawyer jokes:

The devil visited a lawyer's office and made him an offer. "I can arrange some things for you, " the devil said. "I'll increase your income five-fold. Your partners will love you; your clients will respect you; you'll have four months of vacation each year and live to be a hundred. All I require in return is that your wife's soul, your children's souls, and their children's souls rot in hell for eternity.

"The lawyer thought for a moment. "What's the catch?" he asked.