Many years ago my father in law was sitting around the kitchen table with a number of the relatives, almost all of whom happened to be lawyers, including himself. He had been retired for at least a decade, after a long and distinguished career at a Fortune 100 company.
The others were all partners, or managing partners, in their respective firms. The discussion turned to one of the in laws, not at the table, and his job, which was in the district attorney's office. The subject's wife was also an attorney at a large New York corporation. Earlier in the day she had made the statement that her husband was working in the district attorney's office because (they) were committed to public service.
With the subject's not in the room, my father in law opined that what that statement really meant was that Larry, (not real name), couldn't get a real job. He went on to say that no really good attorney would ever consider working for the government, on any level.
The discussion went on further, with one of the other guys saying that if you took his law school graduating class, (8 years prior), that the top half was working in the private sector, and the bottom half was working for the government, with room for an exception here and there.
The others agreed. Curious…since I'm not an attorney, I asked how the government wins cases. The answer was unanimous. "They cheat, and break all the rules they are supposed to keep. So cases are not really about the law, but about whether or not you can catch the government cheating."
Months later I was reading a book by Gerry Spence, a famed defense attorney, who I believe never lost a single case that he tried, and a great majority of them were against the government. Spence said that he never tried a single case where the government did not lie, cheat, or break the rules, and this included federal, state, and municipal governments.
The key to winning, according to Spence, was to expose the government agents as liars, cheaters, and lawbreakers. This was fairly easy, according to him, because they weren't very smart. If they were smart, he said, they wouldn't be working for the government, which was the last refuge of the lazy and incompetent.
That's what I was thinking last night as Democrat's danced and shouted in the aisles as they passed the so called health reform bill, which is the worst piece of legislation in history.
No matter that 55% of the country is against it, that it will significantly increase the deficit, and that none of them have even read it, including the President, who is constantly telling us how good it is, in spite of not knowing what's in it himself.
Now the President is a law school graduate, and he went to work as a community organizer. I don't need to tell you what my father in law thinks of that.
So what's coming?
More and more government jobs for the lazy and incompetent. And they pay better than the private sector, so that assures you that there will be a long, long line of applicants that will be almost impossible to fire, unless they engage in child pornography, or murder.
But we know have a list of who voted for the bill.
Get busy, get organized, and start taking them out. (With the ballot.)
Fresh from his victory, Obama will now tackle immigration, and cap and trade. As bad as the health care debacle is, immigration and cap and trade are much, much worse. You can start by sending Republican Senator Lindsey Graham a message: How stupid do you have to be to think you can make a deal with Chuck (U Farley) Schumer on immigration that benefits us?
There are poisonous snakes that would be easier to handle. But Lindsey has that disease that affects all RINO's. He wants the New York Times to say something nice about him, like he doesn't beat his wife anymore.
Or if you want to be funny, call his office and ask if the "milkaholic" is in.
We all have work to do, but we can we make a difference if we get started now
