Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Clubs are Trump

Illinois House approves bill allowing casino in Chicago 

  — Corsi said he'll be closely watching Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's effort to start casino gambling in Chicago.   He suspects Trump will be a major winner.  [So, Mo Sup walks into a bar.... May 23, 2011]
Ahem. 
And there's this:
Phony Esquire Article

Of course all but the mentally deranged are now convinced that the photocopy of a suddenly produced birth certificate - that's being widely questioned  (but only by said deranged)  has ended the debate.  As Al Gore famously still says, "The debate is over.  Every expert agrees that man causes global warming!"  So of course WND, and lapdog Corsi, had no choice but to retreat, tails betwixt legs.  Sigh.  Except, it was all  just a joke.  Haha. Even the poseur saw humor in all this.  Joe Farah, not so much
  ... an example of the most shameful illustration of libel, defamation and tortious interference with a business you are likely to see committed by a major media outlet. It's still there – in all of its infamy. Unretracted. No apology. No offer of recompense from one of the largest and wealthiest privately held companies in the world.

And that's why I am, at considerable expense, filing a lawsuit against Mark Warren, Esquire and the Hearst Corporation – because I believe this attack piece, if unchallenged, will further define down our standards for the politics of personal destruction in the media.
Kerning Kwestion
And that leads me to the cost saving idea of the year.  Hell, of the 21st century!  Rather than spend billions of dollars every year litigating  political disputes, we do this.  As soon as a case is assigned to a judge it will be de facto decided by who appointed that judge to the bench.  Cases being heard by a Carter, Clinton or Obama judge will be decided in favor of the Liberal position.  All others go to Americans.  I believe that if you look at every federal court ruling over the past 30 years, you'll find that this procedure will result in the same result at least 98% of the time.  You're welcome.

6 comments:

Chuck Martel said...

"And that's why I am, at considerable expense, filing a lawsuit against Mark Warren, Esquire and the Hearst Corporation – because I believe this attack piece, if unchallenged, will further define down our standards for the politics of personal destruction in the media. "

I thought lawsuits were "frivolous".

Rodger the Real King of France said...

1. I'm not filing the suit
3. I've presented a wonderful alternative.
3. I don't thing libel suits fall in the class action. or ambulance chaser category.

Oui?

Chuck Martel said...

"Hurt feelings" lawsuits are generally the biggest bunch of junk you will find. Those are generally filed for no other reason than because dueling is illegal.

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Here's the test:

No champerty; no problem

Anonymous said...

Chuck: As a (small press) publisher, myself, I can pretty much assure you that the above article potentially hurt sales of the book, possibly significantly. That's loss of income, and therefore real damages -- not just "hurt feelings." If companies like Esquire Magazine are allowed to do this unchecked, it could actually cause SEVERE harm to the entire publishing industry, not just "hurt feelings."

This is a lawsuit worth filing. Getting an accurate estimate on the real damages might be difficult to determine, mind, but that's almost beside the point, here.

Rodger the Real King of France said...

Chuck's a smart man, and knows that. He's just tweaking me for my stand against ambulance chasers in general.

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