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To: geode00 who wrote (26728)	1/15/2005 9:31:40 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

"Bush's immoral lying about SSA heading into an iceberg" Please be specific. What, exactly, has Bush said about Social Security that you consider a lie?

To: geode00 who wrote (26728)	1/15/2005 9:41:27 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 90947

How in the world can you possibly be walking around loose?? Each of your posts exhibits clear and unmistakable characteristics of advanced dementia...doesn't anyone care enough about you to get you the psychiatric care you so desparately need??? J.

To: geode00 who wrote (26728)	1/16/2005 1:32:19 AM
From: fresc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Dangerous products? Ya like burning someones mouth on a hot cup of coffee. Some one sued mcDonalds for a few million a few years ago.

To: geode00 who wrote (26728)	1/16/2005 4:37:54 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

If companies didn't make dangerous products, make profits from them and then leave consumers and the public saddled with the damages, lawsuits would magically disappear. If the medical community trained, managed and disciplined its professionals to NOT KILL OR MAIM PEOPLE then lawsuits would go bye-bye. That is absolute crap and if you are so dumb you don't know it, the problem is yours, not mine. balancedpolitics.org Did you know that since 1930, growth in lawsuit costs has been four times that of the overall economy? That in the last ten years, the number of lawsuits filed in state courts jumped 1,000 percent, and the number filed in federal courts have increased 300 percent? Or, how about this eye-opener? The total of the top 100 verdicts for 2002 was more than three times the total for 2001. The largest punitive award in 2002 was a whopping $28 billion, as a matter of fact. truthnews.net Recently, Britain's most senior judges, the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords, branded Britain's U.S.-style claims system an `evil' that interferes with civil liberties and freedom in a landmark ruling in a compensation case. In the case of Tomlinson v. Congleton Borough Council, [2003] U.K.H.L. 47 (2003), the Appellate Committee stated `The pursuit of an unrestrained culture of blame and compensation has many evil consequences and one is certainly the interference with the liberty of the citizen. Of course there is some risk of accidents arising out of the joie de vivre of the young, but that is no reason for imposing a grey and dull safety regime on everyone.' ................................................. In April, 1995, Carl and Diana Grady sued Frito Lay claiming that Dorito chips stuck in Charles Grady's throat and tore his esophagus. The Gradys wanted to present the `expert' testimony of Dr. Charles Beroes to support their claim that Doritos are inherently dangerous and negligently designed. Beroes' research included pressing Doritos onto a scale until the tip snapped off, and measuring the amount of time it took saliva to soften the Doritos. None of Beroes' tests involved chewing. After eight years of costly litigation, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out the case, noting that Dr. Beroes' tests `smacked of a high school science fair project and did not bear any relationship to the reality of the . . . consumption of foodstuffs.' ............................................. After three years of litigation, an appeals court finally held that the survivor of a crash cannot sue an airline for punitive damages when the pilots did not intentionally crash the plane. At midnight on June 1, 1999, during a severe thunderstorm, a fully loaded American Airlines jet crashed while trying to land in Little Rock, Arkansas. Eleven people died, including the pilot. Two passengers sued seeking compensatory and punitive damages. A U.S. district court judge ruled that `uncontroverted evidence' showed the pilots had a good faith belief that the plane could be landed safely. ............................................... After five years of litigation, the Nevada Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of Lane Holmes, who sued the Turtle Stop in Las Vegas, claiming a cup caused him to suffer leg burns from dripping hot coffee. 58 [Footnote] The court upheld the decision of the trial court that ruled `[t]he danger is open and obvious.' ......................................................... A woman in Knoxville, Tennessee, sought $125,000 in damages against McDonald's, claiming a hot pickle dropped from a hamburger, burning her chin and causing her mental injury. Her husband also sued for $15,000 for loss of consortium. ..................................................... On September 3, 2003, a Federal district judge in New York threw out for a second time a lawsuit filed on behalf of obese children claiming McDonald's Corporation was legally responsible for their over-consumption of food. 61 [Footnote] The court earlier noted the national ramifications of the complaint and the requested damages, stating `McDonalds has also, rightfully, pointed out that this case, the first of its kind to progress far enough along to reach the stage of a dispositive motion, could spawn thousands of similar `McLawsuits' against restaurants . . . The potential for lawsuits is even greater given the numbers of persons who eat food prepared at other restaurants in addition to those serving fast food.' and on and on and on. thomas.loc.gov;