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To: Cogito who wrote (2085)	2/3/2010 10:41:54 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6846

I think Ben Stein is funny too. I've never met him, but my former son-in-law appeared on his show "Win Ben Stein's Money" and my daughter has met Stein. SIL did not do any better with the show than he did with the marriage.

To: Cogito who wrote (2085)	8/3/2011 7:50:13 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 6846

Ben Stein once told me that the problem with lawyers is that 99% of them give the other 1% a bad name. Proposed plan would keep lawyer misconduct secret The Iowa Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether to offer lawyers facing discipline a powerful carrot - confidentiality - in exchange for expediting the process of suspending law licenses. Under the proposed rule change, lawyers suspended for stealing from clients, drug and alcohol problems, and neglecting important cases could hide what they did and resume practice without clients ever knowing what ethical violations they committed... desmoinesregister.com overlawyered.com