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To: mike thomas who wrote (11793)	3/21/1998 7:16:00 PM
From: James R. Barrett	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Lawyers have the advantage of being able to manage their law firm and be a congressman at the same time. In this way they can pass more laws that will create more frivolous lawsuits and make even more money suing poor slobs that don't even know they broke some new regulation that congress passed the week before. Jim

To: mike thomas who wrote (11793)	3/21/1998 8:16:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

Mike, We need a bounty on lawyers. $50 each, dried and salted, no forget that, no lawyer is worth that much, make it 50 cents, that should cover the lead costs and people will do ti for the pleasure alone. Bill

To: mike thomas who wrote (11793)	3/21/1998 10:16:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

The banning of lawyers from public positions would do more to right the republic than the reincarnation of Lincoln and Washington. The following U.S. Presidents' profession is listed as "Lawyer" prior to becoming President: John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren (7 out of the first 8 Presidents) John Tyler James K. Polk Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln Rutherford Hayes Chester Arthur Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt William H. Taft Calvin Coolidge Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Richard Nixon Gerald Ford William Clinton Who is not on the list? George Washington: Planter William H. Harrison: Soldier Zachary Taylor: Soldier Andrew Johnson: Tailor Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier James Garfield: Teacher Woodrow Wilson: Teacher Warren G. Harding: Journalist Herbert Hoover: Engineer Dwight D. Eisenhower: Soldier John F. Kennedy: Author Lyndon B. Johnson: Public Official James E. Carter: Farmer Ronald W. Reagan: Actor George Bush: Public Official