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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
July 08, 2004
O My Beloved People, You Are A Far Greater Enemy To Me Than Our Enemies
This is from a story about John Edwards in the Washington Post today:
For organizations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Federation of Independent Business and the National Association of Manufacturers, the case against Edwards was open and shut."A lot of people just don't understand that Enemy No. 1 for large and small business is not China, it's not terrorism," said Jerry Jasinowski, NAM president. "It's the extreme trial lawyers."
I like people who are honest, so I like Jerry Jasinowski. It's good that NAM will say right up front that they consider their #1 enemy to be not Osama bin Laden, but other Americans. It's good for soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan to know that the National Association of Manufacturers is behind them all the way, unless they or someone in their family are the wrong kind of American. It's good that NAM will honestly say: Don't believe the president when he spouts that patriotic garbage about us all being in this together. No way, you SUCKERS.
As an interesting thought experiment, imagine if John Sweeney, the head of the AFL-CIO, said: "A lot of people just don't understand that Enemy No. 1 for unions is not China, it's not terrorism. It's extreme CEOs." Imagine how that would lead every single publication and newscast put out by Rupert Murdoch. Imagine how it would take two days before Kerry was forced to disavow Sweeney, and Sweeney was forced to resign.
(Full Disclosure: I am a longtime fan of "X-Treme Trials Lawyers," which is on Wednesdays at 9 pm on ESPN 7.)
Posted at July 8, 2004 04:59 PM | TrackBackI really do like the idea of extreme trial lawyers. I picture Edwards with wraparound sunglasses and a helmet filing affidavits with both hands while singing his opening statement to a punk metal beat and doing a 720 in a half-pipe.
But then, that's just me, and I probably need to get my meds adjusted again.
