We have this guy's commercials around here: Link (new window).... every time I see one I'm thinking "Better Call Saul!"

This douchebag is all over the place in my area. He even has his farking wife and former governor Jim Christ doing commercials (separate people. Probably). He makes me feel stabby.



He'll probably sue me for that.

Mugato: This douchebag is all over the place in my area. He even has his farking wife and former governor Jim Christ doing commercials (separate people. Probably). He makes me feel stabby.

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He'll probably sue me for that.

The guy has money, that's for sure. When Obama was in Orlando recently, he was there to visit that guy's house. The President of the United States flew to Florida just to go to John Morgan's party. That's something.

Crist, not Christ. The closet-case former governor, not our Lord and Savior.

Mugato: This douchebag is all over the place in my area. He even has his farking wife and former governor Jim Christ doing commercials (separate people. Probably). He makes me feel stabby.

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He'll probably sue me for that.

I live in the Orlando area, and I was once told by a doctor that John Morgan has to go to Georgia for medical treatment. He has done so many medical malpractice cases that no doctor in the state will touch him.

After reading TFA, I realized that "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" should be the theme song of the entire legal profession, just based on its title.

Agent Smiths Laugh: I believe the word subby was looking for was impersonation.

/pet peeve

I'm with you on that. It's like nails on the chalkboard for me, when someone says "impressions". The worst was a comedian (don't remember his name) that used the word while performing impersonations. My god man, it's your chosen profession! The least you could do is use the right word!

Some Boston area law firm needs to hire Ben Jarvis Green-Ellis for their advertisement.

Back in the 80's, I read a report where there were more lawyers graduating college than physicians. The reason? Less college, less grueling hours and a whole lot more money.

The Age of Litigiousness was upon us.

I don't know if they still have it in schools or not, but Debate was a big thing. You were given a topic, told you were pro or con, studied it and then had to defend or condemn it with others in front of the class. It didn't matter what you actually felt about the subject.

We always had students who could take a krappy topic and vigorously defend it to the extent that they made a bad thing seem good.

THOSE kids were possibly future lawyers. Common sense, right or wrong, just or unjust didn't matter. It was basically who could convince the rest of the class that they were right -- even if wrong.

Over the years I've watched with some concern as the TV started getting crowded with lawyer commercials which eventually phased into telling you about all sorts of things you could sue over and make MONEY! LOTS OF MONEY! Then, up popped the legal firms who would pay you in advance any settlement you might win so you wouldn't have to wait years as the case dragged on and possibly go into bankruptcy, which would force you to settle for less.

The latter became a favorite tactic of businesses around the late 80's -- drag a case out, drain the plaintiffs of every penny they had over years and get them to settle for far less than they deserved. Or, in some cases, hopefully they'd die off before the case was settled.

A friend of mine had a personal injury case drag on for nearly a decade mainly because he had little money to pay his defense team and the other side was backed by the municipality.

The long term effect of this form of action happened as myself and others feared: prices went up across the board for nearly everything as businesses found themselves nearly constantly battling lawsuits. Then home owners had to get lawyers as suddenly, even their friends could sue them for things they would never have dreamed of doing years ago.

Within a few years, all sorts of new restrictions popped up affecting everyone as lawyers found ways to sue people that had never even been considered before. Several public projects in my own city, designed for kids, died in the planning stage due to the potential for liability suits. Even the old reliable waivers of liability designed by lawyers to protect such operations were broken by other lawyers determined to open up new avenues for money making lawsuits.

With medical costs soaring for everyone, it came as no surprise when I noticed that TV lawyers were advertising easy money through lawsuits targeting doctors, medical institutions and, especially, drug companies. To make things even better, not only could you sue your doctor, but your hospital, your drug manufacturer and the company who supplied you with medical equipment. All at once!

Someone once told me that just before Rome fell, they had enough lawyers to handle every 4 members of the population. While they were squabbling at the courts, the barbarians just walked in and took Rome out.
Ya think that just might be a warning we need to heed?

Even in the Bible, it warns people not to go to lawyers over every little squabble.

After recalling debate class, watching some court cases and mixing in a bit of court TV, I've seen how even Hitler could be portrayed as a confused old man, whose actions could be justified due to childhood trauma, pressure from others and the influence of other peer groups, leaving him not fully responsible for his brutal and bloody actions in WW2. Especially in the latter years, as he became addicted to drugs which, of course, affected his thinking.

That would then open the door for his physicians to be held responsible also for his war crimes. Then more blame could be transferred to his bloody minded generals, who took advantage of his weakness to carry out their own nefarious acts.

In the hands of a skilled lawyer, right can become wrong. Stupidity can become common sense and the only winner is the lawyer.

Think about that, especially with Congress -- made up mainly of lawyers -- getting ready to pass laws censoring the Internet. Think about the RIAA also.

BTW. Again, YOU let this happen.

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Apparently, this guy's for real.

Unfortunately, so's this guy.

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Does he play "The Final Countdown" on his commercials?