Walter E. Williams: Some things I wonder about

Townhall.com ^ | December 31, 2003 | Walter E. Williams

[SeeRushToldU_So]

I loved this column.

[Wayland]

How much is the filing fee in your jurisdiction?
If the plaintiff loses are the faced with paying defense costs for things like depos?

The problem you described is partly caused by poor business judgment by the insurer--it should not feed the bears.

I represent mostly plaintiffs and occasionally do some tort cases, but I would have screened out that plaintiff on the phone.

Do you think a motion for summary judgment would have ended the case?

[irv]

I also wonder about judges.

Old joke: What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 80?

Answer: Your honor.

(rimshot)

[Protagoras]

Not true.

You speak only for yourself so it's impossible to say my statement was untrue.

[tjg]

I dropped Dr. Williams an email asking for a source. I'm probably not the only one so it will be intersting to see if he retracts or provides additional documentation.

The great thing about the internet is the sea of at-your-fingers information, but I don't believe anything anymore unless it has a date, a reference, and an author.

For example, I read an editorial on town hall that listed a number of quotes from democrats (the same ones that are calling Bush a liar) that made statements about Saddams WMD. THere were just names and quotes. I'm not saying they never said those things but I just don't put a lot of confidence in a quote that isn't sourced.

[sauropod]

I don't think this is worth a response.

[sauropod]

duuuuuuhhhhh, maybe then we will be in a deflationary spiral the likes of which you have never seen in your lifetime.

[Quix]

FOR SURE!

AMEN!

HEAR HEAR!

[Positive]

I love it when Williams wonders.

[orlop9]

Gotta like Williams. But in the version I heard 20 years ago,the idiots were Iranian student pilots at N.A.S. Pensacola who didn't know the difference between Auto-pilot & cruise control. IMHO it's a tossup on whether judges or Iranian student pilots are dumber.

[breakem]

then maybe they won't move overseas. You need a course of Williams 101

[Atlas Sneezed]

Dr. Williams replied to my note on the myth subject:

Thanks. I thought the source from which I obtained the Winnebago story was reliable. As it turns out it was less than so and indeed an “urban legend”, as many of my thoughtful readers pointed out to me. That just proves one must be diligent in fact checking.
Cheers and Happy New Year.

Professor Walter E. Williams
George Mason University
Department of Economics

[tjg]

I got the same message. I'm watching his column to see how he words his retraction.

[Atlas Sneezed]

The version I heard 30 years ago (OPEC oil crisis era) was an Arab sheik who thought the motorhome had auto-pilot.