Posted on 03/24/2014 7:56:20 PM PDT by OddLane
Ever since I ended my joint representation with National Review and fired my lawyers on Boxing Day, the endlessly reprised refrain has been that "Mark Steyn has a fool for a client". As I wrote here:
That's an old English joke, of course. Circa 18th century, I believe, when English life was very lightly lawyered. Whether it applies a quarter-millennium on in a sclerotic dungheap of a system that, as my old boss Conrad Black likes to point out, employs as many lawyers as the rest of the planet combined, who between them invoice ten per cent of GDP is an interesting question. My own view is that, if the lawyerization of American life needs to snort up its nose the entire GDP of Australia every year, then you're doing it wrong.
I wrote that after a hugely enjoyable and inspiring day in Madam Justice Matheson's courtroom in Toronto watching a performance that would be impossible in the objection-choked procedural swamps of American "justice". I have come to the conclusion that the system here is, in fact, evil - which is perhaps not the most helpful perspective when one is on the receiving end of it.
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
who is mark steyn
yeah huh
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I hope they kick Michael Mann’s ass back into the last ice age!
Mark Steyn rocks.
This may be my favorite response in his Answer:
111. Denies the allegations in Paragraph One-Hundred-And-
Eleven of the Amended Complaint, and feels Plaintiff is
going round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a
wheel, like the circles that you find in the tree-rings of
your mind.
Ten million in counterclaims, yeah baby ... Steyn rocks.
Thank God.
He was nearly thrown in jail for comments FReepers stated here on FRee Republic.
You see, he was being held responsible for apparent animus we had. And I thought the US had it bad.
Yep. Mann’s quite the douche.
ping to read in AM
that is effing hilarious
I love it
I had a boss once that wrote in an answer that the plaintiff had filed a petition full of “gobbledegook”!
I think he means the legal system.
Steyn is probably one of the best political commentators/satirists of the last two centuries. Familiarize yourself with him, I promise you’ll be glad you did.
Bomb Michael Mann into the Stone Age, son!
If I ever meet him in a bar, I'll buy him a vinegar-and-water.
May Mann’s charge against Steyn’s barbs be his Crécy.
If he did it, as that Popehat site said, pro se, he did a workmanlike job. They seemed to describe his pleadings as not serious or even frivolous.
Setting aside 111., his responses in his Answer and Counterclaims were quite good, I thought.
And good to hear he shucked NRO. Bill Buckley wouldn’t recognize the place now.
I hope he puts some wood to the backsides of the eco-nazis.
I agree with you. He is definitely the better commentator in today's world. Witty, resourceful and filled with reason. Have you read this book of his? It's VERY good.
LOL! I hope he wipes the smugness off the faces of Michael Mann and ALL of this global warming nazi compatriots.
bttt
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