[Vinnie]

... with the primary recipients of the awards being the "hard-working" trial lawyers, whose blind ambition have made them the "new rich" which have been so deeply despised in other eras. They are the most loathsome of parasites, contributing nothing to a lasting legacy, but sporting the most recent and most fashionable opinions and emblems of a transient prestige.....

Surely you can't be referring to John Edwards, possible presidential candidate? <.G.>

[alloysteel]

You are uncommonly perceptive. John Edwards, like his intellectual antecedent, the "Former Occupant of the Oval Office, 1993-2001", is just the next assault by the Trial Lawyers on control and subversion of the American dialogue.

First, make America weak and indecisive, and cripple the competitive advantages by cumbersome rules and endless court challenges. Then, begin surrender on the installment plan, and finally, show it was all the Republicans' fault anyway.

[kcvl]