Lawyers, Guns and Money: The Modern Day Holy Trinity

For some fun reading on the other side of the lawyer perspective.

Tucker Max’s story The Now Infamous Tucker Max Charity Auction Debacle

The blog written by an actual lawyer (who wants to remain nameless) called Philalawyer.net. And his book Happy Hour is for Amateurs was funny, twisted collection of stories.

I do not want to start a debate on any specific political policy. I am not going to debate any of the outcomes to the recently passed health care bill. I do not want to place blame or give credit to one side or another. I just want to say politics on a whole is becoming more of a “theater performance” than anything that can be called practical. However, politics still has major ramifications on us. And I am beginning to wonder how much more we as a society as a whole can take.

I will say it again the movie The Matrix is really a behind-the-scenes look at our world. It is so real that no one actually believes it. The truth as we know maybe a false construction. Like the news in many if not all of the major media outlets. The news is has more spin to it now than a washing machine cycle. Remember what you do not see is important as what you do see. It really is all being presented like a daily horror movie now.

Maybe we do have to make the decision about taking the blue or the red pill. And then seeing how big the rabbit hole really is.

Our world economy is driven more by advertising and sponsorship then actual purchases. Think about how much you see and hear as advertising. And then think about how many of those items you actually purchase.

The following is not my idea. I have heard it from many different sources. Like it was mentioned in this article.

If you follow the money trail far enough you may not find the truth but you will discover the agenda at work. Our politicians fall into this “hook, line and sinker”

It is time they start to lead by example. If it is good enough for professional sports then they should get in line too. It would be good to know what groups are sponsoring them. You can look at all the logos and know right away without hearing them speak how they are thinking on an issue. And giving the way some of them are acting lately I think making them wear clown outfits would be more appropriate. Or would be as worthless as “putting lipstick on a pig“? I think we call come to a bipartisan agreement here. But then again we are still debating whether or not “it tastes great” or “it’s less filling”. Maybe “Idiocracy“ is coming on the horizon.

The other problem is that a high percentage of the elected members to Congress are lawyers. The makeup of Congress also does not reflect the population as whole based on percentages. The only real lesson I learned from my college statistics class was how easy it is to manipulate the numbers to get the result you want. Mark Twain said, “A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on…” Please approach any poll results with caution. And use them sparingly. But back to lawyers. It is an extreme thought that Shakespeare had in Henry VI when he said, “The first thing we do is kill all the lawyers”. I think we have a false image of the “nobility” of lawyers. Since, they deal with law everyday then they should be well versed in making law. If so, then why do we have plenty of examples of dumb laws in this country? Daytime TV is filled with judge shows. Judge Judy, Joe Brown, Mathis, etc. The shows are filled with lawyer ads in the commercial breaks. They all say the same basic thing. That you are broken, it was not your fault and someone else should pay for it. A lawyer is great at placing blame on others. A lawyer is also well versed in denying his or her client bares no responsibility. The previous two attributes somehow come off as a lawyer being a skillful leader. And we keep electing them. A lawyer is also good in burying you in a pile of paperwork. The paperwork is like Internet software agreement statements. NO ONE reads that shit either. The tax form is a prime example. A lawyer is also very good at sniffing out a pocket full of money. And this explains our countries tax code. The problem lies in the great fact that money has a way of convoluting the facts.

This is explains why we find “dead lawyer” jokes funny. It also comes from what we witnessed on TV during OJ Simpson Murder Trial. The whole thing was nothing but theater. There was so much “smoke and mirrors” used that there should been a fine leveled by the Environmental Protection Agency. The trial was nothing more than a toxic waste dump on the legal system.

Although, I wish more lawyers acted like Atticus Finch (played by Gregory Peck) in the classic movie To Kill a Mockingbird. He was named by the American Film Institute to be the “Greatest Film Hero of All Time”. I guess I am not above media manipulation on my image of how a lawyer should be.

The Freakonomics Podcast offered a perspective on how things may operate if we let the economists take charge. Maybe it is time to gamble on an alternative.

There is another reason why we are not that great at picking a person to represent us. A person who can promote change that has an impact in our lives. It all starts back in middle or in high school. It is the electing of the student government. This is based solely on popularity. It is a prime example of how to establish a “Puppet Government”. The most popular jock was always elected President. Can you think of a worse basis for a government structure than the social hierarchy of high school? Basing, a government on the social stereotypes of The Breakfast Club characters is ludicrous. However, the movie makes a good model for future therapy, Dr. Phil ratings and the marketing strategy of the adult beverage industry. And let us not forget Girls Gone Wild.  The student government really never did anything that was not sanctioned the school administration anyways. This is why as adults many people believe that a conspiracy of a secret society is really running things. In the end, dances and pep rallies are amusing at best. Unless someone ends up drunk, pregnant, in a car accident or all the above.

Finally, the other problem is our reliance on Top 10 lists, award shows and box office receipts as a measure of quality. I would link to them but they are everywhere and easy to find. Most of the time they are in your e-mail “Inbox” folder.

Remember, sometimes a piece of shit floats to the top. It is because it has too much air or too much fat. And lacks any real fiber content in it. Like any of The Transformers movies.

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