tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post8593225356417275311..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: More from Wonderlandkcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-83158300670332611242007-06-26T17:14:00.000-04:002007-06-26T17:14:00.000-04:005:09That's a realistic way of looking at the whole...5:09<BR/>That's a realistic way of looking at the whole issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-19812255456336885762007-06-26T17:09:00.000-04:002007-06-26T17:09:00.000-04:00Nifong isn't the only one with NPD:lots of attorne...Nifong isn't the only one with NPD:<BR/>lots of attorneys and physicians -<BR/>(and clergy) - possess that particular variety of evil.<BR/><BR/>I don't trust either profession<BR/>absolutely, though both have some <BR/>useful things to offer.<BR/><BR/>I don't understand the rationalization that <BR/>you have to choose one or the <BR/>other; Edwards is as bad as any <BR/>doctor practicing narcissistic,<BR/>delusional medicine.<BR/>He's a poster-boy for legal reform,<BR/>as much as my Mom's doctor was a<BR/>poster-boy for medical reform.<BR/>(I wish we'd sued when we had the <BR/>chance.)machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-20184469543290621672007-06-26T16:58:00.000-04:002007-06-26T16:58:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-47413579334241783272007-06-26T16:52:00.000-04:002007-06-26T16:52:00.000-04:00TO 4:17PM--As I said, there are good lawyers and b...TO 4:17PM--<BR/><BR/>As I said, there are good lawyers and bad lawyers.....good doctors and bad doctors.<BR/><BR/>In no way am I defending the bloodsucking that insurance companies engage in as a rule. Like banks, they are in business to suck the proceeds out of anything they can.<BR/><BR/>But, unlike you and some others who see no usefulness in tort reform, I see it as a Catch-22. The more false claims and frivolous cases are brought against doctors, and consequently, insurance companies, the more bloodsucking they perform on the public.<BR/><BR/>One cannot regulate the unworldly salaries of their CEO's when you have unscrupulous lawyers like Edwards who keep the scam going by sucking them dry.<BR/><BR/>When those millions are paid by the insurance companies, who do you think makes up for their loss?<BR/><BR/>There should be sufficient financial compensation for those who have really suffered from malpractice, but not the kind of money they extract just to please the plaintiff's bar.<BR/><BR/>You tell me how on earth John Edwards sleeps at night while taking home 30 million dollars after winning a case for a little girl who had her intestines...down to her rectum....sucked out by a malfunctioning pool drain?<BR/><BR/>That girl will need very special care for the rest of her life and Edwards certainly deserves to be compensated well for winning the case--(although, who couldn't have won such an open and shut case?)--but how he sleeps at night after taking such an exorbitant fee is a little perplexing......since he tells us he's for the "common man"......"those who have no place at the table"...yada....yada....yada.<BR/><BR/>Indeed, there are "two Americas": 1) The America who sucks life's blood from others; and 2) Those who are left to pay for it.<BR/><BR/>I run on very different batteries.<BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-66282624854279198072007-06-26T16:49:00.000-04:002007-06-26T16:49:00.000-04:00A note about spousal privilege against testifying....A note about spousal privilege against testifying. The privilege only precludes questions and testimony about communications between spouses. Like all communication privileges, it does not apply if there is a third party present to hear the conversation. So Cy can be compelled to testify about any admissions Mike made to her when someone else was present. Also, Cy can be compelled to testify about any observations she made or any statements Mikey made which were not intended to be communications to her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42281230346031695752007-06-26T16:47:00.000-04:002007-06-26T16:47:00.000-04:00It's entirely possible that honest physicians are ...It's entirely possible that honest physicians are sometimes ruined by "junk science" suits and that people who have been wronged by incompetent physicians often get nothing. The existence of one kind of error does not disprove the existence of another.<BR/><BR/>There are 2 factors to consider here - to what extent is the legal system biased one way or the other, and to what extent is it trying to decide issues it doesn't have the knowledge or structure to address, and is therefore just plain <I>random</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-16281511863394669882007-06-26T16:17:00.000-04:002007-06-26T16:17:00.000-04:00"Then after the OBGYN was run out of business, it ..."Then after the OBGYN was run out of business, it was discovered that a prior condition was the cause of the baby not coming to term. So that dead fetus would have been a dead fetus no matter which doctor the mother used."<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>Yeah, that revelation eventually "came out" like any other turd. And how much do you think the insurance company paid their "expert physician" to come up with that "opinion"?<BR/><BR/>You're fooling yourself, Debrah. I hope you never find out, the hard way, what the insurance industry is really like, particularly when it's in cahoots with an evil, self-obsessed physician. You'll be howling a different tune, guaranteed, and you won't even recognize any irony or contradiction -- "Oh, this is DIFFERENT!"<BR/><BR/>Yeah, different because it's you who's been victimized. Other victims don't matter, because "they" are always frauds, right?<BR/><BR/>I don't hope to convince you. I can only hope that you don't find out the truth first-hand, by having your life destroyed by "Dr. Nifong" and then finding out how "tort reform" leaves you SOL.<BR/><BR/>Stay healthy, Debrah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-85928082971521216192007-06-26T15:51:00.000-04:002007-06-26T15:51:00.000-04:00Have to second that..nice post Debrah. Edwards is...Have to second that..nice post Debrah. Edwards is a disgusting human being, and a hypocritical fraud. If you read his book he's proud of his success at enriching himself by extorting money from insurance companies and destroying the reputation of physicians. His first big case that he won involved a man who was an alcoholic who was given a drug that can help you to stop drinking (Antabuse), but causes a severe reaction if you do drink alcohol while taking it. The man was thoroughly informed of the risks by his Physician and agreed to the treatment. What did he then do? He went out and drank huge amounts of alcohol while taking the drug, went into a coma and died. And then his family sued the Doctor because they claimed he didn't know he could die. And Edwards won this POS case. Don't believe me?<BR/>Read his book. This man earned his money by destroying other people and no one deserves to earn the kind of money he did off the misery of others. I can't wait to see his health care plan...I'm sure it insures a rich future for malpractice attorneys and not much for patients or doctors. Luckily he has no chance of getting anywhere in the primaries, as Americans see through his scam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-20818323629763548702007-06-26T15:28:00.000-04:002007-06-26T15:28:00.000-04:00Re: Nancy GraceShe belongs is jail just like any o...Re: Nancy Grace<BR/>She belongs is jail just like any other crook.<BR/>She as been reprimanded 3 times by the 11th Circuit Court<BR/><BR/>During a very sad time for the Elizabeth Smart family, she stated on her show that Richard Ricci was guilty. He died sometime later. She never apologized. You would think someone from Geogia would remember Richard Jewel. Anyway I have never heard if the Ricci family ever got a settlement the way Richard Jewel finally did.<BR/><BR/>She is just scum.Evil.<BR/><BR/>She brags about her conviction rate, but does not mention all the cases that have been overturned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-56493504438778723662007-06-26T15:21:00.000-04:002007-06-26T15:21:00.000-04:00TO 2:51PM--No, I won't be crying to anyone. We all...TO 2:51PM--<BR/><BR/>No, I won't be crying to anyone. We all will be sick. We are all going to die.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, let's take care of our bodies as best we can, and when illness strikes, we all have to contend with out-of-this-universe catastrophic prices to even be seen by a doctor.<BR/><BR/>Yes, there are bad doctors just as there are bad lawyers. There are doctors who overcharge while pretending to give you the world just as there are lawyers who overcharge while getting down in the gutter like a filthy rat and raping doctors in a courtroom, so consequently, the rest of us must incur exorbitant health care costs and insurance premiums or go without health insurance all together.<BR/><BR/>NO ONE deserves the knid of fees Edwards got by suing insurance companies and running doctors out of business.<BR/><BR/>John Edwards still has the stench of his "millworker daddy" all over him. He is indecent and a fraud.<BR/><BR/>He actually put on a show in the courtroom as if he were talking to a dead fetus.."channeling". How's that bullshit to make you throw up?<BR/><BR/>Then after the OBGYN was run out of business, it was discovered that a prior condition was the cause of the baby not coming to term. So that dead fetus would have been a dead fetus no matter which doctor the mother used.<BR/><BR/>(Maybe Edwards was just whining in the courtroom....trying to make an appointment to get his hair done.) LIS!<BR/><BR/>His wife is also horrendous. After what she did to Lynn Cheney and the Cheney's gay daughter, I have no respect for her at all. That sick saccharin smile doesn't fool me.<BR/><BR/>(I do wish for her good health. With all those millions made suing doctors, I just know she will have the best of care!)<BR/><BR/>Now, just to make myself perfectly clear: The Edwards are frauds. They nauseate me to the hilt. If I ever need an attorney for such a hypothetical situation as you offered, it will not be one like John Edwards.<BR/><BR/>John Edwrads is going nowhere...except back to his (plain, lackluster, milquetoast, and tasteless as hell) 6 million dollar "compound" outside of Chapel Hill.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, I will give him credit for one thing: This time around on the campaign trail, at least he had that creepy wart removed from his lip that was such a strange distraction.<BR/><BR/><B>The plaintiff's bar has ruined this country.</B><BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-48994178797002421702007-06-26T15:03:00.000-04:002007-06-26T15:03:00.000-04:002:51Edwards made his mint off a junk-medicine case...2:51<BR/>Edwards made his mint off a junk-medicine case. <BR/>She's right about people like him, <BR/>a classic race/class baiter who makes (made) <BR/>his living off of the genuine suffering of others. <BR/><BR/>I work in a profession where I see<BR/>malpractice all the time: I agree with <BR/>you that it is sometimes warranted,<BR/>and that a good attorney is often<BR/>a God-send. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I see a lot of people - (mostly like CGM) - who play<BR/>the "medical lotto," hoping to reap unjust rewards; I see <BR/>attorneys who advertise/incite <BR/>such fraudulent cases.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-53928070805452591312007-06-26T14:51:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:51:00.000-04:00Debrah, I have agreed with most of your comments a...Debrah, I have agreed with most of your comments about the Nifong hoax, so now I am disappointed to find that you are such a hateful ignoramus about medical malpractice and its catastrophic consequences.<BR/><BR/>Let's see how you feel after, God forbid, some obnoxious, self-worshipping (and yes, I will dare to say, Nifong-like) doctor ruins your life, or kills one of your loved ones. You'll go running and blubbering like a baby to a John Edwards-type lawyer, and you will be shocked and outraged when you are informed of the colossal legal barriers that prevent or impede such lawsuits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-33390640336920747952007-06-26T14:49:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:49:00.000-04:00Your writing style is sometimes similar to KP; the...Your writing style is sometimes similar to KP; <BR/>the links you've proferred are <BR/>what I'd expect from her. <BR/> I like most of what she writes, too; <BR/>she does very good research, is <BR/>well-organized, perceptive and <BR/>entertaining.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-36437255918070967562007-06-26T14:44:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:44:00.000-04:00Well, the subpoena was directed to Nifong, not his...Well, the subpoena was directed to Nifong, not his wife, so she may be entitled to refuse to accept it on his behalf. Generally, state law will set forth the manner in which such a document can be served. Legally, regardless of your distaste for Cy or her husband, there's no reason she should accept the subpoena on Nifong's behalf. Why make it easier for their opponents to claim service was procedurally proper? She would be doing the party serving the papers a favor by accepting it on behalf of her husband, and I doubt she is in the mood to do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-60544922884343972572007-06-26T14:37:00.002-04:002007-06-26T14:37:00.002-04:00TO "mac"--No, but I like most of her work. Saw her...TO "mac"--<BR/><BR/>No, but I like most of her work. Saw her on some news show recently. Looks a lot older than her photo, although very attractive.<BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-31170688289499875652007-06-26T14:37:00.001-04:002007-06-26T14:37:00.001-04:00Ralph Phelan,"Impassioned." Yeah, that was the lo...Ralph Phelan,<BR/>"Impassioned." Yeah, that was the look she gave when she claimed that she was a murder victim.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-26484926472205385322007-06-26T14:37:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:37:00.000-04:00Hopefully, the twins will cause her to retire.Hopefully, the twins will cause her to retire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-27776693359766113582007-06-26T14:34:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:34:00.000-04:00DebrahYou aren't KP, by any chance?Debrah<BR/>You aren't KP, by any chance?machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-63918564885163435302007-06-26T14:33:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:33:00.000-04:00"Grace is a one-time Fulton County prosecutor know..."Grace is a one-time Fulton County prosecutor known for her tough tactics and impassioned arguments."<BR/><BR/>"Tough Tactics." The Supreme Court of Georgia used the phrase "inappropriate and illegal conduct in the course of the trial" when they overturned one of her convictions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-81307143520580426802007-06-26T14:31:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:31:00.000-04:00If Nancy Grace is having twins, then she has pulle...If Nancy Grace is having twins, then she has pulled the same (later-in-life.....quick-before-the train-leaves-the-station) move that some other women have pulled.<BR/><BR/>No doubt, she was put on a regimen of fertility pills. Hence, twins.<BR/><BR/>Nancy Grace having babies is about as gross as Elizabeth Edwards using some of the many millions that Beauty Shop John got from "channeling fetuses" in the courtroom and running so many OBGYN's out of business.<BR/><BR/>The rest of us are paying for Eliabeth Edwards and so many others who feed at the plaintiff's bar to have the ultimate that health care has to offer with increased costs handed down by those doctors who are sued by people like "Beauty Shop John".<BR/><BR/>Well, I guess someone in the Edwards family has to be cute.<BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-26136096300259071432007-06-26T14:22:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:22:00.000-04:002:10Nancy Grace. Ah, yes.She recently stated that...2:10<BR/>Nancy Grace. Ah, yes.<BR/>She recently stated that she was a "murder victim."<BR/>(She really said it.)<BR/>You could see all of the<BR/>whites of her eyes - (they were bulging) - something that<BR/>happens frequently when someone has<BR/>taken a leap from reality.<BR/>Her eyes looked like those of a<BR/>horse with a cougar on its back.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-32791817403827811452007-06-26T14:18:00.001-04:002007-06-26T14:18:00.001-04:0012:27Thursday's hearing is not criminal nor contem...12:27<BR/>Thursday's hearing is not criminal nor contempt. It is a civil hearing to remove him from his position of DA prior to his effective resignation of July 13.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-50573046899239112482007-06-26T14:18:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:18:00.000-04:00TO "mac"--I agree. He shows up like clockwork. Per...TO "mac"--<BR/><BR/>I agree. He shows up like clockwork. Perhaps he's one of those people who keeps his computer on 24/7 and when he sees an opportunity for mischief, he strikes.<BR/><BR/>Indeed, very uncanny. <BR/><BR/>DebrahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-2704860631298127302007-06-26T14:14:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:14:00.000-04:00Debrah 2:03,He just seems to regularly show up, so...Debrah 2:03,<BR/><BR/>He just seems to regularly show up, soon after you post...<BR/>it's like a feeding schedule - (British accent, aussi) - with<BR/>an infant possessing a normal digestive system: you feed 'em,<BR/>they poop.machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248016116043347912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-78346108995251559632007-06-26T14:10:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:10:00.000-04:00Nancy Grace Expecting TwinsFROM STAFF REPORTSPubli...<B><I>Nancy Grace Expecting Twins</B></I><BR/><BR/><BR/>FROM STAFF REPORTS<BR/>Published on: 06/26/07<BR/><BR/>CNN crime-talk maven Nancy Grace was secretly married in April and is expecting twins, according to a report in the New York Post on Tuesday.<BR/><BR/>The Post said Grace plans to announce her status on her CNN Headline News show Tuesday evening.<BR/><BR/>"I'm finally not keeping it a secret anymore," she told The Post.<BR/><BR/>According to the report, Grace is married to David Linch, an Atlanta investment banker. The two attended Mercer together in the 1970s and have stayed in touch, the Post story said.<BR/><BR/>Grace told the Post their marriage was a "spur of the moment decision" and that the pair had a simple ceremony in Macon, Grace's hometown.<BR/><BR/>The Post said Grace declined to say if she'd had fertility treatments in order to become pregnant at age 47.<BR/><BR/>"But you tell women out there that there is hope," she told the tabloid.<BR/><BR/>Grace is a one-time Fulton County prosecutor known for her tough tactics and impassioned arguments. She hosted a show on Court TV before joining CNN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com