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Post by New Mama on Aug 31, 2012 13:00:51 GMT -6
SO basically just taking the high road again Who? Me? Mitt? Clint? or was that a sincere compliment?  |
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Aug 31, 2012 14:22:01 GMT -6
Anita, its just that Mitt is a Lawyer by degree (Harvard Law School).. just like Obama For reasons that escape me, there are actually many people who attend law school with no intention of ever practicing law. The knowledge is often helpful in other pursuits, like business. Or being a Community Organizer and part time Constitutional Law lecturer. ............Bob |
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Post by innit Geezer on Aug 31, 2012 14:31:57 GMT -6
I enjoyed Clint Eastwood's speech last night, he's a showman by trade and was merely entertaining for laughs. He could have left out the "go-f*ck-yourself" innuendo because it seemed cheap, but it's only Clint and a good icebreaker was welcomed.
Given all the bad TV programing these days he wasn't out of line. I had a bigger problem watching the coverage on PBS which twisted many comments and questions to make the GOP look bad in anyway possible (although cursing at the TV provides some interaction for me).
I switched it for Geri's sake.
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Post by Tex on Aug 31, 2012 15:10:05 GMT -6
PBS looks like a good place to start trimming. It has come to stand for Pure Bull Shit and is a taxpayer funded megaphone for the Democratic Party.
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Post by Tex on Aug 31, 2012 15:22:29 GMT -6
Anita, its just that Mitt is a Lawyer by degree (Harvard Law School).. just like Obama For reasons that escape me, there are actually many people who attend law school with no intention of ever practicing law. The knowledge is often helpful in other pursuits, like business. Or being a Community Organizer and part time Constitutional Law lecturer. ............Bob My dad's intention was to practice law. He started UT Law in Fall 1941, dropped out December 8 to join the Army Air Corp, then returned to Austin and re-enrolled in Fall 1945. In the mean time, he had made a lot of money gambling during the war. He started buying used cars and getting the Gulf station owner that he had pumped gas for to keep the cars clean and sell them, then split the profit. That worked out well. He met a first class German builder who went broke because he had belonged to the Bund before the war and no one would buy houses from him. My dad put up the money, Mr Wenzl built the houses, and my dad's name went up out front. By the time he graduated in 1948, he would have had to take a big pay cut to practice law. He and Mr. Wenzl built hundreds of houses, my dad opened a realty and an insurance agency to service the home buyers. Life was good. Practicing law was not in the cards. |
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Post by innit Geezer on Aug 31, 2012 16:51:10 GMT -6
That's similar to my attorney who built condo complexes and some commercial retail space but always maintaining a law practice. Constructionis his passion and the law agonizes him. In his words liberal judges and listening to clients problems are burning him out. He's happiest when using a circular saw for a personal project.
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Post by Tex on Aug 31, 2012 17:34:58 GMT -6
My dad actually did try working for a local firm here and letting his partner run his building business. He knew in a couple of months that it wasn't going to work and resigned.
He did tell me one good story about a case he watched being tried in south Texas. Their client was from Austin and locals rule the show in south Texas. It was just 3 years after the war, however, and their client was a much decorated veteran. They put him in a wheelchair (he could walk fine) and hung medals all over him. They won the case.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Sept 1, 2012 6:02:36 GMT -6
And in the free marketplace corner of the campaign... it appears that Intrade.com has not seen anything of a "convention bounce"...   |
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