Wednesday, May 28, 2003

LET'S GET REAL Come on now, it's not really about religious freedom. Everybody just hates the DMV. Oh, and by the way, the Red Sox suck. File under Rants and Raves. 10:53:14 PM    Go ahead, make my day  []

KICKIN' ASS & CHEWIN' GUM . . . AND I'M ALL OUT OF GUM Like I said, the fat is in the fire for sure now. The gauntlet has been thrown down and Frank Discussions have been held. I’ve made it known to my “partners” in no uncertain terms that I do not intend to be ripped-off. Apparently, they view our agreement to be that I’m partnered in for the downside only and not the upside. Well, I knocked them back on their heels in Round One and now they’re trying to recast what they claim they really meant. Well if that’s the case then they owe me about 138 Large with 4 years worth of interest tacked on. But that’s neither here nor there right now. It’s going to get a lot nastier before things get any better (and who says they’re going to get better?).   Anyway, let’s look at that endless source of entertainment that we call The World Out There. I was in downtown Manhattan today and walked past City Hall Park on my way to Foley Square where the federal and state courthouses are. City Hall is sealed off and I expect any attempt to pass its perimeter defenses Without Proper Authorization would be met with a fierce fusillade of assorted weapons of mayhem. I can remember not so long ago running into then Mayor Ed Koch just outside of City Hall greeting people as they walked across the Brooklyn Bridge during the transit strike. I even remember him getting into an argument with an Angry Citizen and daring the Brooklynite to take a swing at him. Of course he had about 10 burley security men behind him just waiting to pounce and mete out Swift and Speedy Justice to the idiot. I can even remember running into Rudy Giuliani a few months before 9/11 just outside of the door. Today I started to wonder if a democracy can only exist inside a fortress is it still a democracy?   I went then to see Justice [name withheld upon request] for what lawyers refer to as a Case Status Conference. Translated into English that means a waste of the lawyer’s time and the client’s money. Much was accomplished however. We scheduled another conference. The old coot may have lost a foot off his fastball, but he can still throw you that curve. At least they fixed the sign over top of the bench. It used to say “In Go We Tust”.   While Out Of The Office In Court [trans. hanging around waiting for the Judge to get to us] I read in the NY Times that the Queen has decided to invite Camilla Horseface to some royal whatever with Prince of Wales Alfred E. Newman. The British Royal Family has lost all of its entertainment value for me ever since they put that hit out on Princess Diana. In this respect, I’d have to say I agree with the French way of handling these matters.   File under Rants and Raves. 8:10:43 PM    Go ahead, make my day  []