Oh, I totally agree--you need to be inside to make any real change in this country. That's why being a lawyer is wonderful; I guess I'm just saying that we need to find different ways to fight than just using the courts. I think my cynicism is all over for the day. ;) ~Joe On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 15:21:24 -0600, "Laurie J. Rich" <knitmeapony@xxxxxxxxx> said: > It's a rant I've heard before, but my idealistic self needs to get in > the trenches on this end for a while. I still believe change comes > from the inside; I'm willing to become a politician to do it if I have > to, bah. > > On 12/8/06, Joe <merikus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 14:27:38 -0600, "Laurie J. Rich" > > <knitmeapony@xxxxxxxxx> said: > > > THIS is why I am becoming a lawyer. Every day, more cases that make > > > me say 'what is wrong with our system?' > > > > This is one of the reasons I quit being a lawyer. It's not like the guy > > didn't have legal representation--in fact, the article said that the > > defendant was an ivy league law school graduate. The system is so > > broken at this point, that, in my personal opinion, we need a grassroots > > change in perspective among the american people (which I believe can > > only be accomplished through education). Us lawyers can argue until > > we're blue in the face, but--particularly in our current neocon climate > > and conservative judiciary--we end up with cases like this. Until we > > have grassroots change, we will have people being locked up for taking > > their prescriptions meds, and others being locked up for inhaling > > burning plant matter. > > > > Sorry. My cynicism just bubbled to the surface and needed a release. :( > > > > ~Joe > > > > > > > > On 12/8/06, Jeremy Lewis (Home) <paxdraxus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Yup, that is completely insane. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: something-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [mailto:something-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christopher > > > > Hickman > > > > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 1:52 PM > > > > To: something@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: [Something] Sad story, makes me angry > > > > > > > > Hey folks, > > > > > > > > (Trying my post again...) > > > > > > > > This story is heartbreaking and maddening both. > > > > > > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maia-szalavitz/cruel-and-unusual-25-yea_b_3578 > > > > 1.html > > > > > > > > Topher > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Something mailing list > > > > Something@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/something > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Something mailing list > > > > Something@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/something > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, > > > signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not > > > fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." > > > President Dwight D. Eisenhower > > > April 16, 1953 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Something mailing list > > > Something@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/something > > _______________________________________________ > > Something mailing list > > Something@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/something > > > > > -- > "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, > signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not > fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." > President Dwight D. Eisenhower > April 16, 1953 > _______________________________________________ > Something mailing list > Something@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/something