first, another GRRR at the roberts nonsense
John and Jane Q. Moderate must be scratching their heads, wondering why "the gays" are against a judge who [my emphasis] volunteered his efforts on behalf of their cause...enough of this crap. he was an attorney in a law firm good enough to get cases on "the bleeding edge." and that's that. you don't turn down a case destined to make history. his firm could have easily been hired to be a consultant on "the other side," because the firm he was working at is one of those at the tippity top, okay? "volunteer" my ass. this case was not taken by the kindness of the firm's collective heart - it was taken to build the reputation of the firm (i.e. it takes pro bono cases and that it can craft excellent legal arguments for any client). the man's a terrific lawyer, but a terrific lawyer does not always make a great judge. i don't know if he is a good judge, so i'm not going to comment on that. my lexisnexis account expired. so frankly, i don't have an opinion on roberts, except that the current "debate" is pretty stupid.
and now for something completely different...
i need a car. i just took another three hour trip on public transit, which was excruciatingly boisterous. i just came back from a pool party somewhere in westchester county - hosted at the home of a classmate whose father is a prominent producer. wow, those houses are fabulous. no, scratch that. the houses could have been plucked from any nice neighborhood in suburbia, but the amount of land... wow. the property was as big as or slightly bigger than twice the land area of union square in manhattan. i can only hope to own one of these placid estates one day. it would be like buying my own private little island where i can escape the uncivilized chaos of "civilization."
there you have it - the reason why i want to be rich. to buy my own privacy and peace of mind, because people are nuts.
so much for being an extrovert. :P
No comments:
Post a Comment