Are your a trial attorney with a record of frivolous lawsuits and a legal mind tailor made for con-tort-ing the law to fit your liberal agenda? Are you looking for some free air time on the "CBS Evening News"?
Then give Trish Regan a call. My colleague Julia Seymour noticed that on the November 30 edition of the news program the CBS correspondent gave GW Law prof George Banzhaf an infomercial compared to the paltry 10 seconds of opposition she gave to a critic of the food police.
“This could be the smoking gun. We could say that fat is the next tobacco,” said John Banzhaf of the George Washington University Law School, best known for his crusading lawsuits against the tobacco companies. Regan explained that Banzhaf wants to “go after fast food companies” and has already been involved in lawsuits that “resulted in settlements or industry changes.”
Banzhaf said he thinks if fast food companies had to clearly disclose fat and calorie information and provide “appropriate health warnings” it will immediately and dramatically impact “the overall problem of obesity.”
Regan then tried to provide some balance to her report by quoting Elizabeth Whelan of the American Council on Science and Health, an adviser to the Business & Media Institute. “When you say a food is addictive,” said Whelan, “what you’re really saying is that the obese person is a victim…that’s abandoning individual responsibility.”
But Whelan’s comments took a mere 10 seconds of the broadcast, a third of the time taken with Banzhaf’s comments and Regan’s explanation of what the lawyer wants to do about fast food companies.
KFC, Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell, and Arby’s logos were all distinguishable during the broadcast. Despite that, Regan neglected to speak with any food companies about the cost impact of changes Banzhaf wants to see.
—Ken Shepherd is Managing Editor of NewsBusters
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The Death of Personal Responsibility = Death of USA
December 1, 2006 - 13:37 ET by PSPCplThis man is a prime example of why we should follow Shakespeare's advice "First, we kill all the lawyers." (Henry the VI). He is a clear and present danger to this country. His greed is disguised as a concern for the health and welfare of the obese in this country. His greed would allow the legal community to sue every restaurant in the country for damages to any victim who ate their and then wanted to sue. Ihis greed would cause havoc in two of the largest segments of our economy: restaurants and agriculture.
In these two highly competitive areas of our economy, the difference between profits and losses are razor thin. Any civil suit raises the costs to do business. The damage they would cause to these two segments would cause monumental damage to our national economy.
What compounds this man's evil is that the liberals look at it as another way for them to control our lives. They of course know what is best for us and will do what ever they have to protect us from ourselves using these types of civil cases. So they encourage these types of civil suites.
The bottom line is that the liberals and their friends in the Trial Lawyers Association are working hand in hand to see to it that no one is allowed to have any personal responsibility. Once that is accomplished, we will all need Someone to take care of us. We will need Someone to provide us with everything.
The only thing we have to give up is our freedom.