Comments on: Lawyer: Lott ‘Initiated Contact With People Surrounding’ Insurance Fraud Lawsuit http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:24:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5133108 MapleStreet Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:03:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5133108 shoeless, thanks for the link to the old-style DDT poster. The shame is that DDT, like a lot of substances are wonderful except for 1 or 2 side effects. DDT was wonderfully effective. It was so non-toxic to humans that you would put the powder and water in a bucket and swish it around with your hands. Unfortuntely, its over-use led to bugs becoming resistant. It is slow to break down in the environment. Because it likes to hang out in fat and the body doesn't get rid of it, the higher you go up the food chain, the higher its concentration in fat. It led to eggs of raptors becoming easy to break and almost led some raptors to extinction. A clearer example I like to use is asbestos. Wonderful insulator. Wonderful friction properties (nothing that is as good as asbestos in brake drums). Fairly easy to obtain. Sure it leads to lung disease and a particularly deadly form of lung cancer. So one bad side effect. shoeless, thanks for the link to the old-style DDT poster.

The shame is that DDT, like a lot of substances are wonderful except for 1 or 2 side effects.

DDT was wonderfully effective. It was so non-toxic to humans that you would put the powder and water in a bucket and swish it around with your hands. Unfortuntely, its over-use led to bugs becoming resistant. It is slow to break down in the environment. Because it likes to hang out in fat and the body doesn’t get rid of it, the higher you go up the food chain, the higher its concentration in fat. It led to eggs of raptors becoming easy to break and almost led some raptors to extinction.

A clearer example I like to use is asbestos. Wonderful insulator. Wonderful friction properties (nothing that is as good as asbestos in brake drums). Fairly easy to obtain.

Sure it leads to lung disease and a particularly deadly form of lung cancer. So one bad side effect.

]]> By: bratboy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131934 bratboy Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:49:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131934 Lott has been well schooled from the G.W.Bush University of bullshit and lies. Lott has been well schooled from the G.W.Bush University of bullshit and lies.

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131766 shoeless Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:38:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131766 <em>MapleStreet Says: Witness Tampering. What a disciple of the truth. And let me ask, what else have he and the Alaska guy done that hasn’t made it to the radar ?</em> Oh Gawd! I don't even want to know! MapleStreet Says:

Witness Tampering. What a disciple of the truth.

And let me ask, what else have he and the Alaska guy done that hasn’t made it to the radar ?

Oh Gawd! I don’t even want to know!

]]> By: CitiDC http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131740 CitiDC Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:07:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131740 Trent Lott drives a cute little Mini around DC these days. He's also got a CRV. So very cute, Trent. Trent Lott drives a cute little Mini around DC these days. He’s also got a CRV.

So very cute, Trent.

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131712 shoeless Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:03:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131712 http://allergykids.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/ddt-household-pests-usda-mar47c2.jpg http://allergykids.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/ddt-household-pests-usda-mar47c2.jpg

]]> By: Wayne A. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131686 Wayne A. Schneider Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:28:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131686 Yes, Tom DeLay was the former exterminator who ran for Congress because he didn't like the fact that DDT was banned. Yes, Tom DeLay was the former exterminator who ran for Congress because he didn’t like the fact that DDT was banned.

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131620 MapleStreet Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:11:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131620 23. Bilbo - I was wondering myself if Lott were a servant of the court. But I think you may be thinking about Bugman Delay. 23. Bilbo – I was wondering myself if Lott were a servant of the court. But I think you may be thinking about Bugman Delay.

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131614 MapleStreet Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:10:34 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131614 Witness Tampering. What a disciple of the truth. And let me ask, what else have he and the Alaska guy done that hasn't made it to the radar ? Witness Tampering. What a disciple of the truth.

And let me ask, what else have he and the Alaska guy done that hasn’t made it to the radar ?

]]> By: dixie blood http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131524 dixie blood Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:31:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131524 TP, This story: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GUANTANAMO_BIN_LADENS_DRIVER?SITE=MALOW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Would be of interest to TP readers also. It seems the GW Botch Guantanamo Empire is crumbling with the <b>testimony of terrorist.</b> TP,

This story:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GUANTANAMO_BIN_LADENS_DRIVER?SITE=MALOW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Would be of interest to TP readers also. It seems the GW Botch Guantanamo Empire is crumbling with the testimony of terrorist.

]]> By: Wayne A. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131506 Wayne A. Schneider Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:21:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131506 I just hope this doesn't all degenerate into a bunch of hearings in which the main question is, "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Republican Party?" That never makes America look good. I just hope this doesn’t all degenerate into a bunch of hearings in which the main question is, “Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Republican Party?” That never makes America look good.

]]> By: dixie blood http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131504 dixie blood Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:19:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131504 TP, This is interesting... http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%20Nickolas/blog/&blogId=2967 This above story is about Andrew McCain (son of John McCorp, RePugniScum PrezIsADunce candidate) and needs some attention here! TP,

This is interesting…

http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%20Nickolas/blog/&blogId=2967

This above story is about Andrew McCain (son of John McCorp, RePugniScum PrezIsADunce candidate) and needs some attention here!

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131372 shoeless Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:17:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131372 <em>Republican, initiated contact with people</em> That's the problem. We should pass a law prohibiting Republicans from having contact with people. Republican, initiated contact with people

That’s the problem. We should pass a law prohibiting Republicans from having contact with people.

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131370 The Republic of Stupidity Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:17:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131370 "Will probe [...] Lott"...?????? Ewwww... why do I suspect Trent might enjoy that? On the other hand, mebbe Lott can open up the first chapter of "The Hair Club For Men" behind bars. “Will probe [...] Lott”…??????

Ewwww… why do I suspect Trent might enjoy that?

On the other hand, mebbe Lott can open up the first chapter of “The Hair Club For Men” behind bars.

]]> By: bentley1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131364 bentley1 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:12:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131364 You're You’re

]]> By: bentley1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131362 bentley1 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:11:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131362 Your thinking of Delay. tony and lido Your thinking of Delay.
tony and lido

]]> By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131316 Bilbo Hussein Baggins Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:50:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131316 <em>Oh, this is rich! Lott may have been a senator when he did this, but he was also a lawyer...</em> Are you sure about that? I thought that Lott was an exterminator before he went to Congress. Oh, this is rich! Lott may have been a senator
when he did this, but he was also a lawyer…

Are you sure about that? I thought that Lott was an exterminator before he went to Congress.

]]> By: martskers http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131282 martskers Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:32:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131282 Oh, this is rich! Lott may have been a senator when he did this, but he was also a lawyer, and what he did (if this account is correct) is conspiring to commit perjury, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, or some combination (or variation) thereof. By so doing, he has committed a violation of his ethical obligations as a lawyer, and exposed himself to discipline by the appropriate disciplinary body of the MS Supreme Court (which could include disbarment). When the facts of Lott's "over-reaching" are fully developed, it can only be hoped someone will file a complaint against him with that disciplinary body so he gets the come-uppance he seemingly so richly deserves. Oh, this is rich! Lott may have been a senator
when he did this, but he was also a lawyer,
and what he did (if this account is correct)
is conspiring to commit perjury, witness
tampering, obstruction of justice, or some
combination (or variation) thereof.

By so doing, he has committed a violation of
his ethical obligations as a lawyer, and
exposed himself to discipline by the appropriate
disciplinary body of the MS Supreme Court (which
could include disbarment).

When the facts of Lott’s “over-reaching” are
fully developed, it can only be hoped someone
will file a complaint against him with that
disciplinary body so he gets the come-uppance
he seemingly so richly deserves.

]]> By: Paul W http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131272 Paul W Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:08:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131272 In a party filled with liars and criminals, Lott is in a class by himself (low). Lott and the insurance companies deserve each other. http://progressiveworldreview.com In a party filled with liars and criminals, Lott is in a class by himself (low). Lott and the insurance companies deserve each other.

http://progressiveworldreview.com

]]> By: radiodujour http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131258 radiodujour Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:55:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131258 Someone make a citizens arrest please Someone make a citizens arrest please

]]> By: bellesouth http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/comment-page-1/#comment-5131256 bellesouth Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:55:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/02/lott-witness-intimidation/#comment-5131256 If you look at the quote by Robie, it is not at all very clear. <blockquote>Sen. Lott and his associates were talking to people that were key advisers to Mr. Scruggs, paid consultants and those who were creating an illusion that simply doesn’t have any basic fact,” </blockquote> I wonder who is creating an illusion that simply doesn't have any basic fact? Or basis in fact. If you look at the quote by Robie, it is not at all very clear.

Sen. Lott and his associates were talking to people that were key advisers to Mr. Scruggs, paid consultants and those who were creating an illusion that simply doesn’t have any basic fact,”

I wonder who is creating an illusion that simply doesn’t have any basic fact? Or basis in fact.

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