Re: USA Govt Cannot Stop Death
- From: Big Dog <no email>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 20:02:46 -0500
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 23:53:28 GMT, Les Cargill <lNOcargill@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Big Dog wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:15:31 GMT, Les Cargill <lNOcargill@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Big Dog wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 17:40:44 -0500, "Robert J. Kolker"
>>>><nowhere@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Big Dog wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>We live in a society run by judges, not three co-equal government
>>>>>>branches, and cheered on by much of the population and the media.
>>>>>
>>>>>Better Judges than congresscritters.
>>>>
>>>>Now that is supremely anti-democratic. You want the unlimited term
>>>>unaccountable people to be on top? Yes, you do.
>>>>
>>>
>>>They are not electorally accountable, but they are
>>>accountable in terms of case law and peer
>>>review. Case/common law and peer review are
>>>what matters, anyway.
>>
>>
>> So, you say that judges are accountable to .....judges. How
>> reassuring.
>>
>
>Right. Just as engineers are accountable to engineers,
>doctors to doctors...
That is really silly. Sorry, Engineers are accountable to managers
and other business folks, like bankers. Doctors are accountable to
their patients (who can fire them, or sue them) and to insurance
companies (who can refuse to pay and sue them). Try suing a judge for
malpractice.
ROTFLMAO.
>
>I am not sure electoral accountability looks all
>that effective, at least since 2000.
>
Ask Tom Daschle if its effective.
Thanks,
Big Dog
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