Funny Litigation Correspondence

Happy Friday.

For all the law-geeks out there, here's something that's probably only humorous if you're a lawyer.

I thought it was pretty good.

"We need to talk, we need to communicate, and then come together and sign something of this nature and present it to our public that we represent,"

Said Councilwoman Leona Plaugh, who did not sign the Mayor's "Civility Pledge".

The whole idea of this "civility pledge" seems very middle-school student government to me. I can't believe that grown-ups we put in charge of the City of Columbia are doing civility pledges. It's not that I'm anti-civility. I just don't think a pledge is how you achieve civility.

You're either going to have rational, constructive debate - which at times can be pointed - or you're not. Signing a little pledge isn't going to make someone "civil".

To me,  it all seems like theater. I want to see City Council debate issues, have the public weigh in, and then make decisions. All this nonsense about civility pledges is a waste of time.

Bryce Harper vs. Ozzie Guillen (Pine Tar)

If you missed it, last week, Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper was accused of having pine tar too far up his bat by Miami manager Ozzie Guillen. In his next at-bat, Harper used a different bat and maybe seemed to point it at Ozzie in a playful manner as if to say "You want to look at this bat, too?"

Ozzie (being insane) took exception to that, and blew up. Here's the video.

I love that Ozzie calls Harper "unprofessional". If anyone is an expert on acting unprofessional, it's Ozzie, so he's at least qualified to talk about it. Personally, I think the 19 year old kid handled the incident with more maturity that Ozzie, but that's not very surprising, since Ozzie Guillen has the maturity level of a 12 year old.

War on Women...By Other Women

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Honestly, this kind of gave me the creeps to watch. There are certainly people I don't like, but I'm never going to hit a pinata with their face on it. I can't even fathom doing it. Can you imagine the stories if it had been a man hitting this?

But I guess this is the new civility we've been hearing so much about, right?