Saturday, April 15, 2006
Round and Round We GoPeople sometimes wonder why dogs chase their tails or circle around a spot several times before they lay down. But is it only dogs who do silly thing like that?
This week a Drug Enforcement Agency employee sued the government for supposedly releasing to the public a video that was embarrassing to him. In April 2004, Lee Paige was demonstrating gun safety rules to children at a youth meeting when he accidentally shot himself in the thigh. He was waving a gun talking about handling precautions but forgot that the gun was still loaded. Someone in the audience captured the incident in a video and submitted it to the DEA, but it was leaked and became widely circulated on the web. Paige says that he is now the target of ridicule everywhere he goes, the "biggest joke on the Internet." The lawsuit accuses the government of violating his privacy and seeks an unspecified compensation amount. What he did to himself was dumb, but it doesn't mean you have to go tell everyone.
And two months ago, Curtis Gokey, a municipal worker in Lodi, California, sued the city for $3600 of damage to his car when a city truck backed into his car. The only problem was that he was the driver of the truck at the time, and admitted that the accident was his fault. When the city denied his claim, saying that he can't complain against himself, his wife Rhonda filed a new claim under her name, for an even larger amount, $4800. She said, "I'm not as nice as my husband is."
The moral of the day is, Stop making fun of doggies. They might chase their tails, but at least they are minding their own business. And they keep the lawyers out of it.
- posted by Woofwoof @ 9:04 PM
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He'd get more money going on America's Funniest Video than suing the government.
# posted by 
: 16 April, 2006 18:34
: 16 April, 2006 18:34
Is it just me, or did my faith in the DEA go down, after they've been so effective at keeping drugs off the street?
Connecticut,
Getting on America's Funniest Videos might get him $10,000. Winning a lawsuit against the government would get him, oh I don't know, perhaps a job in Homeland Security, or a tax audit?
John,
The claim is that the drug problem would be worse without the DEA. Just like there would be more illegal immigrants without the Immigration Service. Or more WMDs and terrorists without the Iraq war.
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Getting on America's Funniest Videos might get him $10,000. Winning a lawsuit against the government would get him, oh I don't know, perhaps a job in Homeland Security, or a tax audit?
John,
The claim is that the drug problem would be worse without the DEA. Just like there would be more illegal immigrants without the Immigration Service. Or more WMDs and terrorists without the Iraq war.
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