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March 29, 2005

Wanker of the Day

I blatantly stole this subject title from Atrios. There isn't a better one. So with that little bit of plagiarism out of the way, on to the snark.

John J Miller of NRO writes this pissy little remark:

ASBESTOS AWARENESS DAY [John J. Miller]
It will be celebrated by all, and I suppose especially by trial lawyers (emphasis Carla), on April 1. I am not making this up.

Well kiss my grits, John. Maybe if you pulled your head out of your conservative backside for awhile you might notice people who've had their lives ruined by asbestos:

Residents of a Klamath Falls subdivision who discovered they live on an asbestos waste burial site are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to relocate them now that a new study says exposure to the soil could put their children's health at risk.

The request comes as the Oregon Department of Justice has hit the site's developer with a $3 million racketeering lawsuit, alleging he fraudulently sold properties without telling buyers about the asbestos burials.

In addition, newly released court records show that the developer, Mel Stewart, testified last month that he disregarded a warning about asbestos at the site more than a decade ago.

The estimated 60 residents of North Ridge Estates have lived with growing anxiety after learning about the site's history following a worker's discovery of a buried, asbestos-wrapped pipe in 2001. Recent events have sharpened the determination of many to leave, even as the courts and regulators grind through legal issues surrounding the subdivision.

Carolyn Winn said she and her husband, Dennis, want to move but can't sell their home. Like other North Ridge Estates residents, their property values have been virtually wiped out by discovery of asbestos debris.

Abestos schmasmestos, right John? Asbestos lawsuits serve no other purpose except to line the pockets of trial lawyers. John says so.

And we all know that Republicans-have-absolutely-no use-whatsoever for trial lawyers.

Posted by Carla at March 29, 2005 05:06 PM