EDWARD EUGENE BASKETT

I LEAP OVER THEIR HEADS - STRAIGHT TO THE GUT

Fri Mar 11, 2005 14:05

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:12:16 -0800
From: MRROTHROCK@webtv.net  (TINKPOTDUDE II)
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I LEAP OVER THEIR HEADS - STRAIGHT TO THE GUT

EDITOR -

Think you will enjoy this regarding General Electric and Jack Welch. I
am rapidly becoming his legacy.

Please use as you see fit, as did Professor Robert Jensen at Trinity
University, among others.

If you have any concern at all for the elderly, you will have an
interest in this corporate outrage.

Found you on Yahoo under Corporate Hall of Shame. Thank you for your
good work.

Cordially,

EDWARD EUGENE BASKETT
http://www.edwardbaskett.com
"Placing GE in the worst possible light"

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William H. Rhenquist - Chief Justice
The Supreme Court of the United States
One First Street NE
Washington, District of Columbia 20543



My Dear Supreme Court Chief Justice:

The purpose of this letter is to introduce you to something bright and shiny and new. You won't believe your eyes. Life is replete with surprises. If there were no surprises, there would be no news.

It is a new Supreme Court and, as with most advents of Truth, long over-due. As the world and its heads of state spin faster and faster, there seems to be a losing-touch-with-reality syndrome permeating the mind of every ruling-class member; hence, the need for The Supreme Court and its activity.

Common horse sense is not as common as many people would like to believe. Usually found in the Midwestern to Southern United States, it rarely, if ever, moves as far north as the District of Columbia. Metaphysically speaking, the energies are simply too heavy for this light, airy form of intelligence to settle in. The instant case traces its roots to a chicken farm in Clarita, Oklahoma.

Please do not be fooled by appearance. A man in a white suit can't be all bad. Behind this elfish face lie a mind like a steel trap and a tongue like a blowtorch. They say I'm a cross between Jimmy Carter and Rex Reed.

I will rule without fear or favor on all matters relating to the human experience - except - the Mafia, the Teamsters, and Roseanne Arnold. Obviously, it would not be judicious for The Supreme Court to push its luck too far.

Be sure to watch for monthly rulings on such matters as Watergate, the Moral Majority, Mrs. Madeline Murray O'Hare, women's hem lines, and other all-time favorites. You won't want to miss a single one. My decisions will be brief, to the point, and final. There will be no 44-page opinions from these chambers. Please refer to sample ruling, attached.

In all fairness I should tell you now that the court's ruling on Mrs. O'Hare is so electrifying that the religious world, as we know it, will cave in on itself. But it really won't matter inasmuch as God and religion have little to do with each other. It has been rightly stated that there is just enough religion in this world to make men hate each other.

This Supreme Court has no associate justices, the rationale being, when one is correct he needs no agreement; when wrong, he needs no hassle. But then, I seriously doubt I will ever be wrong.

Swaddled in the cloth of the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and armed with a fifth, I am prepared to render decisions which decapitate error, uncontaminated by human dichotomy, and, best of all, Divinely authorized. How can I miss?

The concourse thus cleared, it will be incumbent on The Supreme Court to examine the state of mind of various individuals when rulings are being handed down. As you can see, this is a golden opportunity for judges to achieve a sense of what it is like to be on the other end of the stick.

As with The Supreme Court, defendants and witnesses need not appear inasmuch as this Supreme Court is loathe to become embroiled in the caldron of evidence. It prefers to be governed solely and wholly by the feeling in its bones.

Should The Supreme Court ever desire my services, and it is inconceivable that you would not, my current, anti-inflationary rate is $1,000.00 per hour, with an 8-hour minimum. Indeed, a small price to pay for one imbued with the wisdom of Solomon. To further sweeten the deal, my time would not begin until after I have my first cup of coffee from your silver coffee service.

I trust you will be encouraged to know there are those times when the The Supreme Court does concur with Madams Justice and the seven kindly old gentlemen, bless your hearts. For instance, I wholeheartedly agree with the closed-door ruling. As a matter of fact, all of my hearings will be closed-door - so I can think!

Well, as we say down South, this ain't gettin' calico to make the baby a dress, so I had better close for now. The next time you are in Palm Springs, do drop by. As you know, we are right up there with New York, Paris, and Rome.

Most sincerely yours,

(909) 338-4780
http://www.edwardbaskett.com/supreme_court.htm