[TheForge] YAK- who really runs the country

[Ries Niemi]

On Wednesday, December 10, 2003, at 11:38 AM, Bill Alleman wrote:

> Ries Niemi wrote on 12/9/2003, 7:50 PM:
>
>> A high school friend of my wife's used to be an
>> environmental lawyer, and he made about nothing. Now he works for
>> Peabody Coal Co. on the other side of the fence. All that studying of
>> environmental law did pay off, but only if you use it for people who
>> have money. He does drive a beemer now.
>
>
> So, does he hold any convictions of his own now, or just those of the
> highest bidder? If the primary tool of his trade were a rifle, he'd
> write "mercenary" next to "Occupation" on his tax return, wouldn't he?
> -- 
>

I said he was a lawyer, didnt I ?