A Tribute to Cindy Sheehan
July 27, 2007
Behold! Our first Douchebag Report original video:
Roy Pearson - Your Pants Are Right Here, Douchebag
July 25, 2007
Judge Roy Pearson’s Million Dollar Pants, Under Heavy Security:
The Chung Family (at U.S. Chamber Fundraiser) With Pants:
U.S. Chamber Helps D.C. Dry Cleaner Pay Legal Bills
July 25, 2007
Fundraiser Nets More than $62,000 for Victims of Frivolous Pants Lawsuit
From this Institute for Legal Reform press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Businesses large and small joined together with legal reform advocates to help Jin and Soo Chung, the owners of a Washington, DC-based dry cleaner, pay some of the legal bills resulting from the $54 million lawsuit brought against them over an allegedly “missing” pair of pants.
“The Chungs epitomize the spirit of enterprise-building a small business, helping their neighbors, and living the American dream-until someone saw the chance to strike it rich playing the litigation lottery over a pair of temporarily misplaced slacks,” said Lisa Rickard, president of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, one of the event co-hosts along with the American Tort Reform Association.
During her remarks, steps from the front lobby of the Chamber where “The Spirit of Enterprise” emblem hangs prominently, Rickard shared the stage with the now infamous trousers, which were displayed with an armed guard standing nearby since the pants remain as evidence in the ongoing case.
“Unfortunately, the Chungs are not alone in facing frivolous litigation. Every day, all across the country, business owners large and small worry if they’ll be next,” Rickard said. “The Chungs have incurred tens of thousands of dollars in legal expenses as a result of this frivolous lawsuit, and they have lost countless nights of sleep to aggravation and worry. Although we can’t give them back their sleepless nights, we have taken a big step toward whittling their legal bills down to size.”
Rickard said that the Chung fundraising event has netted more than $62,000, with pledges still coming in. She also said that three-quarters of all small business owners surveyed recently by Harris Interactive reported that they were worried about becoming the target of a frivolous or unfair lawsuit. Many of them said that they have raised prices or have held back from expanding their businesses because of it.
In addition to helping the Chungs, the event organizers hoped to call attention to the broken lawsuit system that allows an obviously frivolous lawsuit to proceed, according to the Chamber. Even though a D.C. trial court harshly dismissed the suit, the plaintiff is expected to appeal.
The mission of the Institute for Legal Reform is to make America’s legal system simpler, fairer, and faster for everyone. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world’s largest business federation, representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region.
Read the “Thank You” letter from the Chungs.
The Douchebag Report is proud to have contributed to this cause. We wish to offer our sincere gratitute towards the numerous sponsors, contributors, and attendees that made this event such a resounding success. The Douchebag Report encourages readers to visit www.chungfundraiser.com to make a donation to the Chung family.
Unimaginable Tragedy in Connecticut
July 25, 2007
Excerpt - Read more at courant.com:
A judge getting ready to send Joshua Komisarjevsky to prison in 2002 called him a “cold, calculating predator.”
Equipped with night-vision goggles and armed with a knife, he would slash his way through screens into houses around his hometown of Cheshire, stealing mostly electronic equipment and petty cash to pay for a drug habit.
Steven Hayes had a record more noteworthy for its length than the severity of the crimes - decades of larcenies, burglaries and check forgeries. Hayes committed most of his crimes in the northwest corner, near his home in Winsted - far from Sorghum Mill Drive in Cheshire, where the horrific events that landed him back in court played out early Monday.
Although it is still unclear why they chose the home of Dr. William Petit Jr., one thing is certain, police say: The “calculating predator” and the career criminal descended to a level of violence that is almost unfathomable.
When the ordeal was over, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and her daughters, Hayley Petit, 18, and Michaela Petit, 11, were dead. The girls, sources said, were tied to their beds and raped, then left to burn after gasoline was poured around their beds and ignited.
Late Tuesday, the state medical examiner’s office said Hawke-Petit was strangled and her daughters died of smoke inhalation. Their deaths were ruled homicides.
William Petit was beaten almost beyond recognition with a baseball bat, tied up in the basement and left for dead, only to make his way out of the house and to a neighbor before his home exploded into flames.
One of the victims, 17-year-old Hayley Petit, was a top honors student, who had received an early acceptance to Dartmouth, among other top honors.
Army Major Charged With Bribery
July 24, 2007
United States Army Major John Cockerham and his wife, Melissa, have been arrested on charges of accepting bribes, defrauding the United States, money laundering, and conspiracy. In all, Cockerham, employed as a contracting and procurement officer for the Navy has allegedly received more than $9.6 million in kickbacks, and was expected to receive almost $6 million more, prior to the arrest.
According to this Newsday.com article:
“The bribe payments included hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash delivered to Melissa Cockerham and others in bags and briefcases. Investigators say many of the payments occurred in 2005, and the money was deposited in banks in the Middle East and then moved to banks in the Caribbean.”
Read the full AP article here.
Lindsay Fully Loaded
July 24, 2007
It seems like just yesterday that Lindsay Lohan was released from the Promises Malibu Alcohol and Drug Rehab Treatment Facility, donning an alcohol monitoring bracelet. It seems that the troubled star hadn’t fully dried out yet. According to this Associated Press article:
Less than two weeks out of rehab, with another drunk driving case pending, Lohan had a blood-alcohol level of between .12 and .13 percent when police found her at 1:30 AM.
To make matters even worse:
After a field sobriety test, the 21-year-old movie star was booked on two misdemeanor chanrges of suspicion of driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license and two felony charges of possession of cocaine and transport of a narcotic.
Rangel Entangled In Taxpayer Cash Wrangle
July 23, 2007
In another story from the “What’s in your wallet” department:
New York Rep. Charles Rangel has been raising funds from taxpayers and corporations for a center in Harlem to be named after a prominent U.S. congressman – Charles Rangel.
The Democrat has quietly raised nearly $25 million for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College, located in a four-story Harlem building and aimed at steering low-income and minority students into politics, the New York Post reports.
Last week Rangel – chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee – pushed through a $2 million “earmark” in the House to serve as seed money for the project.
Corporate contributions so far include $10 million from insurance company AIG and $500,000 from the Verizon Foundation. Rangel’s committee has jurisdiction over taxes and trade, including corporate taxation.
Some lawmakers consider it “unseemly” for Rangel to name a government-supported project after himself, according to the Post.
Rep. John Campbell, R-Ill., said: “I just don’t think it’s right for a member to donate taxpayer money to something with their name on it.”
Read the full story regarding this megalomanic’s pursuit for cash and eternal name recognition here.
John Stossel Interviews Michael Moore
July 19, 2007
Excerpt - Read more at townhall.com:
Michael Moore loves government.
OK, he doesn’t love a government headed by George W. Bush, but he believes that once the Democrats are in charge, government will do a better job providing health care.
In his new move, “Sicko,” he praises government-controlled health care systems in Canada and Europe. He suggests that Americans pay more for health care but have a shorter life expectancy because our health care is driven “by profit.”
He is wrong in so many ways.
First, life expectancy is no measure of a country’s medical system. Lifestyle and culture matter more, and Americans are different.
Interviewing Moore for an upcoming health care special on “20/20,” I said, “In America we kill each other more often. We shoot each other. We have more car accidents. Forgive me, more of us look like … you.”
It’s A Man, Baby
July 18, 2007
According to Denver authorities, 27-year-old Darren Garcia has been arrested and charged with prostitution with knowledge of being infected with HIV or AIDS. Mr. Garcia was apprehended, when he approached approached a Denver police officer’s car, and offered to “perform a sex act for $30.” After the incident, Garcia (pictured left) had admitted to officers that he was infected with AIDS.
Read the full Rocky Mountain News article here.
Another Frivolous Lawsuit
July 18, 2007
Thanks to Michelle Malkin, another frivolous lawsuit is uncovered:
On a $5 dare from friends, 13-year-old Justin Porter climbed 35 feet up an electric transmission tower. Who was to know such an adventure might prove dangerous? 19,700 volts later, his mother, Anna Thebeau, is suing the electric utility, Ameren, saying it should have fenced off the tower against trespassers, should have posted a big warning sign on it, should have designed it so that it could not be climbed up, and should have insulated the wires far overhead.
I wonder if our favorite douchebag Roy “pants judge” Pearson will draft an amicus curiae letter on behalf of the mother?
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