"More Bad Judges"
Thursday, January 8, 2004 at 12:41PM Jack Newfield of The Nation has a piece about the Bush administration's latest crop of federal judicial nominees. Needless to say, he does not approve, concluding:
Bush is trying to transform America through lifetime judicial appointments for this biased batch and their clones. The bottom line is that the reckless Bushies are willing to violate computer privacy and vandalize the Bill of Rights to expedite this transformation. George W. Bush was appointed President by the Supreme Court after losing the popular vote by more than 500,000. Now he is trying to use the courts to legislate a mandate the voters never gave him by abusing the power of appointment and ignoring the Constitution's "advise and consent" clause.
You can read the whole thing here. (via How Appealing)
Reader Comments (796)
Nobody even cares about the kids.. it's all about the almighty dollar. I mean (with a slab of sarcasm attached) poor poor guy, had to fork out $10,000 per month and he's only left with a measley $34,000 for himself. WahhhhPosted by: anonymous at June 15, 2006 12:59 PM"
Maybe nobody here that thinks it's only about the alimony hasn't seen the following information.
Mr. Mack, in an order signed by Judge Weller on May 24, 2005, not only ordered $847.00 per month child support and $10,000.00 per month alimony, but also payment of all of the following:1. The 1st AND 2nd mortgage on the house occupied by Charla Mack;2. All property taxes on the house occupied by Ms Mack;3. All lawn and garden maintainence on the house occupied by Ms Mack;4. All utilities, including gas, electric, water garbage, and telephone on the house occupied by Ms Mack;5. All television cable/satellite expenses on the house occupied by Ms Mack;6. All pool/Jacuzzi expenses on the house occupied by Ms Mack;7. All homeowners insurance expenses on the house occupied by Ms Mack;8. All burgler/fire alarm expenses on the house occupied by Ms Mack;9. And last, all pest control expenses on the house occupied by Ms Mack.
Judge Weller also gave Ms. Mack $50,000 to spend on her attorney! That was another $50,000 of Mr. Mack's money.
The only things that seem to be split evenly between the Mack's was child care and unreimbursed medical expenses. Here Judge Weller ordered a 50-50 split. Hooray for the judge!
Now, I have no idea how much money was involved is paying all the above expenses, but I can imagine it was a healthy chunk of change. Especially considering the value of their home. I pay well over $1,000.00 per year just for insurance & property taxes on a home of far less value than the one the Mack family shared.
When alimony of $10,000.00 is awarded along with the list of other expenses detailed above one has to wonder what the judge was thinking. Since Ms Mack's day to day living costs were paid nearly 100% by Mr. Mack, just why would she need such a large sum in alimony? And remember, this is the same women that was telling anybody who would listen that Mr. Mack was a "son of a b***h".(refer to story in the "Reno Gazette-Journal)
The financial burden placed on Mr. Mack by Judge Weller seems more in line with "punishment" than "justice".
My guess is FTJ is a pimply faced, 5'2", 125 lb. troll who can't get attention from real people, so he does so thru the internet. Poor little troll! Go back under the bridge now, ya pimply little one.
Pimple boy's comebacks are some of the lamest stuff I've read. Keep feeding this troll, he's fun to pet.