To further my education, I visited RestMyCase.com, the web site of opposing counsel, Vicki Roberts, who no doubt holds Nancy Grace in the highest of esteem. More electrons are spend extolling Ms. Roberts connections to the entertainment and film industry than the legal profession. But anyone who devotes an entire web page to two amateur photos of their late dog pretty well seals the deal for me.

It makes me weep that Nancy Grace is considered a “legal expert” when Marc Randazza is out there kicking ass and taking names. In a perfect world, he’d be the one with his own prime time show.

I can sympathize with the libertarian argument about drug legalization, particularly where there’s a legitimate medical necessity for prescription meds.

HOWEVER, Florida (and in particular, South Florida) is a hotbed of prescription drug fraud. The doctors in these “pain clinics” often prescribe these drugs without examining the patient (or without ever seeing the patient). In some cases, the doctor merely signs a bunch of blank scripts and leaves it to untrained staff to fill them.

I suppose I can also understand the fear that legitimate doctors will get caught up in pill-mill hysteria, but from what I can tell, not too many of those have been targeted.

It would appear that the condition is not debilitating enough. 🙂

“Using threats and intimidation to prevent scientists pursuing specific avenues of research or speaking out is damaging not just science. It harms society,” she said.

Tell that to the Global Warming true believers who try to prevent skeptics from getting their research published.

http://www.drroyspencer.com/2011/09/editor-in-chief-of-remote-sensing-resigns-from-fallout-over-our-paper/

The problem with skimming headlines is that factual inaccuracies and omissions are often overlooked in favor of sensationalism.

There is a huge difference as well between healthy animal rights activists and patients following the ACT UP model of activism in the Internet age.