Government lawyers gone wild

The federal government has filed an asset forfeiture lawsuit against billionaire record executive Henry T. Nicholas III, co-founder and former CEO of Broadcom. They're wanting to lay claim to his Newport mansion and his Las Vegas penthouse based on:

claims Nicholas kept a stash of cash at his mansion in Newport Coast and used the money to buy drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy and have parties with musicians signed to his recording label, Level 7. He also allegedly held similar parties at his Las Vegas condo and used his private jet to transport drugs there.

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So, a law intended to pursue drug dealers is being abused by government lawyers to seize the home of someone accused of using drugs. And the connection is about as tenuous as they come - he kept the money used to buy the drugs at his house. Wait until some local DA realizes he can seize all the money in every bank in his county because meth heads used some ATM machines.

Democrat lawyers eat their own

Democratic trial lawyer Philip J. Berg, Equire has filed a nuisance suit against Barack Obama claiming he's ineligible to be President.

The suit centers around evidence like Obama's school records which supposedly listed him as an Indonesian citizen. The Courts should have no problem quickly throwing this out as it was filled out by Obama's parent or guardian, who had no right to renounce Obama's US citizenship for him. Also, Obama was not yet of legal age, calling into question whether he could have legally renounced his citizenship himself.

The suit mentions that Obama was listed in the records as a Muslim, calling into question the Constitutionality of the suit itself since the Constitution specifically forbids religious tests for public office.

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Finally, the suit diverges off into questions of Obama's use of the last names of his stepfathers as a child and the fact that he did not disclose this on his Illinois Bar application - facts that even if true are completely irrelevant to the very narrow Constitutional qualifications for the Presidency.

Full disclosure: I'm a McCain supporter - but I still wish these people would shut the hell up.

You'd think he'd NOTICE he was eating a 9-ft. tapeworm.

Man sues Chicago eatery for $100K, contending he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish there.

How does he know that restaurant is where he got the tapeworm?

In the lawsuit filed Monday, Anthony Franz said he ordered salmon salad for lunch from Shaw's Crab House in 2006 and fell violently ill. He later passed the giant parasite, which a pathologist determined came from undercooked fish, such as salmon.

At best, that proves he COULD have gotten the parasite there, not that he DID get it there.