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In the spring of 2003, two Canada geese landed in the planter outside of Contemporary Watercrafters, a small pool maintenance business in Maryland owned by Howard Weiss. After several weeks, Howard and his business manager, Kelly Reed, contacted the Humane Society about having the geese ...
Lieberman decision pits Dean against liberal blogosphere - War Room
salon.com — It's no secret that most of the liberal blogosphere loves Howard Dean and loathes Joe Lieberman. So... it's interesting to see how progressive bloggers have responded to the news that Dean supports Senate Democrats' decision to give Lieberman a slap on ... (more) Lieberman decision pits Dean against liberal blogosphere ...
Dean Jokes About Being Passed Over For Rahm As Chief Of Staff
Dean Jokes About Being Passed Over For Rahm As Chief Of Staff
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Fun stuff: In an interview set to air tomorrow on "D.L. Hughley Breaks the News," Howard Dean... joked about a bit of a sensitive subject: The fact that Rahm Emanuel wasn't an early fan of Dean's 50-state strategy, which helped put Emanuel's new boss ... (more) Dean Jokes About Being Passed Over For Rahm As Chief Of ...
GOP Turns To Howard Dean For Salvation
huffingtonpost.com — Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, in politics and elsewhere. And after two straight cycles of... congressional pickups, outgoing DNC chair Howard Dean is no longer a boogeyman for his Republican counterparts -- he's a template for success.  ... (more) GOP Turns To Howard Dean For Salvation
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Snapping goose causes slip-fall, the sequel
Overlawyered — ... the unsuccessful suit against Contemporary Watercrafters, a Rockville, Md.-based pool maintenance business. It’s getting some more attention now as one of the entries in the U.S. Chamber’s Faces of Lawsuit Abuse campaign (careful, it auto-plays video with sound). Angle we didn’t mention in our earlier post: the owner was annoyed at the mess made by the geese and approached the Humane Society about removal but was told “it was a no-go — the Migratory Species Act forbade him from moving or disturbing the geese. All he could do was wait for their goslings ...

Matt Lewis: "Faces Of Lawsuit Abuse"
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... Posted by: Matt Lewis at 11:41 AM Faces of Lawsuit Abuse has put out two fantastic new web videos that highlight just how far our legal culture has sunk. One details the struggles of small business owner who were sued after wild geese attacked a pedestrian outside their store (the irony being that it would have been illegal to remove the geese under the Migratory Bird Act). The other ...

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