October 9, 2007
Right about now, controversial attorney Jack Thompson should be standing before a federal judge in Miami.Judge Adalberto Jordan, lately the target of Thompson's intense vitriol, has scheduled a 9:30 hearing for this morning.
Jordan will give Thompson an opportunity to explain why he shouldn't be referred to an ad hoc disciplinary committee for adding hardcore gay porn to the court docket in a September 24th filing.
Judge Jordan will also hear an argument from the defendants (the Florida Bar and Judge Dava Tunis, the referee in Thompson’s Bar disciplinary trial) to dismiss the case.
Late yesterday Thompson filed a motion with Chief Judge Frederico Moreno in a bid to have Judge Jordan removed from the case. From here it looks like just another attempt to delay the inevitable.
GP: Here's the betting line on Thompson's day in court:
1.) Judge Jordan will remain with the case
2.) Thompson will be referred to the disciplinary committee
3.) Judge Jordan will dismiss Thompson's case against the Florida Bar with prejudice
4.) Thompson won't go away quietly
Credit where it's due Dept: The image originated with one of the Jack Thompson PhotoShop contest finalists on ExtraLife. Check 'em out!
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I like import beer as much as the next guy, but I got to say the best beer for buttery popcorn is Boulevard Wheat. I think it is unique to Oklahoma, but maybe not.
Na na na na,
Na na na na,
Hey hey hey!
Good-bye!
Oh, and re: the Photoshop, someone actually did a pretty good illustration of JT in that pose which looks more put-together. Sorry I don't have a link to it....
So.. who's got the camera on the inside?
"Kids, leave the lawyering to lawyers. I’ll leave the mind numbing games to you all." Thanks. That is all we ever wanted. Leave our games alone, just keep lawyering (is that even a verb?) and looking at gay porn.
@ ApokalypseNow
I never thought to look at the packaging. I'm originally from Chicago and Cape Coral, FL, so I never saw the stuff before.
LOVELY separation of Church and State there.
Agreed. I just was rather taken aback by that first post; It was more civil then I've come to expect from Jack. I admit, for a half-second there I'd hoped he would settle down and pursue his crusade with more professionalism. Unfortunately, I've been skimming the rest of the posts, and it seems, since that first post, apparently old jack is back
"Whiners!!!!!
I won, and you’ll have to deal with it. Jack Thompson"
(sigh)
Not sure what I was hoping for really. You know what they say about leopards.
That's what I'm thinking: This hearing is only about that gay porn mess, the much bigger picture, the one which can kill Jack's career in a blink, is still going strong.
In fact, now I'm wondering if part of the reason Jack got off the hook is because he's so clearly doomed otherwise that the judge sees no point in following this. I mean, why waste time and money slapping him around over gay porn if he's about to get disbarred anyway? Might as well jump straight to the important part.
Question, though... how binding is Jack's promise to not do stupid crap like filing porn again? How much trouble would he (or, more likely, WILL he) be in if/when he breaks it? It it just basically a mark against him for the next judge to consider?
Could they impose a fine or put him in jail?
See, this is the part you can play Queen songs and let your Millitant/Stalinist side out. MUHAHAHA!!
I reccomend Nightfall In Middle Earth.
We will, we will, rock you!
You got mud on your face
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back in your place
We will, we will, rock you!
We will, we will, rock you!
Welcome to the Jungle is good, but not very relevant.
'Cause I ate half a million Chalupas
And I got fat!
I sued Panasonic
They never said I shouldn't use their microwave
To dry off my cat
Huh, I sued Earthlink
'Cause I called them up
N' they had the nerve to put me on hold
I sued Starbucks
'Cause I spilled a Frappucino in my lap
And brrr, it was cold!
I sued Toys'R'Us
'Cause I swallowed a Nerf ball
And nearly choked to death
Ugh, I sued PetCo
'Cause I ate a bag of kitty litter
And now I got bad breath!
I sued Coca-Cola, yo
'Cause I put my finger down in a bottle
And it got stuck!
I sued Delta Airlines
'Cause they sold me a ticket to New Jersey
I went there, and it sucked!
Yeah!!!
If you stand me up on a date
If you deliver my pizza 30 seconds late
I'm gonna sue, sue
Yes, I'm gonna sue
Sue, sue, yeah that's what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna sue, sue
Yes, I'm gonna sue
Sue, sue, yeah I might even sue you!
Ugh!!
I sued Duracell
They never told me not to shove that double-A
Right up my nose
I sued Home Depot
'Cause they sold me a hammer
Which they knew I might drop on my toes
I sued Dell Computers
'Cause I took a bath with my laptop
Now it doesn't work
I sued Fruit of the Loom
'Cause when I wear their tightie-whities on my head
I look like a jerk
I sued Verizon
'Cause I get all depressed
Any time my cell phone is roaming
I sued Colorado
'Cause you know, I think it looks a little bit too much
Like Wyoming
I sued Neiman Marcus
'Cause they put up their Christmas decorations
Way out of season
I sued Ben Affleck
...
Aw, do I even need a reason?
Ugh!
If I sprain my ankle
While I'm robbing your place
If I hurt my knuckles
When I punch you in the face
I'm gonna sue, sue
Yes, I'm gonna sue
Sue, sue, yeah that's what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna sue, sue
Yes, I'm gonna sue
Sue, sue, that's right I'm gonna sue you
Ugh!
Ugh!
Ugh!
I'll sue ya!
I'll take all of your money
I'll sue ya!
If you even look at me funny
I'll sue ya!
I'll take all of your money
I'll sue ya!
If you even look at me funny
I'll sue ya!
I'll take all of your money
I'll sue ya!
If you even look at me funny
I'll sue ya!
I'll take all of your money
I'll sue ya!
If you even look at me funny
I'll sue ya!
Ha-ha ha ha-haa
I'll sue ya!
What'chall think of that?
I'll sue ya!
Ha-ha ha ha-haa
Boo ya!
I'll sue ya!
Ugh!
Even if he is disbarred, this wacko is on a crusade in his own mind. I'm surprised Bush hasn't offered him a job as Secretary of Decency or something like that.
Hope you don't mind Dennis, but i'm gonna have to use this page for that.
You mean Secretary of Defense.
Hear that... the bell tolls for Jackie boy.
One Vision by Laibach. Totally fits. I may be up late tonight waiting for updates to this. How long is the hearing supposed to last?
Or you could take the Bender approach to that quote:
"Ask not for whom the bone bones - it bones for thee!"
I say this because JBT is well and truly boned.
Haha...good call.
I think that hopefully Jack Thompson will maybe face his final defeat soon. It might be today, or tomorrow, or next week, or soon. I think that Jack Thompson has lost his so-called "Gamer-Antigamer War", because he is facing too many defeats of his hands. The only case he ever won, besides the 2 Live Crew case, was the "Hot Coffee" scandal in GTA: San Andreas. But, he did not have the game removed, the only thing, he had done with it, was removed the content of the "Hot Coffee" mission (It is true, that temporarily, there was an AO rated version of the game, that had the "Hot Coffee" content, but a few months later, there were no more copies of the AO rated version in stores) in the M rated version of the game. I think that Jack Thompson will soon be defeated in this so-called "war" of his.
^^ That is the themesong!
Even that's a bit of a hollow victory as I'm sure R* would of removed the content themselves to bump the game down to "M" instead of "AO" which most shops refuse to sell.
Ooh, i'm the 999,999th visitor. I won! But I can't be arsed to claim.
I'm just going to assume that you're referring to an ad I didn't see due to using FireFox with AdBlockPlus installed.
Yep. I hate IE.
(I'm in a very good mood today! Which usually means I start spamming at some point)
Must go faster... feel the need to see him broken upon a stack of old xbox's and flogged with wired controllers (interesting mental picture if nothing else).
I am Not really that vicious but it did sound good for a moment.
Please. Pummeled with 10,000 watermelons is a much better image. Funny too.
Thompson successfully got Howard Stern off the South Florida radio market back around 2003. The guy knows how to stir things up to remain a threat to the First Amendment.
@KGB BlackIce Division
I meant to write "Secretary of Decency." I made up the title just to prove a point. I'm not sure if you were correcting me or making a point yourself;)
I was making a point.