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Top 25 Ways in Which Our Current National Government is Like Divorce Litigation

By William Levine posted Wed February 22,2017 12:06 PM

  
  • Both can last up to four years, eight with appeals.
  • Both can feel a lot longer – and the effects will outlast it.
  • Facts are often “alternative facts”.
  • Objective truth is aspirational.
  • Memory is selective.
  • Transparency is an illusion.
  • Ad hominem is de riguer.
  • Spokesmen never get the message quite right.
  • “Zealous” is conflated with “blind”.
  • Sound and fury signifies nothing…but doesn’t stop anyway.
  • Ethics are situational.
  • “Approval” is conflated with effectiveness.
  • Volume exceeds quality.
  • Yes-men (and women) abound.
  • People want more service for less cost.
  • Positions over-ride interests.
  • The person who has the last word thinks s/he will win the argument.
  • The person who speaks the loudest thinks s/he will win the argument.
  • A good judge is one who agrees with the client.
  • A good decision is one that agrees with the lawyer.
  • Cost-benefit analysis is rare.
  • Efficiency is a second – or third thought.
  • Hypocrisy abounds.
  • Victimhood abides.
  • The best interests of the children/population often get lost
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