16th April 2012, 9:50 PM
Fox News? More like Faux News. Right?
Seriously, WATCH the video I posted there. You'll actually hear from the maker of the bill and she makes it incredibly clear it's meant to make a point.
Only Fox News would pretend she actually means it to make it "shocking" enough to get viewers to watch. It's just like that story about the person suing McDonald's for coffee that's too hot. The only thing any of us ever heard about it was how silly it was, and yeah, THAT story is ridiculous. The real story has come out and it turns out that the person bringing the suit actually did get 3rd degree burns, it really was far hotter than it should have been, the suit was about lowering the serving temp of the coffee more than just the warning, and the winnings were far less than the mythical "millions" that person supposedly won. The person bringing the suit could never actually reveal this though, because part of the terms of the out of court settlement (the suit never actually went to court) was a standard NDA. In the end, people like me got convinced that "frivolous lawsuits" are OUT OF CONTROL in this country and made it a little bit easier for companies to get away with stuff.
Seriously, WATCH the video I posted there. You'll actually hear from the maker of the bill and she makes it incredibly clear it's meant to make a point.
Only Fox News would pretend she actually means it to make it "shocking" enough to get viewers to watch. It's just like that story about the person suing McDonald's for coffee that's too hot. The only thing any of us ever heard about it was how silly it was, and yeah, THAT story is ridiculous. The real story has come out and it turns out that the person bringing the suit actually did get 3rd degree burns, it really was far hotter than it should have been, the suit was about lowering the serving temp of the coffee more than just the warning, and the winnings were far less than the mythical "millions" that person supposedly won. The person bringing the suit could never actually reveal this though, because part of the terms of the out of court settlement (the suit never actually went to court) was a standard NDA. In the end, people like me got convinced that "frivolous lawsuits" are OUT OF CONTROL in this country and made it a little bit easier for companies to get away with stuff.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)