ANSWERING THE MAIL WHILE WE ARE AWAY

When we get back, the rumors and news will return. Email us any juicy tidbits you may have.


Anonymous writes:

The worst thing you can do to a reader is bore them.

Rumpole Replies:

Dear Mom: we asked you to stop bothering us at work, Good luck in rehab.



Anonymous writes:

Those remembrances of Fed Moreno certainly predate his ascension to the Royal Court. Once he entered the Fed Palace, he changed dramatically, punishing defendants for exercising the right to trial. Now, trial means a heavier sentence or an acquittal -- the only discounted sentences come on pleas, but that does not help the guy who may be innocent or less culpable than charged.


Rumpole Replies: Au Contraire mon ami, Au Contraire. We hasten to disagree. We have won and lost before Federal Fred. And we have always found him to be very fair and even handed. However, that’s what this blog is about. We believe Judge Moreno is very fair, but we encourage others to post their experiences with him or the other members of the College Of Cardinals.
What other Judge would you rather have in Federal Court?


Anonymous Writes:

since anyone and everything seems to be grist for your mill-rumor hasit that Gov. Bush's recent Circuit Court appointee Judge Mark LeBancharacterized the weekend bond hearing overwhich he was presiding as a"lynching" to a defendant who happened to be an afro-american


Rumpole Replies: We have not heard about this. But from your post, it almost seems as if the fair Judge was remarking about something unfair occurring rather than being insensitive. Could you expand on what occurred? No one has ever suggested this Judge to be anything but fair, and that is a very serious charge you seem to be making.

And we do have standards, you know. If you read earlier posts, “anything and everything” does not go on here (much like our personal life-its a bit boring). We will not post about boring case law and unimportant stuff like that. Go to the federal blog here for that nonsense. http://www.sdfla.blogspot.com/
Seriously, we will not allow posts attacking people on a personal basis or on matters that are private.

Anonymous writes:

Hi. You wrote about him, so why don'y you know BHB is Bennett H. Brummer?

Rumpole Retorts:

We thought the H stood for “Hardly Working”.



A FREQUENT CRITIC WRITES:
Rumps -- Even if you profess not to care about spelling and grammar in your hastily-written posts, at least clean up the permanent banner on the left side-bar: The word BUIDLING (the third one of four before the end of the first sentence) is obviously misspelled. And UN OFFICIAL is not two words unless referring to a member of a diplomatic mission of the United Nations.

RUMPS responds:

We do care about grammar and spelling. Sometimes we work very hard on a post, then save it, then go back to it and a client walks in, and we post it without a final edit. You are write, we are rong- we promise to wurk harder on usin good english.

As to the errors in the permanent banner: you are an eagled eyed SOB. That’s what we get for coming up with the idea for this blog, and starting it after a late night. Drinking and blogging obviously don’t mix, and we may well need to hire Bobby R if you file Blogging under the Influence charges.

SEE YOU IN COURT