f/k/a . . .

potluck — our cell phone blues:

U.S. politicians don’t have the courage to ban a clearly dangerous activity, that is becoming an entitlement for many drivers (NYT article, March 3, 2005). They also continue with the phony notion (first discussed by me in March 2000 here), that hands-free is safer than hand-up cellphoning. (ethicalEsq weighs in)

Instead, hands-free car phoning is just as distracting (it’s the distraction that’s the problem!) and allows the irresponsible to find yet more distracting activities to perform while driving. (see NYT, “For Drivers, a Traffic Jam of Distractions, March 3, 2005)

Three years after the ban on hand-held cells phones started in New York, scofflaws are everywhere; and some pollyanas are silly enough to think that compliance will improve over time, as opposed to the law becoming harder and harder to enforce (see “three years later“, wnyt) Currently, there are so many violators right out in the open, that officers placed on full-time cellphone alert could easily pay for themselves and more.

big surprise from South Dakota: Cell Phone Companies Oppose Ban On Mobile Phones In Cars

some school bus companies in Connecticut haven’t yet banned their drivers from using cell phones while driving.

empty farm wagon a cell phone buzzing under the hay lock out . . . workers burn the editorials to warm their hands the homestead cedars . . . our toy cars follow a dirt road through fallen needles from World Haiku Review, Vintage Haiku from Randy Brooks

March snowfall

wanting more

not wanting more

……………… by dagosan: [March 7, 2005]

- the Texas lawyer, Jesse Gamez, who failed to tell the court that his girlfriend

was on the jury in a Ford Rollover case (AP/Herald Democrat, “Ford hit with $28

million verdict in rollover lawsuit.”, March 3, 2005; David Berstein at VC; Steele at

LegalEthicsForum, March 6, 2005; Overlawyered, March 7, 2005), and

- two Pennsylvania lawyers, Joanne D. Sommer and Jay H. Karsch, who were scolded

by a judge for their very poor research (see law.com, “Judge Lectures Lawyers on

Research for Motion,” March 4, 2005; Law Dawg; Virtual Chase)

ashamed
napping, hearing
the rice-planting song

 

ISSA, translated by D. Lanoue

-   Read the rest of this story here -

 

 

ashamed–
eating then going to bed
I hear the winter prayers

 

                 ISSA, translated by D. Lanoue

 

ashamed–
eyes glued to the chestnut
beyond reach

                                                                             ISSA, translated by D. Lanoue

   

 

 

 

- the Texas lawyer, Jesse Gamez, who failed to tell the court that his girlfriend

was on the jury in a Ford Rollover case (AP/Herald Democrat, “Ford hit with $28

million verdict in rollover lawsuit.”, March 3, 2005; David Berstein at VC; Steele at

LegalEthicsForum, March 6, 2005; Overlawyered, March 7, 2005), and

- two Pennsylvania lawyers, Joanne D. Sommer and Jay H. Karsch, who were scolded

by a judge for their very poor research (see law.com, “Judge Lectures Lawyers on

Research for Motion,” March 4, 2005; Law Dawg; Virtual Chase)

ashamed
napping, hearing
the rice-planting song

 

ISSA, translated by D. Lanoue

-   Read the rest of this story here -

 

 

ashamed–
eating then going to bed
I hear the winter prayers

 

                 ISSA, translated by D. Lanoue

 

ashamed–
eyes glued to the chestnut
beyond reach

                                                                             ISSA, translated by D. Lanoue