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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 8:36:57 PM
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Walt Rogers
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Allow the reverend to mediate here......Trent Lott has no more say in picking a Federal Judge than any other of the other 99 Senators in this country, so Mary is correct.
Those judges go thru the same process as a Supreme Court candidate.
Not sure how much pressure the man has anymore outside of Mississippi with all the problems he's incurred. Spector from PA has the most say at the moment and even he can't stop a nomination of any judge.
I would say the Federal Judicial process of picking judges has always been an area that congressmen have struggled with the most. One man is only one vote and he can't brow beat a majority no matter what. Look at all of Clintons posts as an example.
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 8:39:54 PM
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LarryW
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Jim,aka Santa Clause?
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 8:44:22 PM
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JimF
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 8:48:25 PM
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But what do WE know about the real world, Jim!
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 8:48:44 PM
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 8:52:46 PM
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JimF
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quote:
ORIGINAL: khromas
But what do WE know about the real world, Jim!
Well Kevin, I spent a year working for a United States Senator and Maryou didn't.
How's that for starters?
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 9:18:08 PM
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Elliott
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Maryou-
You may have just completed Civics 101, but this is the real world. More importantly, it's the SOUTH!... and we have a Texan in the White House. Everything runs through the "good ol' boy network" down here. How else do you think Mike Brown became the Director of FEMA? I'm from Louisiana sweetie- the capital of twisted politics. We have Napoleonic Code still. Do you even know what that is?
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 9:49:37 PM
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rhking
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I spent one year working as a personal aide to one of our US Senators from North Carolina, and Kevin is correct that generally a US Senator can single handily block judicial appointments to the Federal bench from that Senator's home state.
You've piqued my interest here...which senator (current/former) did you work for Jim? I have always been intrigued by the goings on in DC specifically and national politics in general so inside tidbits are always interesting.
IMO, senators generally cannot singlehandedly block confirmation or federal judges (unless they are chairperson of the Judiciary Committee or cast the deciding vote on said committee or on the floor). However, some powerful senators (i.e. Helms) do hold more "sway" than others. So I guess that one could make the statement that some senators can "block" certain nominees via their own political clout, which would be a broad use of "singlehandedly."
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 9:54:31 PM
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JimF
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'Blue slips'. Learn the phrase.
The Rules of the US Senate Manual is only 1447 pages so some of you Civics 101 students might learn a lot if you read the rules in their entirety.
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 10:41:47 PM
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Elliott
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rhking-
Curiosity is killing the CAT here. You have the audacity to dispute the credentials of others. Exactly what credentials do you have outside of the adjusting industry? You have been sitting in this thread waiting to pounce on responses. Is it possible you're just have nothing better to do besides looking facts up on Westlaw?
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 11:26:31 PM
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newguy56
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Why don't we switch the course of this thread from a personal dispute, to something that helps us understand the deeper issue here . . .
What effect does merely bring this lawsuit have on us? Or, if Lott prevails in this lawsuit, what effect will this have on us? Will all the claims reopen where the first adjuster denied wind damage when tidal surge totally destroyed a house? Will claims reopen where ground water from the hurricane came over a threshold? Will there be more inside jobs, reviewing the closed claims? Will there be more field adjuster jobs/reinspectors?
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 11:29:52 PM
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rainmaster
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Back to Lott's Lawsuit...... I think there is some merrit in the suit but in a twisted sort of way. In most cases the wind came 1st, then the flood. I am friends with a guy who had a camp on the water between NO and Slidell. He had no flood insurance but like everyone else he submitted a claim with his wind. The adjuster came out and looked at the pilings and nothing else was there and closed the claim with a big ZERO. Said it was flood as 20 ft surge happened in this area. His neighbor from three houses down decided to ride out the storm. Bad move so he left when it was really windy. His statement was 'I saw your camp get completely demolished in the wind, just blew away. That is why I left, as I thought I was next.' I'm sure that most of you see where I am going. On one hand, lawsuits like Lott's are extreme, on the other hand, putting all the damages to flood is extreme. Maybe they can find a middle ground through the lawsuit and not make wind pay for flood.
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 11:33:07 PM
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Wes
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The insurance companies did not collect premiums to cover flood losses (supposedly) so how can they be forced to pay for flood losses? If these companies are forced to pay we adjusters will get screwed somehow.
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 11:34:19 PM
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 11:35:45 PM
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rainmaster
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Hey New Guy, I just wanted to add something really important, I have 17 posts on my name and you have only 16. Just kidding, amazing that we were on the same track with this. mike e
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 11:48:43 PM
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rhking
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Elliott
rhking-
Curiosity is killing the CAT here. You have the audacity to dispute the credentials of others. Exactly what credentials do you have outside of the adjusting industry? You have been sitting in this thread waiting to pounce on responses. Is it possible you're just have nothing better to do besides looking facts up on Westlaw?
Hmmm...I had forgotten why I (and others) don't ask questions here anymore. Thanks for reminding me. First, I was genuinely interested in who Jim worked for. Being employed as an aide to a Senator is no small feat (either in obtaining and/or retaining the job) and those that are lucky enough to have had the opportunity to do surely have some interesting stories to tell re: the history that surrounds the tenure of most members of Congress. I thought that Jim might be interested in sharing a bit of any history that he may have witnessed first hand. In short, I was curious so I did that pesky little thing called 'ask.'
Second, before reading Jim's comment about 'blue slips' I had never heard of them so I did what most inquiring minds do-research. Said research turned up an interesting article about blue slips which I posted for others with like ignorance to enjoy. Since I don't have a copy of the US Senate Rules and Jim apparently does, I asked if there was rule that governed the use of 'blue slips' so that I could look it up and read it. I was simply curious and I am sorry if I offended you or anyone else for asking such a seemingly simple question.
Finally, it was not my intent, nor do I think that my questions convey, any attack or questioning of another's credentials, experience, etc. My questions were genuine and borne out of an interest in what others might have to say. As for my own credentials I am secure with them so I don't feel the need to question or attack others, despite what you may think. Re: my use of Westlaw, I have spent enough time on it and in the dusty sections of law libraries to last me the rest of my life. Besides Findlaw.com is just as good (almost) and it's free. Again, sorry if I offended anyone as I was simply looking for interesting info from those that have more experience than I do.
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 11:48:43 PM
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rainmaster
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Wes, The middle ground may look something like this...... Ins. co make an effort to pay some wind, not flood, even if the home is not there. I'm sure they could put statisical models in a big computer and come out with a $ that might be real. With that possibility happening, then tell all the people who want to get paid for something they do not deserve to take a hike. I happen to be a person who flooded and had wind damage. I have flood insurance and wind and collected on both and was treated ok. If they pay wind damage $ on flood damage then I want my flood premium back. Hey!!!! I just figured it out...... A lawsuit to get my last 10 yrs of flood primiums back. Anyone want to join me. We could go to court right next to Lott.
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/20/2005 11:49:30 PM
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Elliott
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rainmaster-
I'm in the Slidell area. The area you're speaking of was purley surge. There was a 20 ft. surge, carrying a 26 ft tidal wave. How does one not have flood insurance over there? I actually had the privilege of going to "ground zero" and watching a home video taken by one of the nuts that stayed in that area. The wind did not cause that type of damage. It might have blown his shed away, but not the entire house. I actually know someone who had a 52" TV in a built-in. The surge was so strong that the TV was ****ed out the built-in and pushed through a brick wall. He has a perfect 52" hole in the side of his house where it went through.
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RE: Senator Lott vs: State farm - 12/21/2005 12:24:21 AM
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Wes
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I agree with you rainmaster. If HO insurance ends up having to pay for flood damage (according to the courts) then you are darn tootin you better get your flood premiums reimbursed back to you that you have paid all these years because you were told you had to.
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