WV: #1 Judical Hellhole, and Proud of It

The American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) has listed West Virginia as America’s #1 judicial “hellhole,” and I’m damn proud of it. The ATRA is little more than a front for narrow-minded defenders of corporate America and coordinates approximately 40 state “tort reform” (i.e. corporate protection) coalitions.

It is no surprise that the ATRA is partially funded by that paranoid paragon of extreme conservative viewpoints, Richard Mellon Scaife.

This is the same Scaife who:

• Evaded the weak laws at the time to donate nearly $1 Million dollars to Nixon’s re-election campaign
• Who funded the “investigation” (read smear campaign) that lead to the ridiculous impeachment proceedings against Bill Clinton.
• Who funded the campaigns of the borderline evil and wholly laughable Rick “Frothy Mix” Santorum.
• And many other ultra conservative causes.

Of course, that will not be reported in our local media or even regionally. All you will hear is that WV is an awful place for business, which may be somewhat true, but not due to these types of lawsuits. Rather, West Virginia should be lauded, and proudly ranked number one, for having juries that can see when one of their own is being screwed by Big Business, the Government or both.

It is just one more example of how local news is not slanted left or right, but completely into the pocket of corporate America. And waterskiing squirrels.