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Assholes

I decided that Scout should really see the vet about the problem she was having with her anal glands. After all, this is REAL veterinary medicine ... you know, the get-your-hands-dirty kind of stuff that draw people into veterinary school. So, while the vet has his finger up Scout's ass probing, probing, ever probing, he is cheerily telling me about his excursion with his son to a college football game. I could tell that prescribing heartworm medication for the evil neighbor lady's rat dog was not his bag; his idea of heaven is a breach delivery of a calf or colt every day of the week for all eternity.

And I paid the $16.50 without hesitation. I was prepared to pay a hell of a lot more.

After obtaining relief for Scout, I got a call from the Clerk of the local court. The judge appointed me to represent a one man crime wave who, among a bunch of other less serious charges, allegedly broke a 14-year-old girl's nose. The guy is not this child's father, but the putative father of her child-to-be. So, he is in jail. The bail is some astronomical number. Not five minutes after this phone call, I get a call from a bail bondsman. He is "working with" the family, who want to post the bail. This is a huge payday for the bail bondsman ... a five figure payday.

The family is willing to pay this kind of money to get their son out of jail temporarily (and I say "temporarily" because he will be going to prison, assuming there is proof that he ... I guess we won't have to wait very long for the proof to be delivered and paternity tests to be done); yet, they don't want to pay a lawyer to represent him, but will let the court appoint a lawyer at public expense to handle the case. There is something very wrong here. I called the court Clerk back and told her about the call from the bail bondsman. I can't wait for Tuesday morning when the judge goes medieval on this guy and his parents ... I hate handling cases like this anyway.

Posted by Bill at July 30, 2005 04:41 AM