Winger Writers Seek "Justice" from Regnery for Hiding Back Pay in Royalties

BurtWorm

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Thu Nov-08-07 03:30 PM
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Winger Writers Seek "Justice" from Regnery for Hiding Back Pay in Royalties

Edited on Thu Nov-08-07 03:31 PM by BurtWorm

Commies! ;)

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_11/012454.php

SCHADENFREUDE ALERT....The New York Times reports today that a group of conservative authors, including Swift Boat nutball Jerome Corsi, is suing right-wing darling Regnery Publishing. The lead plaintiff is Richard Miniter, author of Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush Is Winning the War on Terror, who apparently got his hands on a royalty statement he wasn't supposed to see:

"It suddenly occurred to us that Regnery is making collectively jillions of dollars off of us and paying us a pittance." He added: "Why is Regnery acting like a Marxist cartoon of a capitalist company?"

....The authors, who say in the lawsuit that has been "unjustly enriched well in excess of one million dollars," are seeking unspecified damages. But Mr. Miniter said, "We're not looking for a payoff; we're looking for justice."

Well, we're all looking for justice, aren't we? But if a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, what do you call a conservative who's come face to face with the naked face of vertically integrated capitalism?

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Richard Steele

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Thu Nov-08-07 03:33 PM
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1. Con artists depend upon the GREED and DISHONESTY of their victims. These authors were good marks.

They CHOSE Regenery in the first place because it's a SCAM outfit!

It promised to make them "best sellers" with its slimy bulk buying
schemes, and they JUMPED at he chance to "succeed" by those methods.

Now, suddenly they're SHOCKED to discover so little honor among thieves. :rofl:

You'd think such good CONSERVATIVES would be aware that "as ye sow,
so shall ye reap".

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tanyev

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Thu Nov-08-07 03:42 PM
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2. I thought they hated frivolous lawsuits.

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northernsoul

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Thu Nov-08-07 04:19 PM
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6. I thought the same thing

I 'spose they had to hire one of us big, bad trial lawyers to try to get their money back.

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Turbineguy

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Thu Nov-08-07 03:45 PM
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3. If they get their justice

can we beat the shit out of them with baseball bats to get ours?

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Mme. Defarge

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Thu Nov-08-07 03:53 PM
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4. Wheee!

They're eating their own!

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regnaD kciN

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Thu Nov-08-07 04:15 PM
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5. In the immortal words of "The Big Lebowski"...

Nihilist #2: Iss not fair!
Walter Sobchak: Fair! WHO'S THE FUCKING NIHILIST HERE? WHAT ARE YOU, A BUNCH OF FUCKING CRYBABIES?

:rofl:

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