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Old 11-24-2010, 02:30 PM   #2996
Tyrone Slothrop
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Re: Election 2010: Teabaggin' the Ds & Rs

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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch View Post
Thank you for posting that. When I read Ty's comment -- "I would suggest that the assholishness of government agents is in inverse relationship to the prestige and importance of their agency" -- I had to wonder just how many federal judges he's been in front of. (Not that I've ever met any I consider to be assholes, of course, but I've heard stories from lawyers at other firms.)
I don't think of federal judges as government agents. YMMV.

Also, I think it's fairly obvious that the assholishness of individuals will vary within an agency, and that there will be jerky FBI agents and pleasant DMV clerks, but since it seems I have to spell that out, there it is.
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