Paul Luvera Journal

Today’s Seattle PI editorial comment on Iran is on point regarding the increasing drum beat regarding Iran. As it points out, on Sunday Face the Nation Sen. Lindsey Graham called Iran "The cancer of the Mideast" and Republican hopeful Sen. John McCain, has repeatedly blurred the lines between al-Qaida in Iraq with Iran. We forget the history of America’s role in that region. As the comment notes, we orchestrated the coup in Iran overthrowing an elected leader and re-installed the…

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Two of the talks at the legal convention we are attending were particularly notable. One was by James Comey who is now Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Lockeed Martin Corporation. He is a the former Deputy Attorney General of the U.S. and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. He was responsible for prosecutions of the mob and for high profile white collar crime such as Enron and Martha Stewart. A very bright and entertaining…

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I’m just reporting in. After more than five weeks of trial and one and half days of argument the jury began deliberations on this case. It’s my intention to resume my rambling’s in this blog. However, keep in mind that if the verdict is not favorable I’ll blame my partners and if it is favorable I’ll take full credit. Send positive thoughts.

We have finished our third week of trial and start the 4th Tuesday. It’s going to go at least a month.  Here are articles if you want to read about the case. Stay tunned for a regular posting after the trial. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080211/NEWS01/349675452 http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080214/NEWS01/516505630#Jury.told.how.faulty.device.changed.lives

Did you read about the Washington state court District judge in Richland who ordered a woman to remove her knitted hat she wore to cover the fact she has no hair due to cancer treatment? She was too embarrassed to do it and left the court room. The judge said "I ask everybody to remove hats" and went to say the only exception he makes is for religious reasons. After saying he was sensitive to cancer victims because his own…

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As you saw the news about the Buddhist monks protesting and being killed by government forces in Myanmar did you wonder where the country is located and what it was all about? Well, I’m willing to admit I sure did. I admit I really wasn’t aware of a country called Myanmar and had little idea why religious monks should be shot to death for peaceful protest so I took the time to check it out and thought I’d share it…

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While returning from a fly fishing trip in the Dillon, Montana area, my wife, Lita, pointed out an article in the Great Falls Tribune about Molly B. The article reported that on January 5, of last year, this 1200 pound bovine was about be slaughtered at a packing house. While waiting in a pen outside she suddenly jumped the gate just minutes from her scheduled slaughter. With police, plant workers and animal control officers in pursuit, she ran down the…

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The front page headline in the Wednesday Seattle PI was "Chief blasts oversight report." Seattle police chief Gil Kerlikowske was angry at a report from a civilian review board report critical of his involvement in an internal investigation of a controversial drug bust. But, the conclusion of the report was that police officers should not police themselves and the current system Seattle has for monitoring police behavior may not be working. I agree. As the attorney for the Judson family…

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A few days ago, my wife Lita and I, along with our two Bischons’s, Napoleon and Josephine, were being driven to the Scottsdale airport for our flight back to Gig Harbor. During the drive our driver (call me "Sammy"), said he had been in Iraq for two years eight months and had recently returned. He was a translator for the military. He said he had been born in Iraq where his father was an engineer with the oil industry and…

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Another CEO has been rewarded for a bad job. We have previously chronicled America’s corporations rewarding its CEO’s with excessive pay packages and golden parachutes even when they have failed in the job they were hired for. It’s a common story of greed & corporate board irresponsibility which keeps being repeated. See posts for 12/29/06 12/19/06 12/14/06 & 12/9/06. Now Home Depot’s CEO Robert Nardelli will be paid millions for the job he did when he took over in 2000…

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