Earlier this year, California State Sen. Roy Ashburn got busted drunk driving while a gay guy he’d picked up at a gay night club was riding shotgun. Roy Ashburn is exactly the kind of guy Kirby Dick goes after in the movie Outrage–a conservative politician who engages in gay behavior but consistently votes against gay [...]
Archive for June, 2010
My Favorite Onomotopeia (and how they get away with doing it in court)
Posted in Comins v VanVoorhis, tagged court, dilly-dally, law on June 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
dil·ly-dal·ly (diliˈ dӕli) v. -lies, -lying, -lied. 1. to delay or prolong needlessly. 2. to waste time especially by stopping often. 3. to act later than planned, scheduled, or required. 4. to postpone doing what one should be doing. I’ve always enjoyed the term “dilly-dally.” It’s one of those words that sounds like what it [...]
Information Regarding Motion to Dismiss
Posted in Chris Comins, Christopher Comins, Florida, Orange County, Orlando, SLAPP, tagged Christopher Comins, Comins v VanVoorhis, defamation on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week we filed a Motion to Dismiss in the dog shooter’s SLAPP suit against me. You can read about it on the Comins v. VanVoorhis blog. A hearing has been scheduled regarding this matter. It will take place at the Orange County Courthouse on Wednesday June 16, 2010 at 3:30 PM. UPDATE: Today [...]
Public Participation and the Internet
Posted in Custom Fab Inc., Facebook, First Amendment, Florida, founding fathers, Global Exchange, Hijacking Catastrophe, Jim Carey, Justin Kurtz, Kalamazoo, law, Orlando, SLAPP, T & J Towing, T & J Towing v. Kurtz, Thomas Jefferson, Washington D.C., Western Michigan University, tagged Big Dog Towing, civic engagement, Comins v VanVoorhis, First Amendment, Justin Kurtz, law, media, SLAPP, strategic lawsuit against public participation, T & J Towing, T&J Towing on June 6, 2010 | 6 Comments »
And that’s their project–to make us scared and stupid. But, see, my problem is, I’ve been to Washington D.C. and stood in the middle of the night out in the Jefferson Memorial and read the inscriptions of Jefferson’s quotes that are hammered into the marble. And you look up inside the rotunda, the favored quote [...]




