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IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN

What were they thinking?


“With respect, actual innocence is not a loophole”
Good guy Reginald Brown, Govener Jeb Bush’s General Deputy Counsel, responding to Bush death penalty advisor Brad Thomas. Thomas sent memos stating that they must find a way to close that actual innocence loophole, limit appeals and execute people quicker.

“Then we’re possibly a company you don’t want to deal with”
Chrisie, from the Barefoot Mailmom Delivery Service, in the Lake Worth area of Palm Beach County responding to questions about their inept services and broken promises

You have go to the emergency room, antibiotics can’t treat the infection because the infected area is dead tissue
Jupiter Dentist Marc Webb giving an apparently false explanation to a patient with an abcessed tooth. The hospital said they hear this often by Dentists who don’t want to be bothered on Weekends. They then gave the patient an antibiotic that worked

“Its a thousand two hundred dollars for an hour or two of work, its not worth it.”
Dr. Steven Greenberg of Coral Springs explainging how he felt about performing an operation for a broken leg.

“It shouldn’t be more than a couple of days”
Representatives from Public Storage in Deerfield Beach explaining how long it would take to deliver merchandise from their storage facility. Repeated phone calls found Public Storage was consistently able to pick up merchandise within a day or two at the most, but curiously unable to deliver at the same pace. They were also unwilling to waive the extra storage fees that accrued during the three weeks it took them to deliver. Hmmm perhaps that’s a factor?

“Why would you settle when it's a slam dunk”
Palm Beach Gardens attorney Peter Aldrich's thoughts about a case to a client before he got paid. He did a complete turnaround soon after being paid a deposit and said he was sorry they heard it that way
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