A slogan for our times

Was walking up Broadway and saw a sign touting a group called Earth Justice. Their slogan: “Because the earth needs a good lawyer.” I thought that this combined two important elements of modern life nicely, and chillingly: environmentalism, probably of an extreme variety; and litigation. Could there be anything more American, in 2009? Environmental litigation?

By the way, people — real live people — need good lawyers, too. For example, to protect them from environmentalist takings. Will those lawyers be supplied?

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