Connecticut judge dismisses racketeering lawsuit against Uber

[captaincranky]

Lol.... you don't actually read what you post, do you?

I DID read the entire page - the only dissenting opinion was 1 guy who was quickly proven wrong in the rebutting post... his last reply was eerily similar to yours - just attacking the person who posted, not adding any new information or giving any evidence...

Uber continues to operate (illegally) in Detroit - and their drivers DON'T have chauffeur's licenses.... much like every other city Uber operates in!!

However temporary that situation may be, I still felt a manifest obligation to fix it for ya. Should that bill become law, I fully expect you to ring in with something like, "free at last, great god almighty we're free at last". (Just make sure you attribute it to Martin Luther King, or his family might haul you to court on a copyright issue)..

This is one of the main reasons there are lawsuits... all these states/cities want Uber Drivers to have chauffeur's licenses.... Why, you might ask? Each license costs a fee ($35 in Michigan, and it's a similar fee throughout)... where do you think that money goes

To the government. That's pretty much one of your more blatant statements of the patently obvious.

A good question might be, if these licensing fees were to be designated as to be used to aid the elderly, would you still object as strenuously? As it stands, Uber should realistically have at least minimal governmental oversight, Since you desperately crave approval, why not just take the test, pay the $35.00, and come out smelling like roses. Really, $35.00 is a small price to pay for all the self righteousness you now engender for free.

OTOH, since you believe all the taxi drivers should lose their living to Uber, I expect you feel the same way about any counter agents at the DMV.

Your article, by the way, had you bothered to read it in its entirety, is just an opinion piece on whether Uber's background checks are flawed... As the article itself says, of COURSE they're flawed!! No system is perfect - you'll see convicted criminals working just about everywhere...

Once you serve your time in jail, you ARE entitled to earn a living.... There are plenty of convicted criminals driving taxis as well - no system is perfect... The important thing isn't if a convicted criminal is driving me somewhere - it's if a CURRENT criminal is driving me somewhere - and NO system can guarantee that's not going to happen...

Every criminal has a first offense sometime - you hear about people going to jail while working in just about any job.

So, an "opinion piece" by the LA District Attorney, carries less weight than yours. Wow wee your opinion matters more than anybody's....

Once you serve your time in jail, you ARE entitled to earn a living.

For one fleeting instant I completely agree with you. However, the web and all those 'priceless' reviews and reviewers you so cherish, can largely render that a moot point, should the morally indignant 'tattletales', get it into their heads to slander the individual who is trying to move forward.

I can picture you campaigning on the web against someone with a criminal record being given a job.

And the rest of your phony liberal BS, is to serve the convenience of your point of view related to this issue alone.

 

[Squid Surprise]

And yet again, you rebut with no evidence, no cohesive argument, yet ramble on for paragraph after paragraph... I'm done with this argument until you provide something useful...

 

[captaincranky]

And yet again, you rebut with no evidence, no cohesive argument, yet ramble on for paragraph after paragraph... I'm done with this argument until you provide something useful...

Well, if I give anyt examples, you simply tell me you know more than me, or for that matter, the LA District Attorney. You're basically running on pure chutzpah. Nobody has any point except you.

This gist of your current post is, "I'm too god for this argument.. Which at first glance seems at once, an ego gone into overdrive, and a hopeless self delusion. What you need, iin lieu of someone to spar with, is a couple hefty doses of lithium.

I'm sure you're the mouthiest in the Uber bunch, when you get together to talk about your Uber plan for taxi world domination. I remain, annoyed, (that part of your manifesto/mission being accomplished), but remain unimpressed.

FWIW, even as lax as the Michigan HR bill is, it is going to require,"trade dress", on your little Uber cars. Which I think is kind of comical, as it's going to be a bit more difficult to be suave, let alone unobtrusive with your Uber stickers.

Have I said "Uber" enough for your taste. At any rate, for me, the "Uber concept", came and went with Nietzsche, Adolf Hitler, and the 3rd Reich. Perhaps that's the problem I'm having with all this, word and concept association. Hitler with his all inclusive .world domination dreams, and Uber with its taxi world domination scheme

If it's going to take me agreeing with you to make you shut up and go away, then I wholeheartedly concur, "you're too good for this thread".

 

[mailpup]

I'm afraid, Squid and captain, I must call a time out. If you wish to continue your "discussion," it will have to be via PM. I've already deleted an earlier series of your arguments but you continued and here we are. Sorry, but any more of your posts in this thread will be deleted.

Fair warning.