Transmillennial

9:30 a.m Motivational speech from a retired judge. He thanks us for our volunteer service. He lies. No one's a volunteer. We're here under threat of a $100 fine. How can you trust a judge who lies? He says other countries, even the French, think we're the fairest country in the world. Because we have Due Process . Other countries have due process. Really. I've lived elsewhere. We dont even make the top ten.  In fact, according to the World Justice Project, we rank 27th.  France has us beat. We didn't even make the round of 16. Our soccer team is better than our judicial system. Of course Canada has us beat. Did you have to ask? It appears we really lose out on Fundamental Rights (ranked 42nd), Order and Security (ranked 38th; it's the guns, stupid!); Civil Law Enforcement (ranked 41st; too much corruption) ; Criminal Justice  (ranked 30th; corruption again); But I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. Comparatively free. Compared to...

So I got that most unwelcome of mail, a jury summons, on October 21.  A quick read indicated that as a retired citizen, I wasn’t going to be able to get out of it. So I clicked on the link the summons provided, to fill out a jury questionnaire. They said this was required. Except the link didn’t provide me with a questionaire. I sent an email asking how I could fill out a questionnaire. I received no reply. 

After checking in last night and finding out I was still needed, I asked my wife to drive me the 45 minutes to Viera ‘ Justice Center ’. Apple Maps routed me to the rear entrance. I arrived at 7:55 a.m. There was no entry for the Lumpenproletariat at the rear entrance. I walked around to the front entrance, and took my place in a long, long line.  It took a 12 minute wait; but while standing in line  I filled out a petition to put marijuana legalization on the 2024 ballot, so that was good. Then I went throught a metal detector. It ent off, even though I was carryin...