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Rob Hopper
" The Great Gotz - Bee
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A Gotz-bee is like a Gadfly,
except that a Gadfly is usually a
gotz-not who stings the gotzes,
whereas the Gotz-bee, who
stings the gotz-nots, gotz!
Ralph Nader and Mike
Royko, for example, are
Gadflies; Nelson Rockefeller and
William F. Buckley are
Gotz-bees.
Traditionally, the have
("gotzes") distrust Gadflies
because the Gadfly's stake in the
system is usually so negligible
that his tanding to criticise it is
suspect.
Conversely, the have-littles
and the have-nots (collectively,
"gotz-nots") distrust Gotz-bees
because their stake in the
system is so substantial that it
would seem difficult, if not
impossible, for Gotz-bees to
avoid conflicts of interest.
However, most people never-
theless follow Gotz-bees be-
cause most of our leaders are
Gotz-bees; in fact, they've
cornered the market on
leadership for so long that
people have historically ac-
cepted Gotz-bees as the group
most qualified to lead.
But, as the French pointed
out to Louis XVI, this
accceptance is neither a
God-given right nor an historical
necessity. It is, rather, a quid pro
quo, the quo being a reasonable
modicum of noblesse oblige (or
gotz-oblige, if you would).
This loose contractual
relationship between solvent and
poor, privileged and peon,
variously referred as the "Divine
Covenant" and the 'Trickle
Down Theory" rests entirely on
mutual respect (i.e., both groups
recognize their mutual
dependence).
Thus, whenever the
Gotz-bees, mistaking political
naivete for stupidity, begin to
take the gotz-nots for
know-nothings, the temptation
to ignore them becomes
irresistible (the temptation to
take advantage of them,
however, abates not a jot). The
gotz-nots then begin (albeit
slowly) to get the message, and
as the message becomes clearer,
they begin to doubt the truth of
what the Gotz-bees say. If the
breach continues, they become
angry with the Gotz-bees; and if
it continues long enough, they
lose respect for them.
When this happens, the
contract is at an "end, and the
Gotz-bees are in a world of hurt.
However, before things get
this bad, the Gotz-bees, if
they're smart, begin to police
their own. The House Judiciary
Committee has recently done
just that.
But it is doubtful that Nixon's
de facto removal from office will
prove sufficient by itself to
restore public confidence in
government leadership. Nixon
and his people merely
intitutionalized the trend away
from public accountability that
had begun to accelerate about
the time the White House found
it necessary to market the Viet
Nam War.
It is arguable whether popular
cynicism followed government
cynicism or vice versa; but the
fact is it's here. If you don't
believe me, go see "Magnum
Force" or "Walking Tall" and
watch the audience.
Among Whites, contempt and
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distrust toward established
authority is no longer confined
to coffee houses and modish
campus movements. It has
reached people who are not
privileged to change life styles
like socks. If they wear
dungarees to work or eat
vegetarian meals, it's because
they have to. Nixon called them
"forgotten"; they call
themselves "screwed".
They have found themselves
increasingly unable to meet basic
expenses, so they've begun
asking the government what can
be done. The government has so
far responded with an elegy for
Wall Street stockbrokers by the
President's leading economic
analyst, a proposed psychedelic
tent show from the Secretary of
Agriculture, and a suggestion
that we change the color of
paper money to red ("so that
Americans will be reminded that
they need to balance their
budgets") by the U.S. Treasurer.
The gotzrnots suspect that
they are not being levelled with;
and they're getting angry; not
just with the government but
with doctors, lawyers,
academicians, economists,
bankers, business leaders,
manufacturers, and the upper
middle class generally.
They perceive, it appears,
correctly, that they are on their
own.
What this bodes for aspiring
Gotz-bees is difficult to predict.
Probably nothing.
After all, old attitudes and
allegiances die hard and we have
a thousand years of Anglo
American law on our side. Some
of my classmates even think that
lawyers should not be held to
any higher ethical standard than
anyone else.
If any of the rest of you agree
with them, please keep it under
your hats. Because if the
gotz-nots ever find out that we
feel that way, we're probably
going to lose their respect.
ANNOTATIONS. Par 5
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"Ring My
Chimes"
Great news music lovers of
America. It is believed that Coe
Jocker is about to release a new
smash single entitled "Pardon
Me Sir the 2nd." According to
Coe the time is ripe since
discotheque houses throughout
the nation are looking for a new
"in" sound.
However, musical experts in
the rock world expect the
competition to be keen. Jocker's
most formidable rival is thought
to be a virtually unknown talent
from the west coast. As a matter
of fact, the staff of "Don
Kissinger's Rock Concert" has
recently been seen at the
Memorial Hospital Medical
Center of Not So Long Beach
where it is believed the world's
newest rock star, Sam Clemente,
is hiding out. Rumor has it that
Clemente will make his national
debut from his hospital room
this Friday evening singing,
"Pardon Me and I'll Let You Be
President."
Informed sources revealed
earlier in the week that this new
sound would have hit the nation
sooner if it hadn't been for the
difficulty in selecting a title for
the new song. Apparently, while
Clemente was trying to decide
between "Pardon Me and I'll Let
You Be President" and "Let Me
Be Why Don't You Jawhoreski,"
his agent, Jerauld Chevy,
continually interrupted
Clemente asking him if he'd
burped. At one point it was
reported that Chevy rudely
questioned Clemente as to
whether "He had gotton any on
him." The misunderstanding
between the two is now said to
be cleared up with everything
forgotten. Chevy later told
newsman, Walter Flyakite,
was unaware of the impact of
Clemente's recording at the
time."
Autographed copies of Sam
Clemente's new record, with
reverse side hit "I'm Justa
Lonely Ex-Politician", are
expected to go on sale at
neighborhood used car lots later
this month. With this a new star
may be born. As for Coe Jocker,
he has no problems. Even if
Jocker gets beat out by
Clemente's new record, his "Itsy
Bitsy Teeny Weiny Yellow Polka
Dot Phlebitis" is sure to be a
winner.
Conditional Amnesty
Continued from Rige 1
Amendment. There was a little
argument over the proposal,
which passed with hardly a
dissenting "nay".
The House obliquely went on
record in favor of prosecuting
former President Richard M.
Nixon. Although the final
resolution - a combination of
two others - did not mention
names, it called for "equal
justice under law" for all,
regardless of the "position or
status" of any alleged violator.
The former president's name was
used in one of the original
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resolutions, but the final version
was generalized to maintain the
ABA's policy of not becoming
embroiled in personal politics.
The delegates also approved
two additional resolutions with
Watergate overtones.
One calls for the teaching of
ethics by law schools as a
condition of graduation. The
second asks for a single, joint
congressional hearing for persons
nominated for vice president
under the 25th Amendment.
When Gerald Ford was
nominated as vice president, the
U.S. House and Senate held
separate, but virtually identical,
hearings on the nomination. The
process took 55 days, and the
ABA says this is far too long for
the nation to be without a vice
president.
Several major issues were
deferred for consideration at the
midyear meeting in Chicago,
Feb. 19-25. These include
closed- vs. open-panel prepaid
legal services plans; a program to
set up panels of retired attorneys
to provide free legal assistance to
the needy elderly; and a
mandate for every lawyer to
recognize his professional duty
to provide public interest legal
services.
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