[sup][/sup]Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> Yeah well, all in all PBS is a fine source of
> information. The recent Frontline on the general
> flimsy nature of "expert" forensic testimony was
> very informative, and was something you would
> never see on network or cable TV. I learned on
> this show that District Attorneys actually have a
> trade association. I sure would like to know how
> it can be construed that DA's have a collective
> self interest. DA's are supposed to prosecute
> criminal on behalf on their constituencies, and
> not have any other legitimate collective agenda.

Felice: WHen you get out into the real world you will find that just about every profession has a "trade organization" as you call it ----governors of states have their own group, judges have their own groups, there is the American Bar Assn and the American Medical Assn and the Ameri Institute of Architects and on and on and on and their purpose is to share information among themselves to help them do their jobs better etc. And oh yes, they also lobby for the benefit of their own interests just as the Farm Bureau Federation and the NRA and the BLE and the AAR etc etc etc It isn't a "conspiracy"-----lower your level of paranoia. :-) What is a "legitmiate collective agenda"? :-)
C.