NEWS: What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas...Unless You Post it on Your MySpace Page, Ya Dumbass

CULTURE: What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas...Unless You Post it on Your MySpace Page, Ya Dumbass

What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 10?

A lawyer.

What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 15?

Your honor.

What do you call a lawyer who loses his job as a substitute judge because of the stupid shit he posted on MySpace?

Jonathan MacArthur.

Round of applause for this shining example of the lawyerly profession, folks. Mr. MacArthur, a 34-year-old criminal defense attorney and pro tem judge in North Las Vegas, was recused from all criminal cases after District Attorney David Roger "discovered" MacArthur's MySpace page, which listed interests including "breaking my foot off in a prosecutor's ass" and "improving my ability to break my foot off in a prosecutor's ass."

A warning might have been more reasonable, here, no? MacArthur may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but his misuse of MySpace is nowhere near as scandalous or dim-witted as it could have been, and if you ask me, the tattletale District Attorney who turned him in is the more pathetic of the two.

teehee, locals... makes me proud

No, not really. Saying that his page "is nowhere near as scandalous or dim-witted as it could have been," doesn't mean that he's projecting the required gravitas for his pro-tem position.

Since people's lives are in the balance (figuratively or literally in some states), criminal judges should be held to a higher standard than teenagers, creepy teachers and defense attorneys are. If he showed up for court bleary-eyed and unshaven, it would raise the same sorts of questions as to how seriously he took his job.

If I'm looking at an aggrivated burglary charge and I'm in his court, or worse yet, if I'm the family of a murder victim and in his court, I'd hope he at least cares enough to look like he cares.

where do i vote for this guy? not. sadly, hes probably cleaner and smarter than his opponent.

ROFL

You're right, you're right. They're both pathetic.

Myspace is not real life. It's fucking ridiculous how many people post stupid shit on myspace thinking no one's going to see it, and just as stupid that people get fired and sued and what have you for it.

I lawled

Nothing wrong with reporting this stupidity, trying to keep the courts fair is not like narc'ing out somebody at your high school.

"He is accused of being biased toward prosecutors, affecting his decisions as a judge."

I am stupified by the fact that this tool could weasle his way into such a job in the first place. Intelligence is at a premium but give me a break. This "judge' has the attitude of a sub-mental teenager and this can't possibly be the first dumb thing he's done along the way. The only thing special about this situation probably is that he posted his ignorance in a public forum and made it way to easy to prove how lame of a human being he is.

Just like cklarock stated, the last thing you want to have in your world are fuc+'d up judges. If you're wanting to be a goofy tool, there are a million other professions to get into.

There is a trend in Australia for employers to search out potential employees on sites like myspace to see what sort of person their candidates "really are". I have a huge problem with this for a number of reasons; there are plenty of people who are capable of keeping their professional and social/private lives separate, who are fantastic at their jobs but might be into "alternative" things that have no impact on their job. And yes, I know there is a "private profile" function but that's not the point.

Having a potential employer find out, for example, that a person identifies as gay or bi-sexual on their myspace could seriously hinder a person's chances of getting the job. Or what if you are, say, a teacher and a potential employer found Suicide Girls and discovers you in a photo set sans clothing? You might argue that there's nothing wrong with it, the photos are tasteful and artistic, but chances are they aren't going to hire you to teach their children. It's the same principle.

Actual discussions? On MYSPACE????

*shock and awe*

My job also checks current and prospective employees' Myspace pages. The simple fix? Just don't post things relating to your job on your page.

Or make everything friends only.

Pretty much sums it up. Best to leave work out of it all together.

It's true, except for a lot of the issues Imagician raises.

One time, I clicked this button and then anybody who wasn't my friend couldn't view my profile.

Really high tech stuff

I don't agree with them checking and not hiring someone because of sexual preference under any circumstances. What I was referring to is someone posting things that refer to their present or would-be job. If, for example, you are applying for a job at a police department, posing for a photograph playing with guns is probably not a good career move. That's just common sense.

Freedom of expression and speech don't exist for attorneys now who want to bitch about their bosses or incompetence because its the internet!

GO TEAM AMERICA GO USA GO GO GO!



Fucking seriously.

Grow the fuck up losers. You're trolling his myspace, even if it was public, you had to stoop pretty low for shit like that, or you could have taken it as the joke it was likely meant to be, as he never actually shoved his foot up a prosecutor's ass literally DID he, what's the matter lawyers and judges? Bitter much

Yeah, but not everyone's gotten PhDs in computer science like you and I clearly must have in order to have been able to figure that out. That was, like, the culminating achievement of my years at MIT--figuring out the "friends only" option on social networking sites. You can't hold everyone to that same standard, dude.

Tip the veal. You'll be here all week.

+5,000,001

seriously. vegas is amazing.

I guess the subtle irony of this is that you don't get to be a judge pro-tem at 34 without being pretty fucking sharp.

As an aside, I've heard (and enjoyed) a lot of lawyer jokes in my day, but the one here has to be the dumbest.

One guy was a dude who got too caught up in the the inherent machismo of blogging. The other guy found a way to undercut a rival who was probably overstepping his bounds.

Neither guy is exactly "pathetic", but this is pretty much how the game is played.

This didn't happen in Las Vegas (nor in Henderson, the other city in the valley).

It happened in North Las Vegas. Same valley, different city, different municipality. We call it "Northtown."

Vastly different economic and political mix.

If you're familiar with Reno, it's kinda like Sparks. Or say Henrietta, NY to Rochester.

In any case, this story kind of fits nicely alongside a story about a County Judge.

Die.