Special to HEINUS by Samuel Zug – DENVER Colorado native Jessie Dimmick is currently serving an 11-year sentence for kidnapping, auto theft and fleeing authorities. But he is also doing his country a great service. Dimmick is suing the newlywed couple he kidnapped. He is, Atlas-like, upholding the cornerstone of America: contract law. The facts here are simple: Dimmick made a deal with the couple and they reneged on it. Breach of contract, easy as pie. If great Americans like Dimmick didn’t take steps to make sure contracts were binding, no business could do business.
Where would America be if other famous contracts had been abandoned?
Manhattan Island: The Dutch bought the island from the local Indians for $24. If both sides hadn’t upheld the deal we wouldn’t have a place to put the Empire State Building, there would be no important Broadway productions like Cats or Spiderman, our wealthiest citizens would be homeless and perhaps worst of all, Chicago’s deep dish pizza would reign supreme.
Mt. Sinai: What if God had reneged on his contract with the Israelites? Then there would have been no Judeo-Christian values on which to build America. No colorful additions to American speech like “schmuck,” “schmegegge” or “verklempt.” And no Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Jerry Seinfeld or Corey Feldman.
Van Halen backstage rider: The rock group Van Halen made the contract even more powerful and All-American with its famous backstage contract rider. By demanding M&Ms with all the brown ones removed and a tube of KY jelly backstage at every show, Van Halen was instrumental in liberating performing artists. Now contract riders with demands for live goats and cheese-filled hot tubs are no big deal.
So, here’s to you, Mr. Dimmick. I may well mail you a five spot to help you cover the costs of the suit.
(Empire State Building image by David Shankbone)
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