I agree that those lawsuits against McDonalds for full of it. In my mind, those types of actions are the personification of putting the blame on someone else for your own actions. I remember seeing one of these plaintiffs interviewed and they didn't even know why they were suing! These are the types of lawyers who fuel the fire of the "all lawyers are ambulence chasers" stereotypes.
I am a lawyer (albeit in family law), but I will be the first one to tell you that I think the majority of lawyers are self-serving SOBs.
Honestly, one of the main "issues" that I have with the liberal agenda is the lack of personal responsibility - the "someone else has to be responsible for me" or the "it's someone else's fault" type attitudes. Of course, I am generalizing here - I know alot of you do not subscribe to this opinion.
I guess what it comes down to for me, is "Get up off your fat ass and do something for yourself" and "make things happen in your life instead of letting life happen to you".