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The problem with this idea is, their actual pay is a pittance compared to the payoffs in later investments and appointments to corporate boards they benefited during their term in office. It's a nice thought, but impossible to implement.

Why more people don't understand this is beyond me. But then again, car dealers have successfully advertised prices of 'one dollar over invoice' for several years, and people don't seem to have a clue about that, either.

My assistant professor in chemistry also has a Ph.D. It's not as rare as you might think.

I liked the vid, they both did very well; pacing, questions and answers were all good. In other news, Prof Burns is pretty, but I hadn't seen Mangu-Ward before, and she has the hot nerd girl thing going. ;-)

Oh i see.

IT'S A CONSPIRACY!

WTH is going on...

Politicians, and their bean counters, messaging the truth again. This is the same mythmatics they use in the costs associated with the drug war... where incarceration costs are not included and are shifted to the justice department... and away from the drug warriors and their true cost to society.

Paglia diagnosed Palin's main problem as lacking the army of flacks that surround modern candidates. I still think Sarah will be a good thing.

Rich and Nathan, that is what is so cool about my friend John's books. They are monogamous, dedicated hetro (like me and my beloved) and they have no desire to do traditional marriage. They do it all Libertarian. Just agreements and lawyers, no government. I wasn't buying into it until I read it and chatted with him too. I am ALMOST in the take government out of marriage camp.

Suki, that's great. My primary concern is that such contracts aren't generally treated as equal to marriage, requiring additional effort to enjoy benefits and/or recognition currently reserved for married couples. This is why I think we have to make marriage solely a religious convention. I'm agnostic, so my only motivation for my position is defense of the constitution (i.e. related to protection of religion) and support of individual freedom.

Joe Wilson was right!