T the R'er and others: Ahhhh, sorry for 'going off" last night. After two days of listening to C-Span and the vote in the House my wored out Wes Vinny butt wasn't too good company. But ,hey, handfull of Prozac and I'm back to my charming "pompous" self...

So if it's okay, I'd just like to weigh in on the edgy-macation issue.

I agree that academians tend to be more liberal and I think it has a lot to do with the fact that can't *stop thinking*. Their students challenge them daily and their piers challenge them daily and I think this creates a situation where for the purposes of survival they must be able to think well on their feet. Well, same with folks on the more progressive side of the spectrum. They deal with situaitons and try to find creative solutions.

It has been my experience that the less progressives tend to revisit solutions that have worked in the past. (In the box thinking). I have been a businessman for the last twenty some years and have rubbed elbows with others who are in business and what I see is a lot of imitation and learning from each other but very little that is progresive. Yes, the inventors are creative, and the pproduction folks at tad less creative and the further toward the top of the stucture the less progressive folks get. Now, I'll be the first to admit that there are exceptions, but few, compared to the academic world.

*new and improved* Bobert