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To: energyplay who wrote (60975)	2/10/2010 11:29:46 AM
From: koan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217910

My extended family are all zealots about education and the entire family is pretty well educated. We all did it mostly in public schools. Only private school was my daughter's law school. Got this email from my son in law this morning. My son in law has a PHD in atmospheric chemistry. He teaches physics, chemistry and climatology at a north western university and makes next to nothing as a university professor and researcher. He and my daughter still rent a modest 2 bedroom home in a middle class neighborhood and drive a 13 year old car. He emailed this to me today: I told him having a philosophy of humanity is expensive. With his extensive background in math he could easily run those complex trading algorithms which pays 7 figures. son in law: "Just in case you thought there was to be reform (or "change") at the top tax bracket (I assume these guys still pay 15%)... bloomberg.com if this whole academic thing doesn't work out, I am re-thinking my career choice. I could retire in about a week. Where do I sign up for the Hedge Fund Manager major?"

To: energyplay who wrote (60975)	2/10/2010 11:42:19 AM
From: koan	1 Recommendation Respond to of 217910

I worked my way through graduate school at the U of Washington working on the Alaska oil pipeline. I worked out of the labors union hooking pipe and laying pipe. Lots of pipeliners I worked with came from Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi. Having grown up in California their culture was quite a shock to me. In all fairness, Alaska was able to perform the miracles it did because we were built during modern times and have a small population whereby the intellectuals ran things. Sort of like the luck America had at its birth. I often think of how many South American countries had such a hard time getting democracy to take after multiple military coups. Lots of luck in life. We were lucky to get democracy to take the first time out of the shute. >>Louisiana has been one of the most corrupt states for well over 50 years, maybe 90. It is not always the most corrupt state, but consistently one of the top five or so. If you worked there, your experience would be different than Alaska. ;-) You might have spent more time talking to prosecutors, then wondering why no one was ever indited. Not every state is like Alaska - some are full of idiots.<<