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On Politics - One of the Most Lucrative Jobs in America - Part 3
Copyright � 2007 Ed Bagley
The truth of the matter is that being a politician in America today is one of the best paying jobs a person could have despite their supposedly low wages compared to corporate executives.
I bet there are corporate executives in America who wish they were making $16 million a year like Giuliani.
The tragedy of all of this is not that a Republican is being discovered, tried and convicted in a news report, but that the same can and will be done to a Democrat by some other news reporter hell-bent on trying to pass off their brilliance as actual news rather than accusatory garbage.
If you do not know that the vast majority of politicians lie, cheat and steal as necessary to get elected and stay elected, you do not understand much about politics in America today. It is real difficult to practice integrity when your pants are down.
The best job most national politicians do is helping themselves get rich legally at the expense of the electorate they are supposed to be representing.
It is never too soon to vote themselves another raise, perk or benefit, or cut an out-of-sight deal to line their pockets, and it is never too late to bail out on legislation that might offend a big campaign contributor.
This is politics in America today: you buy and sell votes like a common prostitute in the red light district of your city; you try to do it legally, and if you cannot, you hope to hell that you do not get caught.
Who exactly do you suppose politicians are protecting when they will not pass legislation to protect innocent children against child predators? This is the world we live in today.
No payoff is too great to not be swept under the carpet.
It is difficult to sidestep the cow pies when your are mired in a crap field.
When something good is done for the people at large it is more likely to be done today by accident than by design. Politics and the business of politics are simply that bad.
Some politicians ignore children who are innocent victims as not even being worthy of the same rights they enjoy, and then make it a badge of liberal honor to try and rehabilitate predators who are no better than yesterday's garbage. Usually it is these same politicians who do everything in a fit of righteousness (their rightness at your expense).
Man is the only animal on the face of the earth who preys on his own species. Man is also the smartest animal on the face of the earth and the stupidest at the same time. We would rather kill each other than live in peace.
I believe Ambrose Bierce had it right when he defined politics in his Devil's Dictionary as: "Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
Bierce first published his Devil's Dictionary in 1911, a time some would consider more genteel. Today's political parties and politicians have raised lying, cheating and stealing to an art form.
When I say cheating I mean both of money and extramarital sex. Some of our married politicians at the national level are so horny they need to be romancing their secretary or an intern young enough to be their daughter or granddaughter. A few even fancy themselves as incredibly attractive Lotharios masquerading as chick magnets. They might be able to pull this off as long as their photo-opts are straight on; the side views may be problematic in print.
Bierce was an interesting guy. He was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist who wrote for a number of newspapers, including the San Francisco News Letter, a financial magazine founded by Frederick Marriott in the late 1850s.
Bierce was the 10th of 13 children, all of whom had names starting with the letter "A", as in Abigail, Amelia, Ann, Addison, Aurelius, Augustus, Alameda, Andrew, Albert, Ambrose, Arthur, Adelia and Aurelia. His dad's name was Marcus Aurelius Bierce.
Ambrose Bierce fought at the Battle of Shiloh on the Union side in the Civil War. He would later write about the experience. He is most remembered for his lucid, unsentimental style that created the Devil's Dictionary which offers up reinterpretations of the English language which lampoon cant and political double-talk.
Bierce was born in Ohio in 1842, grew up in Indiana, moved West to San Francisco, worked as a writer, and died in Mexico. His actual date of death is unknown, listed only as possibly 1914 (June 24, 1842-1914?). There was no question mark about his work; his writing lives on.
If you ever find a better definition of politics than the one offered up by Ambrose Bierce, you let me know, and I will buy you lunch.
(Editor's Note: This ends Part 3 of a 5-Part Series)

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Patents For Inventors - Your Questions Answered!
Are you confused about what a patent is and whether you should get one? This is a primer for beginning inventors that answers your most commonly asked questions.
1) What is a patent?
A patent is a form of intellectual property which rewards persons whom invent a new and non-obvious:
a) process or method;
b) machine;
c) article of manufacture; or
d) composition of matter.
In return for completely disclosing the invention including how to practice the invention, a legal monopoly on the invention is granted to the inventor(s) for a specific period of time.
That legal monopoly is the right for the inventor(s) to exclude other persons and businesses from:
a) making;
b) using;
c) offering for sale or selling; or
d) importing;
the invention in the United States.
2) What is "patent pending"?
Once a patent application is prepared and filed and prior to issuance of a patent, the invention can be marked patent pending or patent applied for.
While these have no legal significance and grant the inventor(s) no legal rights, the designation tends to discourage other persons or businesses from copying the invention since a patent might issue on the invention granting the legal monopoly to the inventor(s).
3) Are there different types of patents?
There are two types of patents that are typically of interest to inventors, design patents and utility patents.
A design patent protects the aesthetics or the appearance of the invention and is a much more limited legal monopoly than utility patents which protect the function of the invention.
Therefore, utility patents are desirable over design patents where possible, though an invention can be protected by both design and utility patents.
4) How long do patents provide legal protection for the inventor?
The period of time for which the legal monopoly is granted for a utility patent is 20 years from the filing date of a utility patent application, however, the legal rights do not begin until the patent issues.
The period of time for which the legal monopoly is granted for a design patent is 14 years from the issue date.
5) What are maintenance fees?
Utility patents require the payment of maintenance fees 3.5, 7.5, and 11.5 years following issuance to maintain the patent in force. Design patents require no maintenance fees to maintain the patent in force.
6) Should I keep my invention secret?
The inventor(s) should be careful to maintain their invention secret until the advice of a competent licensed patent attorney or patent agent is sought.
That is because many foreign countries in which the inventor(s)might decide to seek patent protection there is an absolute novelty requirement.
This means that if the invention is publicly disclosed (i.e. disclosed to people in a non-confidential manner) prior to the effective filing date in that country, then the validity of any patent which would potentially issue on the invention in that country could be challenged later.
7) What is the International Treaty, also called the Paris Convention?
Many countries are members of the International Treaty, also called the Paris Convention.
These countries allow inventor(s) to claim priority based on the filing date of the first filed patent application in a member country, provided a patent application is filed in the member country within 1 year of such first filed patent application (within 6 months for design patent applications).
The United States is a member of the International Convention so as to grant such priority based on a foreign patent application.
8) Are there time limits in which to file a patent application at the U.S. Patent Office?
The inventor(s) must file a United States Patent Application within 1 year (if patent protection is desired in the United States) of the earlier of:
a) making an offer to sell the invention (even if the offer is not accepted and sometimes even when the invention is not yet manufactured or otherwise available);
b) use of the invention in public (e.g. using the invention at work or in public on the street corner); or
c) or putting the invention in a printed publication which is circulated (e.g. a sales brochure, catalog, or a web site).
These are called statutory bars and if the year period expires without filing the United States Patent Application, the inventor(s) are not permitted to file a patent application in the United States.
Foreign priority (discussed above) or the priority of a provisional patent application (discussed below) can be used to predate the expiration of the 1 year period if applicable.
9) What is a provisional patent application?
A provisional patent application can be filed in the United States which provides a disclosure (description) of the invention, but which does not have the formal requirements of a utility patent application.
Priority can be claimed for a utility patent application (but not a design patent application) and foreign patent applications in countries which are members of the International Convention if filed within 1 year of the filing date of the provisional patent application.
The bottom line, timely consult a competent patent attorney or patent agent to discuss the details of protecting your invention!


LEGALEASE SOLUTIONS ASSISTS IN LITIGATION VICTORIES
Sole practitioner Jason Gower, Esq., recently partnered with Legalease Solutions to achieve a major victory for his client, Cheri Gomez, a Michigan day care owner. Two licensed, professional day care assistants were caring for six children when a toddler managed to exit the back door to a neighbor’s house. A complaint was filed, and only days later the State Department of Human services announced that Gomez’ business, Emily's Playmates Day Care, would be shut down and its license revoked.
With the help of Legalease Solutions, Jason Gower was able to get the decision overturned. Gower cited the facts that the offending employees had been fired, that Gomez had an exemplary eight-year record of providing quality day care, without incident, that she has earned awards for excellence in day care, that numerous families came to her defense, and that the State had made a hasty, uninformed decision to revoke Gomez’ license, without adequate investigation. A Bay County Circuit Court Judge agreed, and Gomez has now been given the go ahead to resume her day care business.
Legalease Solutions also scored a recent victory in federal court. A prominent, Michigan civil-rights attorney teamed with Legalease Solutions to appeal a District Court decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Convinced by the appellate brief, the Circuit Court overturned the lower court and remanded on one of the major issues in the case.
Legalease Solutions has continued to take on a wide variety of projects this month including support of a case likely to reach the US Supreme Court. In a litigation support project, a major, Detroit law firm involved in a large, class-action suit against the government called upon Legalease solutions to review and index thousands of medical discovery documents. Legalease Solutions has also produced legal research memos this month for clients needing answers on diverse topics ranging from whether an Ohio court has jurisdiction to modify a spousal support order to how a client can get an extension of the time to file for a Writ of Certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court. Legalease is also working on a motion to dismiss counterclaims in a Pennsylvania contract dispute.

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