[fabsroman]

Petey,

I didn't have blinders on when I wrote that one above. Is there really no place closer to work than where you live? Do you mean to tell me that on your drive to work you don't pass any other homes? If you pass other homes on your way to work, guess what, you could live closer to work. However, you choose to live where you are living because it is the life style you want. Many people further from the city when gas was in the dollar range because they wanted a different lifestyle. Heck, my dad used to work at the Smithsonian in DC with a guy that drove down from PA every day. He spent hours and hours on the road each day so that he could afford a nice house out in the country. He was willing to make that sacrifice. Now, he clearly CHOSE to live out there. My wife and I chose to live where we do, even though it is an hour drive for her each way to get to work. With that said, we are choosing to move a lot closer to her work as soon as possible, not because of the price of gas but because of the amount of time she spends in the car.

Now, as far as my comment goes, I don't think I ever said anything about farmers and their need for fuel. I think it was centered on having to drive somewhere, not on not using any fossil fuel at all.

Seems like I hit a nerve about the not needing to drive issue. People that want to live in the country, as I would love to do, need to understand that their disposable income is directly related to the price of gas if they want to live far away from work. Why do you think homes cost so much less in the middle of the country? That is because most of the work is further away which requires more time in the car and more money spent in fuel. People's mortgage payments are usually pretty consistant over the years, but the price of gas can fluctuate plenty, as we have seen.

Now, lets put some assumptions in here. My comment applies to people that work at the same job site day in and day out. It doesn't apply to people that have to move to different job sites every day (e.g., construction workers, plumbers, repair men).

Also, I mentioned my wife's situation above, but where we live is also a decent distance from most of my clients. Granted, it is pretty close to some of them, but the majority are further away. Our move will end up helping out both my wife and I, even though I don't drive very much anyway.

Skeet,

The difference between malfeasance and misfeasance is that while both of them have bad outcomes, malfeasance includes the performance of an illegal act and misfeasance is just a screw up. An example of misfeasance would be if I were to file a Motion that was untimely. Filing the Motion isn't illegal, but it is a screw up. Malfeasance would be something along the lines of sexual harassment.

As far as the publicly traded company's board members raising the salaries of family members, you could have a stockholder's derivitive lawsuit if there was no justification for the increase in salary. However, if the family members document good reasons for the increase, you are SOL.