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Because I am a corporate attorney specializing in environmental law. My personal background is that I got my B.S. in Chemical Engineering and practiced as an environmental engineer for almost 13 years before going to law school (at night, while working during the day in a steel mill). For the last 12 years, I have worked in my current job. Its a great job and I love coming to work.

I have no desire to put down hard working legal assistants (God bless 'em), but I think my background is very suitable for what I do. And it is not unique. My boss is another engineer turned lawyer and one of my colleagues is a bio-chemist turned lawyer. This melding of technical and legal training is very common in environmental law. Furthermore, most people I know in the cusiness, both in industry and in government, are genuinely good individuals who work hard to comply with all laws and regulations. I have no problem working with the EPA or their state counterparts. Generally speaking, there is much more cooperation among the regulators and the regulated than the public would suspect.

But I do object to the way the popular media has made a hash of environmental issues, à la Brockovich. In my company, we have a standing policy of not talking to the press, about anything, for the simple reason that we never get a fair shake. Factual statements are ignored, and scare tactics always trump science.

p>So anything you can do to get the truth out about her odious activities is a plus. Keep up the good work. br> -- Bob /p> p> COLLEGE NOTE TAKING 101 br> Re: Ben Stein's How to Ace an Exam : /p>

A most excellent Cliff's Notes on passing University. From a historical perspective, I might quibble with your observation on struggle between systems. The struggle between "isms" was a relatively modern invention having been birthed in the last century. Prior to that your observation would have been:

"All human history is the struggle between ruler(s) that attempt to shackle the human endeavors in the name of some tangible good on the one hand and ruler(s) that attempt to defend their endeavors from such individuals on the other."

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