I have seen them used at other websites -- and I bet you have too -- where site members are allowed to put up posts on their own called "Diaries."

It's always been clear to me at those sites what's been written by the site's own writers and what is a diary by am Average-Joe, nonprofessional member.

As long as such distinctions were made and were obvious, that might be the solution you seek.

Checking out David Cay Johnston's current blog --

'America is GE's tax haven'

Excerpted for review purposes from Johnston's Reuters blog (23 August 2011) --

[Johnston on trend over the past decade]

In 2001 GE’s American tax rate was a third higher than its foreign rate. Its American corporate income tax rate was 28.6 percent, compared to 21.1 percent on foreign profits. ....  In every year since then, GE’s domestic tax rate has been much smaller than in 2001. It reported negative tax liabilities in four of the next nine years.

Offshore, however, GE reported a positive tax rate every year, always in double digits.

[And here's Johnston on GE's ROI from campaign contributions]

These facts all raise the question of whether our elected leaders in both parties will stop memorizing talking points and get to studying data points so we get reality-based tax policy. That means paying attention to nuance, including those business tax credits GE relies on so heavily, as well as posted tax rates.

Congress may be blind to such facts, though, because of the money GE spends to influence Washington. Last year GE spent $39.3 million lobbying Congress, roughly $73,000 for every senator and representative. That’s four times what it spent back when its American tax rates, and its share of profits taken in America, were both much higher.

How did 2011 become an election year? It's actually a redistricting and apportionment year!

Robert Oak:

You specify "someone electable" respecting call for a Democratic challenger ... yeah, that's okay, but it's 2011 and I am reporting on Kucinich not as a presidential challenger (he has by no means announced for the presidency) but as a sign of what 2012 may bring. Kucinich announcing for president in the Democratic Party would have the effect of throwing open the nomination process, at least to a much greater extent than it now is.

Anyway, I am of the "expect the unexpected" school of thought.

"Most of the time Kucinich is right on but he has some serious bad ideas that would guarantee a loss." -- Robert Oak

About "serious bad ideas" ... hmmm. Are you pointing at the American Monetary Institute and Kucinich's Monetary Reform Bill? ...  or his National Emergency Employment Defense Act? ... but I think those are good ideas that might have a broad appeal in 2012. Or maybe you're just noting that it looks like he favors decriminalization of marijuana    

.... but there, probably half the people of California agree with him, as does Jimmy Carter

Of course, Dorgan, Webb or Sanders would all make great candidates and maybe even great presidents. But it seems unlikely that any of them will run in the Democratic primaries in 2012, although such would be less unlikely if Kucinich announces.

Rebuttal to some of the objections to a Per-BYTE-Tax can be found in the COMMENTS at the following 2 LINKS....

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9184659/It_s_time_for_a_moratoriu...

And read my rebuttal arguments to objections raised by “Anonymous”...
http://www.computerworld.com/comments/node/9184659?page=1

It is argued that a very simple no tax-code one cent per byte is an excessive cost. To me, excessive IS GOOD.
My goal is not trying to generate dollars of tax income. My idea is to induce General Electric and MULTI-SOVEREIGN corporations to bring America's JOBS back to America's WORKERS and to do that solely to avoid paying an “excessive tax”.

I am sure that you know that with the OFFSHORING of all of America's high tech jobs and America's manufacturing jobs, and America's state government jobs, there is no Federal Withholding Tax going to my government. No employer Social Security fund payment (although OFFSHORERS still expect to collect Benefits). No Medicare funding. No Unemployment Compensation tax. No employee Group Health Benefits. No Workmen's Compensation coverage. No OSHA. No EOE. No ADA. No vacations. No Minimum Wage. No Minimum Age. No Sick Leave. No Unions. No Family Leave. No environmental protections for clean air and clean water. No overtime on the 41st hour. No state income tax on payroll, when there is no payroll.

The "excessive TAX" is intended to be costlier than these other American payroll expenses. That is the goal.

Most of the time Kucinich is right on but he has some serious bad ideas that would guarantee a loss.

Someone like Byron Dorgan or Jim Webb, these people appeal to all sides, and they often have common sense attitudes. Dorgan especially has some strong economics on his side.

I honestly think Bernie Sanders could even win. He's take that socialist attack and say "oh yeah, so...have you been to Canada, Sweden, France and seen how good they have it?"

As I have remarked above, gold could still end the year at $2000. I doubt that it will fall much below $1500, for sure not below $1000.

As I also have noted, extrinsic factors such as the recent Libya news actually have an effect on the gold markets.

I find deeply irrational markets to be troubling. Just my sense of fitness. So I welcome rationality.

Dennis Kucinich is officially campaigning as usual for his long-held seat in the US House representing Ohio's 10th Congressional district. But there are two or three notes of cognitive dissonance in that ...

1. Dennis' district is being carved up with the rest of Ohio by a Republican machine which will design things such that Kucinich will be in a very difficult position to run for Congress in 2012.  2011 will see the end of Ohio's 10th as we know it. (Four of the five members of the Ohio Apportionment Board, beginning their proceedings just this month, are Republican politicians, and the RNC has been targeting Dennis since he first won a seat in the US House.)

2. Dennis is currently receiving national media attention as "campaigning in Washington (the state of Washington).

3. Dennis is gaining attention by way of speaking at the Seattle HempFest! (Kucinich will not run against former colleagues who represent Cleveland, but the greater Cleveland area is destined to have two rather than three districts because of loss of population. Therefore, Dennis -- who has announced that he is going to run for Congress somewhere in 2012 -- will likely have to run in a socially conservative area.)

YouTube video (MOX News)

So far, Kucinich is on record (since late 2008) that he will not run for president again.

But what is he doing? I don't know enough about either Ohio redistricting or Washington election law to make anything like a prediction as to what Dennis Kucinich will do in 2012. I do know that he is an exceedingly savvy politician and even a statesman of national stature. He is also the Devil Incarnate to the RNC and the rest of the Money Party. He is viewed as suspect by the DNC, for having taking stands against party leadership on numerous occasions.

(Kucinich carries a pocket edition of the U.S. Constitution wherever he goes. He is also righteously law-abiding in all respects, especially campaign-finance law, and he is notoriously tight with campaign funds, ruthlessly depending on unpaid volunteers.)

One oft-mentioned possibility that I rate as very unlikely is a Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich independent ticket. The only reason anyone thinks that could happen is that Kucinich and Paul vote alike on some issues, especially constitutional issues such as war authorization. Both are among the very few in Congress who dare to criticize not only the current Fed, but the Fed system itself. While both suggest radical reform of the monetary system, their suggested reforms are radically opposed. Paul is of the von Mises Institute persuasion and Kucinich is allied with the American Monetary Institute -- that's like ice and fire, not particularly compatible. But anything is possible.

Text of speech, with link to video, at kucinich.us

Do you acknowledge that something needs to be done in the way of fundamental economic reform in the USA?

Start with Congress and the votes to be held on three FTAs as soon as they return from their August recess -- during which many or most of them avoided their constituents like the plague.

Yes, we do as a nation have the means to solve our problems. But our solutions will impact other nations -- if we ever get around to effectively demanding government in our own enlightened self-interest.

Scroll on down and check out the comments on joint ventures.