I'm an entrepreneur. I pitch projects to people, and go through the process of questions and answers, preparation and research, to come up with ideas that work for my clients. Then, once they've hired me, the real pre-production begins: confirming my team, working out the big picture (beefed up with my client's internal information). I work with my clients and my team to create a strategy, a set of goals, and milestones.

I've been hired for the project, so I will be paid for this preliminary work. That's as it should be.

So, given that Barack is already on the job, has been in the pitch process for months and the peaceful transfer of power already happened, shouldn't we start paying his and Joe's salaries now?

And isn't it time to dock Bush's pay? Better yet: lay him off, as he has made himself truly redundant. To say nothing of Darth Cheney.

I'm just saying.