When will Obama speak out about equal pay for vertically challenged people!

[Bonobo]

Why tall people make more money
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/Careers/02/02/cb.tall.people/index.html

- As if the vertically-challenged don't have to deal with enough (what with hemming pant legs, straining to peer over people at concerts, and struggling to reach the top shelf at grocery stores), it turns out taller people are better compensated than their shorter colleagues.

To add insult to injury, height has not only been linked to larger paychecks and greater self-confidence, but also to higher intelligence.*

Sweet Sixteen

For decades, social scientists have studied what is referred to as the "height premium" -- the increased earnings that, on average, taller people receive.

A 2001 study by Nicola Persico, Andrew Postlewaite and Dan Silverman of the University of Pennsylvania, found that it's the height a person had as a teenager that matters when it comes to bringing home the bacon as an adult.

"Two adults of the same age and height who were different heights at age 16 are treated differently on the labor market," Persico, Postlewaite and Silverman concluded. "The person who was taller as a teen earns more."

"Those who were relatively short when young," they continued, "were less likely to participate in social activities associated with the accumulation of productive skills and attributes, and report lower self-esteem."

Where's the change I voted for! He didn't say one word about this in his recent address!

Look at this:

Study finds tall people at top of wages ladder
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/lifestylesciencelabouraustralia

Workplace rewards tall people with money, respect, UF study shows
http://aurora.wells.edu/~srs/Math151-Fall04/tallpeoplewin.htm

STANDING TALL FOR SHORT PEOPLE'S RIGHTS
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070114/NEWS/70114187/-1/NEWS271989


I think we should have a short people group, a short people forum and a short people lobby!

Call the senate right fucking now, etc, etc.

[MineralMan]

1. Right after the proposal for the spelling challenged.

[Bonobo]

2. Huh?

"S" is right next to "d" you know.

[MineralMan]

4. Left index finger on the "F". Right on the "J".

There will be no looking at the keys, class! Anyone caught looking at the keys will have 10 words per minute deducted.

Now, begin the exercise!

Bonobo...no looking at the keys, you silly monkey!

[Captain Hilts]

3. From the time we are small kids, we associate authority with height. We prefer taller presidents

also.

[FSogol]

5. Was the NBA included in this study? n/t

[BoneDaddy]

6. I am not sure if this is sarcasm

if it is...brilliant. If it is not, I will always stand in awe over what some people will rally around.

[stray cat]

7. He has thrown vertically challenged people under the bus I give up ! I'm voting Repub!