Thought this was kind of interesting:

http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/researcherjob

"I’m looking for a researcher to work with on a couple projects. The research will mostly be into questions of United States government policy and the relevant factual basis. For example, you might be asked to look up things about cap-and-trade legislation and the evidence for anthropogenic global warming. You can do it part-time. You can work from anywhere. I think the work will be interesting and I’ll be doing it too. I think the work will be important, which is why I’m doing it. The requirements are: .... The ideal person is probably someone who’s contributed to Wikipedia."