Split Monitor Woes

Hello all.
I've got a slight problem here.
I recently picked up a Wacom 20WSX Cintiq for my Mac Pro setup (which already has a 23" Cinema). Originally the Cintiq was to pair up with the Cinema, right beside each other, but this doesn't work as the Cintiq requires a large amount of space when being adjusted in rotation and tilt.
So I split the Cintiq off into it's own "workstation", apart from the Cinema with it's own bluetooth keyboard. Everything is fine and working.
Except for the fundamental fact that the OS X menu bar is still on the primary Cinema display.
Anything like Illustrator or Photoshop is pretty much rendered useless because of this. Sure, I can move the windows over to the Cintiq, but anything menu related requires me moving over to the Cinema, grabbing the mouse, and doing whatever it is I need to do.
I'm aware of the fact that I can move the Menu & Dock to the Cintiq, but this is a lame solution for a stupid problem, and it messes up the rest of my desktop(s).
Is there any way to truly run the monitors as a "split" setup? Ie, both monitors have a menu bar (the dock can stay on my Cinema though- don't need it on the Wacom), and each menu bar shows the contents of the foreground application for each monitor?
Seems to me like Apple's multi-monitor setup is pretty weak if this is indeed the situation and there is no apparent solution (at least XP has Ultramon).
-SC

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