Extend finder bar over two monitors

is there any way to extend the finder bar (the bar at the top with FILE EDIT, time, etc, not sure what to call it) across two monitors? so that the apple and FILE EDIT, etc. controls are on the left monitor and it extends to the right monitor where the time, airport, display, sound, etc. controls are.
I'm pretty sure you can't do this in MAC OS X, so i guess i'm asking if there is any software that can do this.
Thanks!

I have not heard of anything like that. There are some contextual menu (right-click menu) and desktop customization tools out there, I think.
You can move the menu bar (and Dock) from one monitor to the other and change the relative position of the multiple monitors, just drag them around in the System Preferences Layout or Position view. The white menu bar can be dragged from one monitor to the other.
I always have my Dock on the bottom, and it stays on the monitor with the Menu Bar, not sure what happens when you put it on the right or left sides and you have two monitors.

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