What we need is some old tyme G-Men with cujones enough to get The Mob out of the banking system and juicy federal appointments.

Individual Bankers and Banking Families and employees, not corporations, should be prosecuted for fraud overlooked in their jurisdiction. They know what the rules are, and they hire former treasury agents who have worked years as fraud examiners, so as to know how to avoid detection.

The deck is stacked against all races, creeds, colors, genders, and kinds. We are under Mob Control because the Courts are corrupted.

AIW -- Wonderful. Please keep giving them hell. Thom does point out misogyny in our male reps from time to time. He also says from time to time that testerone is the most dangerous drug on earth.

What is the response of the dirt bags you describe when you tell them that the SCOTUS says human life begins at 6 months? Why do they think their opinion of human life supersedes that of SCOTUS? I like the Jewish definition. Life begins at first breath i.e. 9 months.

Mark S -- I think it would be interesting to construct the story that spying on the American people causes 40,000 deaths a year and not having a spy network would only cause 4000 deaths every ten years or so in an event like the WTC. The basis of the 40,000 deaths a year would be the scenario in Client #9. Eliot Spitzer was going after the banksters is the reason the press received the information about his prostitute. Among the banksters Eliot would have eventurally indicted would be the health insurance executives.

Pal---ary -- Have you tried the intermittent fasting to grow those telomeres? I just want someone else to try it before me.

Alice..

I wanted to reply to your comments re. the current degeneration of our nation back into a misogynistic "a woman’s place is in the home and her womb’s around my dick” state of affairs...but too much to say for just anyone’s eyes...soooo... Nice to read you anyway and dang, I wish you lived ‘round the corner...still hoping for a Tea&Toke one day.... :)

How many people you walked up to at the water cooler in 1965 knew who Dr. King was? How many people you walk up to at the water cooler today know who Dr. West is? Arguably, in my opinion, Dr. Cornell West is as active and vocal as Dr. King was in the 60s, yet, I’m guessing, that at least 90% of our nation’s citizens have no idea who he is, that he’s been arrested fighting for social/environmental/economic justice...etc. Congress ignores him ‘cause the media does. If we don’t find a way to put control of media back in the hands of the people, we are so screwed! NO other issue will be dealt with without bloody revolution or degeneration into a fascist, brutal dictatorship unless we do. Dr. King is not just turning over in his grave, he's spinning so fast that if his coffin hadn't long ago rotted away, it would catch fire!!

80% of African Americans in the United States are born to non married couples. (I read this somewhere please correct me if the is not true) if so I think thats the biggest problem. A lot of those poor kids don't stand a chance right from birth. I find it interesting how the parents always seem to get a free ride. After all parents are the ones responsible for raising theirchldren not tax payers.

Just watch "Maurey" or "Springer" some mothers don't even know who the father is.

bobbler -- the way I follow discussions on Thom's blog is to scroll through that 1st page that comes up. It says how many new comments there are. I have gone back as far as a month and seen new messages.

Alice my lips are sealed. Yahooooo we finally agree on something.

Palin, I'm much more a composer than songwriter. It's always been strictly piano & keyboards for me. I've composed literally dozens of pieces, mostly for piano, in many genres through the years. I've recorded most if not all of it (and to answer your question, am continuing to do so), and I have several albums put together. Seems kinda funny because I love to write, and most of my material is very melodic; yet joining or combining those two mediums of expression hasn't come as easily to me as I'd hoped. I think I'm just not quite "wired" for it, never having actually done it... with one or two exceptions. Did manage to create a lyric for Broomstick Boogie a few years back, so I've got at least one song to my name.

Anyway maybe a year ago, my hubby purchased a 24-track mixer, which opened up a world of possibilities for me. I already was hearing three vocal parts in my head, two back-up parts along with lead. I'm no seasoned vocalist, but I've an excellent ear and can certainly carry a tune, so I recorded all those vocal tracks with overdub; and if I do say so, came up with something pretty decent. (Love that mixin' board!) I just wish I could write some killer anti-LNG protest songs, because there sure seems to be the need for that, here and now. From my perspective, songwriting (along with cartooning) is he most powerful political tool - or weapon - any artist can have. - Aliceinwonderland

Ohmygod Palin... I just listened to Lori Lieberman's version and WOW. I am blown away. She's about my age, born in '51, and appears to be a solo artist. What a talent!

Here's the amazing part... check this out! I'd no sooner finished listening to Lori's version (the one with her accompanying herself on acoustic guitar), before I spotted something on the sidebar that sparked my curiosity. It was of a much earlier performance of this same song, Killing Me Softly, done by Lori way back in 1973; forty years ago, while she was in her early twenties. It was a stunning performance. From the interview that followed, I learned this song was not written by Roberta Flack; it was actually written for Lori and performed by Lori, before Ms. Flack ever heard of it! In fact, it turns out Roberta Flack learned this song from Ms. Lieberman!! Ain't that a trip. Wow-wee.

I'm a composer and I'm really into music, so this stuff fascinates me. I'm pretty opinionated though, and I don't impress that easily. But this woman knocks my socks off.

Anyway Palin, be sure to check that out. She is so drop-dead gorgeous in that early one; sings like an angel. Why this gal didn't wind up as famous as Judy Collins, Joan Biaz or - (tsk!) - Carole King is beyond me. But that's the music buiz for ya...

The times are a-changin' honey, and those old record label honchos are now history. Good riddance to them! They didn't go out gracefully; it got pretty ugly for awhile, with all these poor souls getting sued for huge piles of $$$ over reproductions made only for private use, that nobody made one thin dime on... Anyway now that they're gone, it's the MUSICIANS in the drivers' seat! Thanks to innovations and advancement in recording technology, we can easily produce our own albums and sell our music online. About flippin' time.

Anyway, enough said. Been a great day boppin' around ole "Blog Land"! Damn, I think I'm hooked. Down the road I may need to find, or establish, something like AA for blog addicts, just to get this impulse under control. But in the meantime, I'm engaging and debating and venting and having a friggin' blast. Sure has been fun. Now, where the hell is Marc?! - Aliceinwonderland

Oh my, Palin... That last one you like is the ONLY rendition of Killing Me Softly I have liked since hearing Ms. Flack's original version. Most arrangements I've since heard on musak stations spoiled it for me, with all those simpering violins... tantamount to embalming fluid. This arrangement is a virtual reincarnation, like giving it another shot at life. Bravo! - Aliceinwonderland