Once in a while an actual flash of reality peeks through the networks national evening news broadcasts. Night before last, the estimable Russ Mitchell had this to report on CBS about the music industry:

“There is more bad news for the record industry this week. CD sales are down 20 percent this year. It's one reason why ambitious musicians no longer dream of winning their first deal with a major label. These days, more of them would rather do it all by themselves, as we hear from Anthony Mason.

ANTHONY MASON reporting:

When the band Clap Your Hands Say ...   more »

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Today is May 30, 2007. Part of the blog below consists of questions posted on this page on July 26, 2006. The questions have still not been answered, and they were not new at the time they were previously posted. In all seriousness, gentlemen and ladies, what was our National Security Agency (NSA) doing on September 11, 2001?

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