don't really know what's going on with the Jark deal -- reckon the powers that be have decided that the members of this "community" have no need 2 know ---- but 1 can gather from what l'il info that is available ... and what can be read between the lines ... and with journal entries, etc. being deleted contrary to usual policy ... and with what seems like some administrators jumping ship ... reckon something's amiss ...

ag'in --- don't know what's really happening ----- but i am reminded of what happened to WinAmp once AOL took it over ... { take the time to look it up on Google r ur favorite search engine } ... and what generally happens when corporate America takes over something creative .....

it's times like this that i remember some of the lyrics from Queensryche's- "Revolution Calling" :


"Got no love for politicians
Or that crazy scene in D.C.
It's just a power mad town
But the time is ripe for changes
There's a growing feeling
That taking a chance on a new kind of vision is due
I used to trust the media
To tell me the truth, tell us the truth
But now I've seen the payoffs
Everywhere I look
Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?.....

I'm tired of all this bullshit
They keep selling me on TV
About the communist plan
And all the shady preachers
Begging for my cash
Swiss bank accounts while giving their
Secretaries the slam
They're all in Penthouse now
Or Playboy Magazine
Million dollar stories to tell
I guess Warhol wasn't wrong
Fame fifteen minutes long
Everyone's using everybody, making the sale
I used to think
That only America's way, way was right
But now the holy dollar rules everybody's lives
Gotta make a million doesn't matter who dies "

Ag'in -- don't know what's going on with DA ---- i've been around 4 a while -- lurked about 4 a year b4 i became a member -- i've seen a lotta changes --- anything that grows -- changes -- good r bad --


AND --- i may be " reading " this all wrong --- MAINLY because the " powers that be " choose NOT TO INFORM ..... BUT -- in my understanding -- in a community { AS THIS PLACE HAS ALWAYS PROFESSED TO BE } ... the masses are usually kept informed --- and opinions are usually allowed and not deleted ... as have been seen of late here ... reckon this place was never to be taken as a democracy --- but it darn sure has perhaps turned to be somewhat of the opposite ....