Thing Knife WAS three nice boys named Ceccio Mannone, Aaron Haywood and Matt VanOrman. Their little musical adventure lasted less than a year. In that time they wrote dozens of lovely compositions together, however only a few the earliest creations were recorded. Thing Knife disbanded in September 2007. Ceccio and Aaron have since stuck together and are currently creating music entirely different from what was Thing Knife. Stay tuned for new developments as this new stuff is so, so, SO kick ass and cutting edge.
Hey Mates! It's time once again to help the Irish rock the vote...VOTE FOR "THE INDULGERS" IN THE 2008 WESTWORD MUSIC SHOWCASE AWARDS. The band has been nominated in the "Best World Music" category. Your vote is appreciated. You can support the THE INDULGERS and irish/scottish celtic music in Colorado by voting online at: http://westword.com/polls/musicpoll/ ***** Or you can go to our web site at "shamrocker.com" and click on the link for the Westword Music Showcase Awards. Online voting must be received no later than noon Monday, June 16th. Cheers to you for being our friend and your time and effort!
"In the battle of life it is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause. Who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." -- Theodore Roosevelt
What's up Thing Knife? Just dropping by to tell you about a great show March 22nd at Climax lounge @ 2217 Welton st. Denver. We will be playing with some killer Native American Metal Bands. We will also be joined by Native American War Drummer Jojo Whitecloud for our set! You don't wanna miss this one!!
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ah....but you see, being a drummer means i know drummer history. And although Ringo was in my opinion only a medeocre drummer in what would become the greatest band of the time,muchto his advantage i think he was the sexiest beatle of the bunch, therefore i love to hear him play, and so, i felt lucky to find that particular song because i could hear my hunky drummers beat on one of my favorite beatles songs, and harmonica sounds. i expect you to know the next litle secret in my fuure songs to come peace
The prison population in the US is more than the combined populations of Alaska and Wyoming
The Prison Population Rate in the US (2.03 million people) is larger than ANY other country-- only RUSSIA (.86 million people) and CHINA (1.51 million people) come close. (2003)
in 2003: 55% of Federal Prison inmates were drug offenders this is 86,972 individuals
in 2002: 21.4% of all adults in State Prisons were drug offenders this is 265,000 individuals
of 440,670 Jail inmates in 2002-- 112,447 were for drugs... about 25% 48,823 were possession charges, 56,574 for trafficking/sale
it costs between $20,000-$30,000 per prisoner per year lets do the math $25,000 times 351,972=$8,799,300,000
just to pay the prison costs...this does not include catching the "criminal"
According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Feds spend $3,000,000,000 (around that) to incarcerate drug offenders
in 2005 there were 265,100 state prison inmates for DRUGS: 47.5% were African American 23.27% were Latino/Hispanic and 24.33% were Caucasian
it gets worse:
"Among the more than 2.1 million offenders incarcerated on June 30, 2004 and estimated 576,000 were black males between 20 and 39 years old"
Information above has a variety of sources, I am personally quoting from "Drug War Facts" 5th Edition, Edited by Douglas McVay-- Thank you Doug for all your work!
Imagine what our country could do with this kind of money...imagine the innocent lives that would be spared...
No Victim No Crime
the ACA started in 1870 to find ways to get cheap labor following the
13th Amendment:
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
”Remember we are NOT the center of the universe but we are in it and of it”. Realize that there was a universal beginning and a source of energy to which we are all connected. Believe in you. Work hard. And NEVER give up. Take hold of your destiny, prosper, and most of all BE HAPPY!
