Internet Friend or Foe, or a little of both perhaps...I had a revealing conversation with a song writer who feel the same as I regarding how the internet is possibly eroding our autonomy, though I'm sure it has its good points when it's done to the benefit of the majority rather than the dominating powers, the ghouls...Who know little about creativity yet are experts in stealing the works of artists all over the world...Every time I pass a Pawn Shop and see all the musical instruments that had to be given up in order for a musician to perhaps pay the rent or just feed himself and his family I cringe, because if the internet is sustained along the same path it will worsen...For example I was working on a novel, on my Air Mac, nice laptop very light, but half of my novel was extrapolated, and I have no idea where it went...I know I'm not the only one that this has happened to, your intellectual properties are yours, they are gifts that come directly from the creator and bestowed upon the artist, and NO ONE, HAS THE RIGHT TO SWINDLE YOU OUT OF THIS GIFT... THINK ABOUT THE ENTITIES RUNNING THE STUDIOS DO YOU THINK THEY ARE WILLING TO HIRE WRITERS, ACTORS AND ACTRESSES NOW ARE EXPECTED TO COME UP WITH THEIR OWN DIALOGUE RATHER THAN THE GHOULS PAYING WRITERS...I SAW A YOUNG WOMAN SITTING ACROSS FROM ME AT THE RESTAURANT AND SHE WAS READING "INVISIBLE MAN' WRITTEN MY ELLISON, A BLACK WRITER WHO LEFT AMERICA AND WENT TO FRANCE, ON THIS YOUNG WOMAN'S VERSIAN THE AUTHOR WAS HG WELLS, WHO WROTE "WAR OF THE WORLDS", SO THEY ARE ALREADY CHANGING AUTHORS AND MORE, AND THE REASONS ARE OBVIOUS, AMONGST THOSE REASONS ARE ROYALTIES...THEY CAN DO THIS WITH ANYTHING...EVEN WITH CREDITS IN MOVIES, SO THAT RESIDUALS CAN GO NOT TO THE DESERVING BUT FOR WHO THEY CHOOSE... ANOTHER EXAMPLE,,,I PUT MY IMAGE ON IMBD PRO FOR A YEAR, AFTER APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS, MY IMAGE DISAPPEARED AND THE IMAGES THHAT REMAINED WAS OF A BLOND FEMALE, AND MY IMAGE WAS NO LONGER VISIBLE...IT'S THE GHOULS WAY OF "KILLING ME OFF" SO TO SPEAK, AND BY THE WAY SOME METAPHORES ARE JUST THAT METAPHORES, AND NOTHING MORE... BACK TO INTERNET HARRASSMENT, HOW MANY BOOK STORES HAVE GONE UNDER, LIBRARIES ARE UNDER SEIGE AS WELL, I REMEMBER SOMEONE TELLING ME THAT LIBRARIES IN TEXAS HAS VIRTUALLY NO BOOKS IN THEM...AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DUMBING DOWN AMERICA, AND THIS IS REAL FOLKS... AGAIN, THAT'S WHY MY GLOBILIZATION (YES I'M A TERRIBLE SPELLER, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT MY REASONING IS NOT SOUND, OR WHAT I'M SAYING IS NOT VALID)...ALL FREE THINKERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, FAMILIES, WE ALL ARE UNDER SEIGE BY THESE CONGLOMORATES...DO NOT SEND ANY IDEAS BY FAX, I DID THAT WITH MY CHILDREN'S LAB TO A STUDIO WHO WILL FOR THE TIME BEING REMAIN NAMELESS, AND EVEN THOUGH I PLACED THE EXECUTIVE'S NAME ON THE COVER SHEET, I STILL WONDER WHO RECEIVED IT, IT WAS THE SAME STUDIO BY THE WAY WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR AFLAC THAT I TOOK MY THEN MANAGER, MATTHEW SPAULDING TO MEET WITH KEN KARS, REGARDING BRINGING AFLACK INTO NBC UNIVERSAL, I WAS THE CONTACT PERSON THAT DID THAT, AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT I AM NOT GETTING CREDIT FOR DOING THAT OR ANY OTHER ACCOUNTS OF MINE...AFLAC NEVER PRESENTED ME WITH THE BREAKDOWN OF THE ALLEGED $1500 THAT I EARNED, YET NEVER RECEIVED, RATHER I GOT NOTICE OF MY ONE SHARE OF AFLAC... INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE NOTORIOUS FOR SCAMMING INDIVIDUALS, I MENTIONED IN AN EARLIER BLOG HOW AFLAC ALLOWS HUSBANDS TO PUT THEIR GIRLFRIENDS AS BENEFICIARIES, WITHOUT THE HUSBAND HAVING TO MENTION THIS TO HIS SPOUSE. HAVING BEEN A REGISTERED REP,WE HAD TO ALWAYS TELL THE SPOUSE IF THEY WANTED TO NAME SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE WIFE, THEY MUST SIGN A FORM, AND GET THE SPOUSE'S SIG...AFLAC DOESN'T DO THIS, AT LEAST THEY DIDN'T WHEN I WAS WORKING THERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. ANYWAY, I HOPE EVERY ONE HAD A GOOD MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, AND I'VE GOT LOTS TO DO TODAY, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT OFF WRITING ON MY BLOG FOR ANOTHER DAY, THANK YOU. (C)GWENDOLYN L MITCHELL JAN 22,2014