Not to mention that free porn on the internet has done more to curb the pay-for-porn business than the crackdown on Times Square ever did.

The mob is not dead. Not by a longshot. But it's not the same (or as powerful) as it once was. If you thnk it's still like it was in films like "Goodfellas" or "Donnie Brasco," you're being, in the words of my pal Ivy, a fanboy. Those were accurate depictions of the times, but it's just not like that anymore. Times change and all that.

The mob will always be around, to some degree, because of its two lynchpins: gambling and shylocking. People will always want to gamble, and low income/high risk type debtors will always need to borrow money somewhere. It's a supply and demand thing (whether or not the Italians remain the ones to supply those demands is open to debate).

True, also very telling. The mob had to move to the suburbs to survive .


Surprised you don't remember that, LK. It got a ton of press at the time because it cost him his job on the show. You can't act from jail .