hmmm, ok, I have some research to do now on:
Multibit, BitcoinJ, Electrum,
...I want to put together a crackpot team of economists, freedom lovers, and programmers to do a mega awesome crypto-currency ... not that bitcoin isn't already, but this market is wide open for others and it is the wild wild west of our day ... and of world changing significance.
feel free to take a look at the link in my sig, although the ideas have evolved a decent bit since then too