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Melvin Really Loves Great Britain!

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.--Arch Bish

About Me

My name is Melvin. Here are some basic things to know about me. I am in my late 30s, yet I act like I am "young at heart." Some of the things in life that interests me most include reading about history, keeping up with current events, progressive politics, philosophy, free thinking, art, "wonderful" movies, good rock n roll, good alcohol, and pretty ladies.There are things in life that I detest. I DETEST racists, Anti-Semites, sexists, homophobes, fanatics, bullies, right-wing crazies, Fox News, and "President" George W. Bush.If you want to be my friend, that's great! Drop me an email first, and introduce yourself to me. I am trying to be selective about my friends, because it is hard to keep up with thousands of people. Anyway, relax and enjoy the good life.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

I am interested in everyone having the good life which includes myself. This is why I am a left wing progressive. In 2008, I am supporting Congressman Dennis Kucinich (Democrat, Ohio) for President. He's got a bascially good program of fair trade practices, labor law reforms which would be friendly to trade unions, universal healthcare, abolishing the death penalty, absolishing the USA Patriot Act, and opposing war. To find out more, just log onto Dennis Kucinich for President in 2008 .

I'd like to meet:

WYNONA RYDER : I love this actress. She's "the Audrey Hepburn of our age..." Wynona Ryder displayed her talents to the world of cinema in the last 20 plus years. Many people gave her a bad wrap for her fiasco five years ago, and that's their problem. Most of her films show her true talent to form. I confess; I do have a thing for her...

Music:

THE BEATLESTHE ROLLING STONESTHE KINKSERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALSTHE WHOTHE STANDELLSARTHUR LEE (and LOVE)THE BYRDSTHE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICOPINK FLOYD (1965-1968)THE RAMONESTHE SEX PISTOLSTHE JAMELVIS COSTELLOECHO AND THE BUNNYMENTHE SMITHSSIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEESTHE THREE O'CLOCKTHE FLESHTONESTHE CRAMPSTHE PANDORASTHE PSYCHEDELIC FURSTHE JESUS AND MARY CHAINBILLY BRAGGTHE DEAD KENNEDYSSTEREOLABSLEATER-KINNEY

Movies:

TAKE THE MONEY AND RUNWHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT?MASCULINE FEMININETO SIR WITH LOVETILL DEATH US DO PARTTHE KNACK AND HOW TO GET ITRIOT ON SUNSET STRIPPRETTY IN PINKREALITY BITESFARENHEIT 9-11

Television:

THE YOUNG ONESSPEED RACERDOCTOR WHODAVE ALLEN AT LARGEDARK SHADOWSGET SMARTALL IN THE FAMILYTILL DEATH US DO PART

Books:

BOOKS WORTH READING:"Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist" by WA Swanberg, "The Other America" by Michael Harrington, "Nickeled and Dimed in America (and Not Getting By)" by Barbara Einreich, "Insuring National Healthcare: The Canadian Experience" by Malcolm G. Taylor, "Shrub" by Molly Ivins, "The Philosophy of Humanism" by Corliss Lamont, "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens, "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mills, "The Autobiography of Mother Jones" by Mary Harris Jones, "Eugene V. Debs: Spokeman for Labor & Socialism" by Bernard Brommel...MAGAZINES & NEWPSPAPERS WORTH READING:The Progressive , The Nation , The Independent Weekly , The Guardian (UK) , Democratic Left , Dissent , The Humanist , Mother Jones , Tikkun , The Utne Reader , The American Prospect , Dollars and Sense , In These Times , StrikeOnline ...ONLINE NEWS SOURCES:Daily Kos , Democratic Underground , MoveOn.Org , Common Dreams , Media Matters , Buzzflash , Socialist.Org ...

Heroes:

ARCH BISHOP DESMOND TUTU is the "Martin Luther King of South Africa." He stood firmly along side with Nelson Mandela and others from the African National Congress against racial oppression which was called Apartheid. Although I am a Unitarian Universalist for the last 9 years (as well as a secular humanist), the impact for social justice exemplified by this man impressed me a great deal. This Anglican Church Arch Bishop helped unite Blacks,Whites, Christians (Protestants & Catholics alike), Jews, Muslims, Athiests, and others together against white only rule. As a result, South Africa is now a multi racial democracy with a bright future.

My Blog

JERRY FALWELL: Religious Extremists Die...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - A Liberty University executive says the Rev. Jerry Falwell has died.Falwell was hospitalized in "gravely serious" condition after being found unconscious Tuesday in his office at...
Posted by Melvin on Tue, 15 May 2007 02:03:00 PST

FAIRWELL, FINALLY, TO TONY BLAIR

Farewell, finally, to Tony Blair By Amitabh Pal May 12, 2007 Goodbye, Tony Blair. Finally. http://progressive.org/mag_apb051207 What was almost as annoying as Blair's policies and persona was his unw...
Posted by Melvin on Tue, 15 May 2007 05:05:00 PST

SUPPORT MICHAEL MOORE: The Bush Administration is trying to get him!

MICHAEL MOORE GETS INVESTIGATED LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore is under investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department for taking ailing September 11 resc...
Posted by Melvin on Fri, 11 May 2007 04:04:00 PST

UPDATE: The Reason For This New Profile...

Greetings & Salutations!For the time being, my once previous profile will remain online. The problem, however, was that someone obtained my password which is prohibiting me from accessing my profi...
Posted by Melvin on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:50:00 PST

MAY DAY: Happy International Labor Day!

What You Need To Know About May Day ..> ..> by Leo Panitch ..>   ..>  May 01, 2006..>..> http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=19& ;ItemID=10189 For more than 1...
Posted by Melvin on Tue, 01 May 2007 04:52:00 PST

DENNIS KUCINICH: Consider Your Support For Him.

VOTE FOR KUCINICH IN THE 2007 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY! (http://groups.myspace.com/Kucinich4president)Dennis John Kucinich is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, for the 10th ...
Posted by Melvin on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:53:00 PST

My First Blog

Greetings, Since I have a new & improved MySpace.Com page, I figured that I'll introduce everyone to the theme(s) of my Blog.  This will be a forum whereby I discuss my thoughts about life &a...
Posted by Melvin on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:06:00 PST