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harrison

War can only be understood and put an end to if you and all those who are concerned very deeply with

About Me

Buddha: Consider others as yourself. ...
Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. - Albert Einstein
If you want to have friends, you must be friendly. If you want to make peace, you must be peaceful. - Peace Pilgrim
We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. - Buddha
According to general relativity, the concept of space detached from any physical content does not exist. -Einstein
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. - Buddha
In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt. 'Posthumous Pieces' by Wei Wu Wei
There are moments when one feels free from one's own identification with human limitations and inadequacies. At such moments one imagines that one stands on some spot of a small planet, gazing in amazement at the cold yet profoundly moving beauty of the eternal, the unfathomable; life and death flow into one, and there is neither evolution nor destiny; only Being. - Albert Einstein
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. - Albert Einstein
I am a Dad, Activist, Philosopher, Computer Programmer & Musician. I used to play in an alt-prog/rock band from North Carolina called Geezer Lake. Lately my folk and bluegrass band The 'M Shanghai String Band' takes up most of my time. Go visit mshanghaistringband.com or on myspace ( myspace.com/mshanghaistringband ). M Shanghai String Band's new album, "From the Air" is out now! I'm very excited about it.
Rupert Murdock is evil!
Stay independent, fight the power and don't let the corporate masters run the show!
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden. - Buddha
Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. - Heraclitus
The Noble Eightfold Path: Right Views, Right Thoughts, Right Speech, Right Conduct, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration.
Please no advertising on my space. I don't appreciate being used as a billboard for your gross capitalism (unless, of course, you are promoting the erotic arts).

My Interests

I'm interested in Actual Sustainable PEACE! Conflict resolution without death... also music, art, reading, parenting, computer programming and general merriment.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who believes in and practices PEACE, Artists, Musicians, Free-Thinkers, Exhibitionists, Democrats, Republicans, Socialists, Economists, Capitalist, Communists, Left-Wing, Right-Wing, Darwinist, no Creationist (that's where I draw the line). Anyone who can maintain a civil dialogue using reason and logic.

Music:

beatles, the grocery concern, anything on merge records, doc watson, radiohead, wilco, the kinks, gillian welch, johnny cash, the carter family, rex, sly and the family stone, public enemy, geezer lake, cat power, neil young, polvo, archers of loaf, jeff buckley, flaming lips, neutral milk hotel, a lot of music from the 60s, charles mingus, U2, every band that I'm friends with, babe the blue ox, skeleton key, beekeeper, ida, k., the malarkies, vpn, dan zanes, al green, pink floyd, tom waits, peter gabriel, slint, the jesus lizard, helmet, captain beefheart, brian eno, matty charles and the valentines, tortoise, gutbucket, rolling stones, dolly parton, gloria deluxe, duke ellington, john coltrane, pre-war blues, prince, the shins, the decemberists, sufjan stevens, neko case, the roulette sisters, bill monroe, bob dylan, the ramones, the pixies, pete seeger, woody guthrie, the holy ghost (the band), saul williams, the all things, etc.

Movies:

There Will Be Blood. Children of Men. I really enjoy the documentary. The Future of Food. War Tapes. Why We Fight. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Silent. Outfoxed: Murdoch's War on Journalism. The Corporation. Control Room. Also non documentaries on real stuff like Good Night and Good Luck. I loved Anchorman. Will Ferrell is a genius. School of Rock. Jack Black is a genius. Woody Allen, PT Anderson, Wes Anderson, Coen Bros., Christopher Guest, Robert Altman, Terry Gilliam, David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee, Ang Lee, etc.

Television:

The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Dave Chapelle Show, Lost, Now, Frontline, Bill Moyers Journal, Democracy Now

Books:

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond; Collapse by Jared Diamond; David Sadaris; Philip Roth; Noam Chomsky

Heroes:

Dad and Mom, Shannon, Alden, Doc Watson, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Howard Zinn, John Lennon, the Dalai Lama, Noam Chomsky, Edward R. Murrow, Amy Goodman and all the unspoken heroes who practice love, compassion and reason and help uplift the human condition.

My Blog

John McCain lacks proper judgment

John McCain lacks proper judgment.The fact that he choose Sarah Palin as his running mate only exemplifies this fact.I love this article written about her by Sam Harris. Sam Harris NEWSWEEK From the m...
Posted by harrison on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:53:00 PST

Room for Hope

In the current times, I certainly understand ones tendency to only see the bad and feel as if we are on a frightening downward spiral towards Armageddon. And to turn a blind eye to all the disturbing ...
Posted by harrison on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:07:00 PST

More thoughts on politics...

I find the obsession with the Clinton sex scandal a tool that is used to distract our attention from the real problems facing humanity. Personally I think war mongering and war profiteering much more ...
Posted by harrison on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:42:00 PST

Neo-Con Rule .1: The rules don't apply to Neo-Cons.

Wolfowitz, Gonzales, Cheney, Bush, Scooter Libby (he'll get the pardon, just you wait), Rumsfeld. The number 1 rule for Neo-Cons is that the rules don't apply to them. Of course everyone else will pla...
Posted by harrison on Wed, 16 May 2007 07:34:00 PST

Dig for Info, you dig?

When I was in high school, I remember being very dissatisfied with the music I had general access to. Mostly classic rock. Don't get me wrong I love me some Who, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Zepplin, etc....
Posted by harrison on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:35:00 PST

I met Chuck D. of Public Enemy. word.

I had the extreme pleasure of meeting Chuck D. of Public Enemy on Saturday night. The funny thing about it is that as I spoke with him I didn't realize it was him. He was having dinner at the restaura...
Posted by harrison on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:45:00 PST

Playing music with a Ramone

Sharing the stage with Tommy RamoneI had the great honor to share the stage with Tommy Ramone of the Ramone's last Saturday night. His new bluegrass/country band called Uncle Monk played it's fourth s...
Posted by harrison on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:35:00 PST