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sal

revolutionisfun

About Me

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I exist.

My Interests

Politics, philosophy, theology, economics, sociology, psychology, neuroscience, history...

I'd like to meet:

Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Leonard Peltier, Mumia abu Jamal, Jon Stewart, Lewis Black, George Carlin...folks in general.

Music:

No rap or country.....or opera. Folk, punk, classical, ancient Chinese instrumentals (yea...), Celtic, and some other categories that havent found their way into my mind...Latest bands/artists: Anti-Flag, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down, Audioslave, The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello), Donovan, Propagandhi, Dead Kennedys, Jimi Hendrix, Subhumans, (International) Noise Conspiracy, Bad Religion, Bob Marley, California Guitar Trio, Cat Stevens, U2, the Greatful Dead, Willie Nelson, No Cash, Choking Victim, Catch 22,World Inferno Friendship Society,David Rovics, Defiance Ohio, Eagles of Death Metal,America, Marilyn Manson, Streetlight Manifesto,the Mars Volta, Bright Eyes,the Weakerthans, Billy Bragg, Ani Difranco, Pink Floyd, Buffalo Springfield,Chumbawumba, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Leftover Crack, Anthrax, Oi Polloi, The Clash, Crass, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, Enigma, Enya, Woody Gunthrie, Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Reagan Youth, The Descendants, The Ethiopians, Divided Souls, Soul Bleed Army, Cold War Kids,Dance Hall Crashers, Bad Manners, The Specials, Bim Skala Bim, interpol, Journey, Rush, Suicide Machines, Black Sabbath....

Movies:

One Flew over the Cukoos Nest, JFK, Nixon...and countless documentaries.

Television:

Dexter. Curb Your Enthusiasm. Daily Show. Colbert Report. Mythbusters. South Park. Scrubs.

Books:

Many. I read at least one a week, sometimes two.

Heroes:

i cant stand people who say their mom....I dont have heroes, just influences:Mumia abu Jamal ,Leonard Peltier, Michael Bakunin, Karl Marx, Abbie Hoffman,Bill Hicks,Rudolf Rocker, Red Emma, Peter Kropotkin, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara,Rafael Perez, Noam Chomsky and Herbert Read.

My Blog

Things I hate

In no particular order1) Democrats2) Republicans3) Statists4) Dance Dance Revolution5) Affirmative Action6) Death Penalty7) Racism8) Homophobia9) Gay Pride10) Ethnic Pride11) Patriotism12) Obama13) Cl...
Posted by sal on Sat, 03 May 2008 06:59:00 PST

May Day

As you may or may not know, May 1st has long been known around the world as International Worker's Day (although in the US it has been hijacked by those who call for open borders). This time last year...
Posted by sal on Fri, 02 May 2008 07:39:00 PST

Question.

Why am I still alive?
Posted by sal on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:16:00 PST

US government.

The United States is a nation so arrogant it no longer follows its bedrock--the Constitution. The United States government of today insists on having a welfare state at home, an imperialist policy abr...
Posted by sal on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:50:00 PST

Amusing.

So it turns out I probably dont want to be a doctor. The passion, the drive that I assume must be in an individual considering a difficult endeavor, just isnt in me. The sciences, generally, dont inte...
Posted by sal on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:06:00 PST

My immigration stance

Immigration was one of the major reasons for my abandoning of anarchism. I am strongly opposed to illegal immigration.Illegal immigrants are a drain on the education and health care systems of the nat...
Posted by sal on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:54:00 PST

Democrats Vs. Republicans

(I'm aware of the generalizations.)Democrats are under the delusion that government is the solution to our problems.Democrats think that equality must be legislated.Democrats think that we should have...
Posted by sal on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:56:00 PST

War Obsession

Our government for the last 40 years have waged 3 unconstitutional, illegitimate, and blatantly distorted wars on generalizations: Poverty, Drugs, and Terrorism.The War on Poverty, initiated by Lyndon...
Posted by sal on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:29:00 PST

Libertarian.

Strange how one's political views change. In my life, I have been a Republican, a Marxist, a Stalinist, a Leninist, a Trotskyite, a socialist, and an anarchist.I ceased to be a Republican out of repul...
Posted by sal on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:55:00 PST

Ice Cream

  My medal-winning Academic Decathlon speech. I kick ass.    Standing alone in the face of insurmountable complexity, beads of sweat begin to form at the base of the hairline. The ...
Posted by sal on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:24:00 PST