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Peter

libertarianmuscles

About Me

I am an Irish Virgo Libertarian (and a lefty) born in the Year of the Tiger and an ENTP according to Myers-Briggs (www.myers-briggs.org) a

My Interests

Movies, politics, bodybuilding, philosophy, and science.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone else interested in movies, politics, bodybuilding, philosophy, and science.

Music:

70's and 80's rock and metal; 90's club and dance music; music composed for movies; a little trance and new age; a little classical (yes, classical); a little rap and hip-hop; most 50's-era rock; most soul and motown; a little reggae; a little pop; very little country...

Movies:

Anything produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, or directed by Tony Scott, Michael Bay, Michael Mann, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, John McTiernan, Richard Donner, David Fincher, Dominic Sena, Antoine Fuqua, Alex Proyas, Simon West, Peter Berg, or Jan DeBont. Also anything written by Quentin Tarantino.

Television:

LOST, C-SPAN, BookTV, Discovery Science Channel, The Military Channel, Headline News, FoxNews, MSNBC, and CNN.

Books:

Non-fiction mostly, and Michael Crichton.

Heroes:

My late father, John Van Hal Beary, Jr.; former President Ronald Reagan; our key American founders: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams; former Senator Barry Goldwater; philosopher John Locke; economist Milton Friedman; producer Jerry Bruckheimer; directors Tony Scott, Michael Bay, Michael Mann, Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, and Ridley Scott; bodybuilders Arnold Schwarzenegger, Serge Nubret, Frank Zane, Shawn Ray, Kevin Levrone, Flex Wheeler, Dennis Wolf, and Phil Heath; scientists Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Ronald Mallett, Michio Kaku, and Carl Sagan; futurist Ray Kurzweil; playwright William Shakespeare; and yes, Jesus of Nazareth...

My Blog

Bob Barr on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace 6/29...

Bob Barr will be on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, in his most high profile interview since Glenn Beck gave him a full hour a few weeks ago.  Hopefully, he will win over more voters.&nb...
Posted by Peter on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:27:00 PST

My Sweet Altaire

After I moved home in November of last year, my mother got a third poodle, an adorable puppy named Altaire.  You can see her precious face in my pics. As I have written in older blogs, I tri...
Posted by Peter on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:10:00 PST

Calling all liberals: Green Party Convention July 10-13...

Just letting all my liberal friends who respectfully disagree as to the role of government but are also fed up with the Republican-Democrat stranglehold of power know that the GREEN PARTY will be...
Posted by Peter on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:49:00 PST

Movie review - THE HAPPENING

THE HAPPENING        &nb sp; **1/2 out of **** I remain a big fan of writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, even as critics have expressed less and less favor ...
Posted by Peter on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:47:00 PST

Tim Russert - RIP

Tim Russert, one of the last voices of class, dignity, and thoroughness in the wilderness that is the tabloid, infotainment, scoop-without-verification, rumour-mongering field once known as journ...
Posted by Peter on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:33:00 PST

Movie review - THE INCREDIBLE HULK

THE INCREDIBLE HULK          *** out of **** Demonstrably superior in every way to 2003's stinker incarnation HULK (sorry, Ang Lee), this Hulk is most impo...
Posted by Peter on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:54:00 PST

SECRETARIAT Episode III: CORONATION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQTLoElKWtk Beat this Big Brown....
Posted by Peter on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:53:00 PST

The Veepstakes - Take 2

D: Evan Bayh, Ed Rendell, Wesley Clark, Bill Richardson, and Hillary Clinton; R: Mitt Romney, Rudy Guiliani, Mike Huckabee, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Tim Pawlenty, Charlie Crist, Sarah Palin, John Thune, ...
Posted by Peter on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:44:00 PST

Battleground states as of today

UPDATED 6/6/2008 -- new MO poll numbers show it is looking like it is in play. I was checking in on some polls to see if the 12 states I picked earlier in the year will be where th...
Posted by Peter on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:00:00 PST

AP calls it -- its officially over, Obama the Democrat nominee

The Associated Press has called the race for the Democrat nomination in favor of IL Sen. Barack Obama this afternoon, ending the long-running fight between he and NY Sen. Hillary Clinton. Ma...
Posted by Peter on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:28:00 PST