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justin

I am here for Friends

About Me

i'm only a person

My Interests

writing, when i can. drawing. reading. chess, though i play badly, so how 'bout we put some money on this game? musing on emptiness. songwriting. the fate of humanity.

I'd like to meet:

fellow self-maintainers.

Music:

i know all about all that trendy "independent rock and roll music" and that "rap" and that "punky rock" and "dark metal," so don't come talking to me about it.

Movies:

the devil and daniel johnston. empire of the sun. henry fool. the conformist. downfall. underground. rushmore. all good.

Television:

excuse me?

Books:

THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES by robert musil. the magus by john fowles. briefing for a descent into hell by doris lessing. this side of glory by david hilliard. the final burroughs trilogy. don quixote. kindred and parable of the sower, both by octavia e. butler. the sunlight dialogues by john gardner. cannery row (AND sweet thursday) by john steinbeck. one dimensional man by herbert marcuse. demons by dostoevsky. things are meaning less by al burian. the long goodbye by raymond chandler. a couple others, here and there.

Heroes:

woody guthrie, bd rogers, mike gravel, bill murray, vaclav havel, ffej grubmil (RIP you fucking crazy gorgeous bastard), crazy horse, amy goodman. (which means wealth and comfort are probably not in my future).

My Blog

Bill Moyers not taking any crap.

Oh my god, this is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while. At the National Conference on Media Reform in Minneapolis, Bill O'Reilly sends one of his producers to ambush legendary journalist B...
Posted by justin on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:57:00 PST

Red State Update

This is about as good as political commentary gets these days: I love these guys!...
Posted by justin on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:49:00 PST

Shocking

Shocking article about Ron Paul's regularly-published newsletters while an elected official in Washington:http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=e2f1539 7-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84caAnd although thi...
Posted by justin on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:51:00 PST

HAHAHAHAHAHA, Capitol intrigue, HAHAHA!

This is from Democracy Now!, Mike Gravel telling the story of entering the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. Thoroughly entertaining, believe it or not, and a nice chance to see the sort...
Posted by justin on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:43:00 PST

more Ron Paul

As if they read my mind, here's another article about the dark side of Ron Paul:Title: "Ron Paul's Campaign and Its Neo-Nazi Supporters."http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/11/the_ron_p aul_campaign_an...
Posted by justin on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:53:00 PST

Fair Tax

So everyone hates taxes. What if they were changed for the better? It's possible. Check this out: ...
Posted by justin on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:20:00 PST

Ron Paul

Alright, so a lot of people are into Ron Paul, and not Mike Gravel. Fair enough, but I just can't shake the feeling that the vast majority of Paul supporters aren't aware of what and who they are supp...
Posted by justin on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:45:00 PST

Candidate Calculator

Check this out, you can type in your views and then the computer tells you which candidate is closest to your views:http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html.The audience leans heavily Republican...
Posted by justin on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:09:00 PST

The media is finished

...and of course, the day after I say I'm in it for the long haul, the system strikes again.Regardless of your views, you have to admit that this is bad for America. Please consider doing something t...
Posted by justin on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 03:59:00 PST

!!!!!! Gravel has recached federal matching funds !!!!!

Hey- this is great. I found it on another Gravel supporter's blog. I don't know- no matter how hopeless it is supposed to be, I'm just not into giving up on Senator Gravel. I think he represents an...
Posted by justin on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:48:00 PST