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Matt

I am here for Friends

About Me

FORMER NEWSPAPER WRITER, RADIO PROGRAMMER/AIR-PERSONALITY, AND CURRENT TELEVISION OPERATIONS ENGINEER, JUST TRYING TO MEET NEW FRIENDS, CATCH UP WITH OLD FRIENDS, AND TALK ABOUT THE SAME INTERESTS.USED TO BE A MODERATE REAGAN REPUBLICAN, BUT SEVEN YEARS OF BUSH AND MOSTLY A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS, I'VE CHANGED GEARS AND AM NOW A BERNIE SANDERS INDEPENDENT LIBERAL. COLLUSION CAPITALISM UNDER THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND BUSH HAS DESTROYED WHAT THE PRINCIPLES OF WHAT THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON. NOT TO MENTION, WE'VE TRIED TO FIX ALL OF THE PROBLEMS OVERSEAS WITH IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, YET THIS ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEMS HERE IN AMERICA. IT'S TIME FOR A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA. LET'S GET AMERICANS BACK TO WORK MAKING COMPETITIVE WAGES. GET RID OF THE MONOPOLISTIC SYSTEM THAT IS HAPPENING IN CORPORATE AMERICA. LET'S REBUILD OUR SCHOOLS AND GET KIDS INTERESTED IN SCHOOL AGAIN AND LET'S GET HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION FOR ALL AMERICANS!ALSO, PROUD THE UNDISPUTED #1 PITTSBURGH STEELERS AND SAN ANTONIO SPURS FAN! AND THE UNDISPUTED #1 COWBOY, LONGHORN, YANKEE, MAVERICKS HATER!AND, I HAVE THE GREATEST GIRLFRIEND IN THE WORLD (NOT SHOWN IN MY PROFILE PICTURE), BUT GABY, YOU ARE THE GREATEST, AND I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY!.. src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type=".." .. .. type=".." _uacct = "UA-425612-1"; urchinTracker(); ..

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My Interests

HANGING OUT WITH GABY, THE FIVE-TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPION PITTSBURGH STEELERS, THE FOUR-TIME CHAMPION SAN ANTONIO SPURS, THE TWO-TIME CHAMPION NEW YORK METS TWO-TIME STANLEY CUP CHAMPION PITTSBURGH PENGUINS, THE 12 TIME NCAA CHAMPION ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE & FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES FOOTBALL, UCONN HUSKIES & NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS BASKETBALL, TONY STEWART & JOE GIBBS RACING AND ANYONE PLAYING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS (TUCK FEXAS! I HATE THOSE SORRY BABY $HIT ORANGE COLORED BA$TARDS! ... JUST ABOUT ALL SPORTS, EXCEPT FOR MEN'S TENNIS. TRAVELING, GAMBLING, MUSIC, HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS & FAMILY.a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"

I'd like to meet:

MUSICIANS/RADIO PEOPLE: Herb Kent (WVAZ Radio, Chicago), Leigh Hamilton (XM Soul Street 60-"The Penthouse"), Kevin "Slow Jammin" James (KHHT Hot 92.3/Los Angeles & WHUR/Washington DC/Slowjam.com) Ron Chapman (former AM Drive KVIL/KLUV, Dallas-Fort Worth), Valier Smith (former KVIL Love Songs hostess), Dan Ingram (former WABC/WCBS DJ), Stephanie Miller (Liberal Syndicated Radio Host), Ed Schultz (Liberal Syndicated Radio Host), Mike Malloy (Liberal Syndicated Radio Host), Mark Thompson ("Make It Plain" Sirius Left Host) Maurice White & Earth Wind & Fire, Anita Baker, T-Boz & Chili (TLC), En Vogue, Jeffrey Osborne, Birtles Shorrock & Goble (The Original Members of Little River Band), Renee Olstead, David Pack (Ambrosia), Herb Alpert, Clive Davis, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, George Duke, Average White Band, Ohio Players, New Birth, ChicagoATHELTICS: Ben Roethlisberger, Hines Ward, Steel Curtain Teams of the 70's, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, George "The Ice Man" Gervin, Tony Parker. LaDanian Tomlinson, David Wright, Bob GibsonTV PEOPLE: Keith Olbermann, Bill Moyers, Michael Moore, Steven Colbert, Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Giada DeLaurentis (Everyday Italian-TV Food Network), Mario Batali (Molto Mario, Iron Chef America (TV Food Network), Bobby Flay (TV Food Network), Richard Dawson (Hogan's Heroes, Match Game, Family Feud), Robert Clary (Hogan's Heroes, Days Of Our Lives), Anthony Geary & Genie Francis (Luke & Laura-General Hospital), Seth McFarlane (Family Guy Creator/Voices)POLITICS: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Russ Feingold, Kinky Friedman (Should be Governor of Texas), Bernie Sanders, Rocky Anderson (Mayor of Salt Lake City), Jim Hightower, Bill Clinton (to tell him how wrong I was), Dennis Kucinich , Al Gore, Edward Kennedy. Fmr. Senator Max Cleland, Fmr. Senator Bob Kerrey, Rick Noriega

Music:

MOSTLY CLASSIC R&B/SOUL MUSIC, BUT I CAN LISTEN TO ANYTHING BUT HIP-HOP/RAP (UNLESS IT IS OLD SCHOOL RAP, LIKE SUGARHILL GANG, KURTIS BLOW, WHODINI... WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY MUSIC) AND NO CLASSICAL OR OPERA.FAVORITE ARTISTS INCLUDE: EARTH WIND & FIRE, CHICAGO, THE O'JAYS, ISLEY BROTHERS, TEDDY PENDERGRASS, MAZE, PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC, OHIO PLAYERS, THE NEW BIRTH, TEMPTATIONS, SMOKEY ROBINSON, RENEE OLSTEAD, GEORGE BENSON, GEORGE DUKE, AL JARREAU, ANITA BAKER, LITTLE RIVER BAND (BIRTLES, SHORROCK, & GOBLE), AVERAGE WHITE BAND, AMBROSIA, PURE PRARIE LEAGUE, POCO, EMERSON LAKE & PALMER, BILLY JOEL, GEORGE STRAIT, TIM MCGRAW, RASCAL FLATTS, DIERKS BENTLEY, OTIS REDDING, LUTHER VANDROSS, ATLANTIC STARR, LAKESIDE, THE MANHATTANS, STEVIE WONDER, AL GREEN, BOSTON, 38 SPECIAL, AND MANY, MANY, MANY MORE

Movies:

When Harry Met Sally, Blazing Saddles, History Of The World, Pt. 1, Caddyshack, Smokey & The Bandit, The Lion King, Star Wars (All 6 Movies), The Getaway (The Original), In The Heat Of The Night, The Sugarland Express, Monster, Seabiscuit, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Borat, Brian's Song (The Original), The Cannonball Run, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Sicko, Bowling For Columbine, Fahrenheit 911, Roger and Me, The Simpsons MovieI like a lot of documentaries, foreign films, and independent films. Most of the big budget stuff is just a lot of crap now. I love true stories or movies based on actual events.

Television:

Real Time With Bill Maher (The Best Show on TV right now!), Countdown w/Keith Olbermann, Bill Moyers Journal, 30 Rock, Hogan's Heroes, MASH, Seinfeld, Married With Children, Family Guy, Simpsons, King Of The Hill, Drew Carey, Scrubs, That 70's Show, Hill Street Blues, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, Snapped, City Confidential, American Justice, Cold Case Files, Sports Center, NFL Total Access, Iron Chef America, Molto Mario, Gordon Ramsey's F-Word, Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen, Giada's Weekend Getaways, Everyday Italian, Food Nation w/Bobby Flay, Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, Texas Country Reporter, & Northern Exposure

Books:

I'll read anything... as long as it's an audio book! I prefer Biographies and True Crime stories.

Heroes:

My Mom, Dad, & Sister, My Late Best-Friend... T-Bone (God Rest His Soul), Herb Kent (WVAZ Radio, Chicago... The BEST in Radio, hands down), Kevin "Slow Jammin" James (the Slow Jamz King), Ron Chapman (KVIL Radio, Dallas-Fort Worth), Frankie Crocker (Legendary NYC DJ WMCA/WBLS), David Robinson (San Antonio Spurs), Martin Luther King Jr, Ann Richards (former Texas Governor, RIP), Molly Ivins (former newspaper writer), Maureen Dowd (columnist, NY Times), Bernie Sanders (Independent Senator from Vermont), Russ Feingold (Democratic Senator from Wisconsin), Michael Moore (Thank you for Sicko!), Bill Moyers (PBS Broadcaster), Keith Olbermann (The Special Commentaries are UNBELIEVABLE!), Al Gore, Tim Russert (RIP), The Men & Women fighting overseas in an unjust war.

My Blog

People I Can Do Without, in memory of George Carlin

In Memory of the Late, Great, George Carlin, I have decided to list mypeople that I can do without. RIP George.01. DICK Cheney... the biggest dick of them all!02. Dubya03. John McBush04. Most oth...
Posted by Matt on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:03:00 PST

Where has the backbone of the Democratic Party Gone?

I don't know about you, but I am wondering where the Democrats, who we elected in 2006 to run the Congress and Senate have gone?!  These people ran on guarantees to end the war, to get the econom...
Posted by Matt on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:00:00 PST

Political Flip-Flops, Imus, Russert, Carlin, & other stuff

A relatively new term to the political scene is the word "flip-flop" or "flip-flopper".  The term is used loosely for a person who frequently changes his mind.  I first heard this term in th...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:30:00 PST

Impeachment, Politics, Work, Life in General, Blah...

There has been a lot of talk about impeaching the President again lately.  The beyond terrific Congressman Dennis Kucinich brought it up for a vote again in the House last week.  While I lik...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:21:00 PST

Things You Should Not Do...

I've heard it all my life, "you sure have a lot of rules."  I like what I like and there are certain things that you really should not do...1. You should not eat brown gravy on a Chicken Fried S...
Posted by Matt on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:17:00 PST

My General Election Picture...

This is how I think the General Election picture shakes out right now.  It could very well change between now and the election.  But, looking at all the issues.  This is how I see it......
Posted by Matt on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:23:00 PST

Auf Wiedersehen Hillary, McBush, LIEbermann, OReally and more

Tower of Power had a hit record in the early 70's titled "So Very Hard To Go".  That seems to be the motto for Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign.  For months now, the Clinton campaign ...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:18:00 PST

White is Black, Up is Down... it’s just chaos

This world has just gone completely focacta.  I don't know if it's the $4.00 gas, the global warming, all the reality television programming we watch, all the Red Bull mixed with alcohol people d...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 31 May 2008 12:14:00 PST

Beam Me Up Scotty, Fuck The Lakers/NBA, Work, etc.

"Scott McClellan, we hardly knew ye."  A phrase being uttered by those closest to the Bush Administration and on the right, and those of us on the Left, who can't wait until this Eight Year Night...
Posted by Matt on Fri, 30 May 2008 01:57:00 PST

Hillarys Assassination Comments and Gas Prices

Hillary, Hillary, Hillary, just when I thought that she was starting to tone down the rhetoric, she may have made one of the biggest blunders in the history of politics.  She compared herself sta...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 24 May 2008 11:53:00 PST