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About Me

In short: Born in Peoria, Illinois and raised in Deer Creek, fled town at 18 to see the world in the USMC. Today, as a anarcho-capitalist and adherent of the Zero-Agression Principle , I work with a politically diverse group of organizations and individuals on multiple formal and ad hoc civil liberties coalitions ( here and here ). In addition, I serve on the Asylum Working Group and often participate in coalition efforts with the American Civil Liberties Union, Center for National Securities Studies, Free Congress Foundation and the American Civil Rights Institute on issues of shared interest. Liberal statists frequently call me a right winger and conservative statists and neo-libertarian sellouts frequently call me a left winger. You can feel free to call me consistent - or James.
In addition to my work as a syndicated blogger (Newstex), I am also founder of Pious Pagan Publishing ( The Multiracial Activist , The Abolitionist Examiner , A Mixed Blog , The Multiracial Activist Newsletter , Taking The Gloves Off ) in addition to working full-time in the hospital industry.
You can read a formal bio here: http://jameslandrith.com/content/category/6/99/52/
My personal website and official weblog is located here .
I also belong to the following networks (for those looking to expand their networks or update my information in your addressbooks):
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Yahoo! Profile
You Are a "Don't Tread On Me" Libertarian
You distrust the government, are fiercely independent, and don't belong in either party.Religion and politics should never mix, in your opinion... and you feel opressed by both.You don't want the government to cramp your self made style. Or anyone else's for that matter.You're proud to say that you're pro-choice on absolutely everything! What political persuasion are you?
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My Interests

Libertarianism, civil liberties, veterans affairs, interracial families, multiracial identity, reading

I'd like to meet:

Kevin Smith , Morrissey , Anne Sexton (in another life), The Young Turks , Neil Peart , C. Loring Brace , Arthur C. Clarke , Michio Kaku and others.

I'm fine with making new friends from a diverse collection of backgrounds and all over the globe. Friend requests from blog readers, fans of The Multiracial Activist, fellow political junkies, comedians and musicians are always welcome and honored.

I'm not at all interested in the constant friend requests from webcam girlbots. There is a special place in Hell for social networking spambots...

Music:

Rush
Indigo Girls
Stevie Nicks
Styx (you know it)
The Fixx
The Smiths
Peter Murphy
Seal
Anything Box
Shawn Colvin
Billie Holiday
Sade
Anita Baker
Depeche Mode
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Church
Beth Orton
Dakota Moon
The Clash
Dan Reed
Dan Reed Network

Movies:

Fear of a Black Hat
Office Space
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Demolition Man
The Matrix
Braveheart
The Dirty Dozen
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (bite me Cheryl)
The Wedding Singer
Sarafina
Life of Brian
The Fifth Element
Dog Day Afternoon
Dogma

Television:

Dark Angel
Battlestar Galactica
Supernatural
Medium
24
Lost
The 4400
Dead Zone
Firefly
Chicago Hope
Now and Again

Yes, I know - most of them are cancelled. That's what happens to good programs nowadays.

Books:

Pallas by L. Neil Smith
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton
Door Into Summer by R.A. Heinlein
The Infinity Link by Jeffrey Carver
Baker's Best by Rick Baker

Heroes:

Frederick Douglass
Rick Baker (the Central Illinois columnist, not the special effects artist)
Charles Michael Byrd
My Father
Major General Smedley D. Butler , USMC

I will expand on this list later...

My Blog

Herring v. U.S. Amicus Brief Filed

Today, a group of 27 legal scholars and technical experts and 13 privacy and civil liberty groups filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in the case of Herring v. U.S. M...
Posted by James Landrith on Fri, 16 May 2008 09:00:00 PST

Twittering Here and There

I recently signed up for a Twitter account. In a word: addictive. From the Twitter Fan Wiki : Twitter is a way of life. It's living with a publicity policy. It's friends, Romans and count...
Posted by James Landrith on Fri, 16 May 2008 08:59:00 PST

Feeling His Pain

Wil Wheaton on crying hey man this is babylon : See, this is why the loss of Tower Records is going to seriously hurt a generation of young artists, because it was in a Tower Records that I found...
Posted by James Landrith on Fri, 16 May 2008 05:10:00 PST

Facebook Readers Page

As longtime readers and fans know, I've had a Facebook profile for a few years now. However, with the recent demise of my forum component at jameslandrith.com, I've finally decided to brea...
Posted by James Landrith on Sun, 11 May 2008 10:22:00 PST

Steve Kubby Show

I will be a guest on the Steve Kubby Show on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 12:00 pm Eastern.Steve Kubby Show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/SteveKubbyShowKubby for President: http://www.kubb...
Posted by James Landrith on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:00:00 PST

Heritage Foundation Once Again in Favor of Big, Gigantic, Crazy Large, Intrusive Government

The big government statists at the Heritage Foundation are holding another one of their How Can We Expand the Police State and Power of Central Government at the Same Time events: The 9/11 Commission ...
Posted by James Landrith on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:46:00 PST

PDA Version of TTGO

I've installed a new template that activates when a reader visits jameslandrith.com from a PDA. I'm not excited about the view on my iPhone, but that's Safari for you. I'd like some feedb...
Posted by James Landrith on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 08:00:00 PST

New Syndication Feeds

I've made some updates to my website's syndication feed. On the left side, under DS-Syndicate, you can find new links for syndication feeds. Following this module, you can find RSS Socialn...
Posted by James Landrith on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:11:00 PST

Goodbye Terry

From Stephen Gordon on Terry Liberty Parker Passes Away: Libertarian Party old timers and anyone involved in politics or the libertarian movement in the Austin, Texas area will know this name: ...
Posted by James Landrith on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:21:00 PST

Too long the songs have been silent...Too long the strings have been still

Sadly, musician and songwriter Dan Fogelberg passed away on Sunday after a prolonged battle with prostate cancer. His official website posted this message for fans: "Dan left us this morni...
Posted by James Landrith on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:51:00 PST