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Ryan Thomas

I am here for Friends and Networking

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Al Gore, Russ Feingold, Barbara Boxer, Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, Nancy Pelosi, James Carville, Mary & Mitch Landrieu, Sandy Berger, Chris Mathews, Rachel Maddow, Sarah Weddington, Jon Stewart, Sarah Silverman, Keith Olberman, David Letterman, Bill Maher, David Brock..
adopt your own virtual pet! ..My Links---Help Hillary Clinton For President!!! ---Hillary Clinton For President ---Hope Clinic for Women ---National Abortion Rights Action League ---Americans for Choice ---Emma Goldman Clinic ---Center for Reproductive Rights ---Abortion & Contraception Clinic of Nebraska ---Women's Health Care Services ---Emily's List ---Human Rights Campaign ---Southern Poverty Law Center ---Anti-Defamation League ---St. Louis Jewish Federation ---American Zionist Movement ---American Israel Public Affairs Committee ---Raise Money for Democrats!!! ---
Hillary Clinton (President) $
William Lacy Clay, Jr (MO-01) $
Michael Colona (MO-HD-67) $
Jay Nixon (MO-Gov) $
Rachel Storch (MO-HD-64) $
Scott Kleeb (NE-Sen) $

Music:

I really have a wide range of likes when it comes to music, I think I have just about a little bit of every genre. I go through phases as well, so from Bluegrass to 80's pop, to 70's classic rock to contemporary pop all the way to some quirky folk music. I'm pretty open, and yes I actually still buy cd's.

Movies:

Pan's Labyrinth, Amelie, Walk on Water, Schindler's List, Cabaret, All Pedro Almodovar Movies, Copycat, Silence of the Lambs, Vera Drake, Elizabeth, Annie Hall, Bullets Over Broadway, Imaginary Heroes, The Squid and the Whale, Everything Is Illuminated, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, Mommie Dearest, Gone With The Wind, The Color Purple, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, American Beauty, White Oleander, Girl, Interrupted, Dolores Claiborne, Capote, The Contender, The American President, The Client, Serial Mom, Saved!, The Birdcage, Bridge Jones Diary, Crooklyn, The Cider House Rules, As Good as It Gets, Fried Green Tomatoes, Angels In America, Bowling for Columbine

Television:

C-SPAN, Big Love, Six Feet Under, Weeds, Rome, The West Wing, The McGlaughlin Group, Sex and the City, Oz, The Game Show Network, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Real Time With Bill Maher, Big Brother, David Letterman, Project Runway

Books:

Favorite Fiction Authors: Alice Walker, Tom Perotta, Jonathan Safran Foer, Thomas Harris, Greg Illes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Christopher Rice, Reindaldo ArenasFavorite Non-Fiction Authors: David Brock, Paul Begala, James Carville, Alan Dershowitz, The Clinton's, Madeline Albright, Elie Wiesel, Jessica Valenti, Dee Dee Myers, Susan Bordo

Heroes:

Alan Dershowitz, Benjamin Netanyahu, Paul Wellstone, Edward M. Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, Nancy Pelosi, Madeline Albright, Dr. LeRoy Carhart, Golda Meir, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Steven Breyer

My Blog

Anatomical Autonomy: Taking Control

When exploring the vast spectrum of anatomical autonomy, or the freedom to control our bodies, in this new age of medical breakthroughs and vast scientific research, we find ourselves in a new realm, ...
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:37:00 PST

Feminism and Gender Equality

So I've been contemplating a lot lately about my thoughts on where feminism is headed, and in reading myriad Women's Studies texts and other various feminist readers, I really want to be able to bring...
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:24:00 PST

The Conclusion: Gonzales & Bush v. Women

So it's been a while since the Supreme Court has handed down its decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, Justice Anthony Kennedy writing for the majority held that the "Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 2003" wa...
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:32:00 PST

Sexual Liberation, Part 2: 1 + 1 = happy?

So I've been thinking a lot lately about monogamy and human sexuality, and the compatibility of these two things.  I know this topic has been discussed and debated for a long time, but is monogam...
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:44:00 PST

Gonzalez v Carhart, Part 2 - The oral arguments

"The preservation of life seems to be rather a slogan than a genuine goal of the anti-abortion forces; what they want is control. Control over behavior: power over women. Women in the anti-choice ...
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:29:00 PST

Sexual Liberation

As we roll along in this new century, we are realizing what the new struggles will be in the area of civil rights.  I think sometimes we don't realize that progress is slow, and change isn't some...
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:08:00 PST

Gonzales v Carhart, the integrity of our Supreme Court at stake

It's been a long time since my last blog, so I thought I should write about current events, since my life is incredibly boring and there's not much to write about in that department.  So what's b...
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:10:00 PST

Clouds of smoke

A conversation I had earlier today with a friend.....I'm so right V said... The Omaha City Council passed a smoking ban yesterday!  It bans smoking in all public employement areas, but gives a 5 ...
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:58:00 PST

Political Quiz

You scored as Green. The Green Party believes in an America where decisions are made by the people and not by a few giant corporations. Their environmental goal is a sustainable world where nature...
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Mon, 15 May 2006 07:36:00 PST