Dissent Is Cool

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Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation Educator
Location Santa Maria, California, United States
Introduction I'm an author and writer. I attend UCSB, where I just completed my BA in history, and am one class away from finishing my English BA. I will continue on to get my Masters degree in education. Eventually, I will get my PhD. I am also an educator, working with Special Education and College Bound junior high school students. In my spare time, I am a writer, painter, and photographer.
Interests Foreign policy, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, history, literature, photography, art, Iraq War, George W. Bush, Barack Obama
Favorite Movies Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Moulin Rouge, Fog of War, Encounter Points, Wall, Thank You For Smoking, No End in Sight, Jaws, Psycho, Return of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Rocky 1-3, Rambo, Batman Returns, the Dark Knight, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Iron Man.
Favorite Music The Cramps, Elvis, the Damned, the Ramones, Brian Setzer, Stray Cats, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, the Clash, Dead Kennedys, the Meteors, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, the Dwarves, NOFX, the New Bomb Turks, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, New York Dolls, and the Reverend Horton Heat.
Favorite Books My Life, 9/11, Failed States, Manufacturing Consent, Hegemony or Survival, Fateful Triangle, In Search of Bill Clinton, Bush at War, Plan of Attack, State of Denial, the War Within, All the President's Men, Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72, The Great Shark Hunt, Hey Rube, Better Than Sex, Kingdom of Fear, the Lemon Tree, Israel/Palestine, the Israeli-Arab Reader, the Israel Lobby, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid, In Retrospect, Argument Without End, Brothers, Reclaiming History, Robert Kennedy and His Times, Counselor, Robert Kennedy: His Life, Thirteen Days, To Seek a Newer World, The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity, A Thousand Days, Mutual Contempt, and An Unfinished Life.

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