Progressive Politics, Music (Classical, Jazz, Folk, Bluegrass, 60's & 70's R & R, Soul, R & B-the stuff from the 60's and early 70's, Funk)
guitars, banjo (5 string and tenor), mandolin, dobro, lap steels
British humor (esp. Eddie Izzard & Monty Python), genealogy, Irish history and culture, reading, travel, foreign languages, activism, photography, Apple Computers, improving the state of education in this country, Blackjack, Movies
James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Nickel Creek, Chris Thile, Mike Marshall, Alison Krauss, Sam Bush, Lyle Lovett, Dixie Chicks
Solas, Altan, John Doyle, Cherish the Ladies, Susan McKeown, Cathie Ryan, Patrick Street, Kate Rusby
Nicola, Pedro Aznar, Tower of Power, Howard Tate, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, EW & F, Sly & the Family Stone, Rush, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Aerosmith, The Police, Sting, Sam Cooke, the cats at Motown, Sam & Dave and the whole crew at Staxx Records, anything Steve Cropper played on
Chet Atkins, Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Romero Lubambo, Toninho Horta, Miles, Kenny Garrett, Michael Brecker, Joe Pass, Herb Ellis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dizzy, Coltrane, Bird, Wayne Shorter, Lyle Mays, Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, Bill Evans, Gil Goldstein
Andres Segovia, John Williams (the guitarist), Julian Bream, David Russell, Guitar music of Spain, Mexico, Central and South America
Movies
All the President's Men, Citizen Kane, The Red Violin, Cinema Paradiso, The Princess Bride, 84 Charing Cross Road, American Werewolf in London, most films by Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, Federico Fellini, Roberto Benigni, Pedro Almodovar, Michael Moore, Spike Lee, Christopher Guest, and the great storytellers who make Independent films, all of whom deserve far more exposure and recognition for their incredible body of work than they currently receive.
Television
The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Critic, The Simpsons, Real Time w/ Bill Maher, Whose Line is it Anyway?, Fawlty Towers, Coupling (the original)
Books
Kurt Vonnegut, John Irving, Tom Robbins, Bob Woodward, John Dean, Barbara Kingsolver, Frank McCourt, George Lakoff, Wayne Dyer, Robin Williams (the graphic designer)
Heroes
JFK, RFK, FDR, Tip O'Neill, Cesar Chavez, Bobby Kennedy Jr., Martin Luther King Jr., President Jimmy Carter, my late uncle Dr. James Horgan, Senator John Edwards, Morris Dees, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Maya Angelou, Dennis Kucinich
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
-Margaret Mead
"Some people," he said, "see things and say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were, and I say 'Why not?'"
-George Bernard Shaw
RFK often finished his stump speeches with this quote.
About me: I am a musician with a degree in classical guitar from the College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio. After twenty one years in the music business (thirteen of them on Broadway), I got out of it to pursue my other passion: progressive politics.
The result is In Focus Consulting Group, which advises progressive candidates for elected office, helping them reshape and reframe issues and policies, both foreign and domestic, in ways that the media and our currently elected officials have yet to consider.
My first time at bat was also my first victory. I served as campaign manager for first time judicial candidate, Chris Ann Kelley in Brookhaven Township's Sixth District Court (Suffolk Co., Long Island).
Not only did she win her primary race for the Working Families and Independence party lines (the only candidate on our eleven member ticket to do so), she became the first Democrat to sit on the bench in Brookhaven's Sixth District Court in over 30 years. To the best of anybody's recollection, she may very well be the first woman Democrat to hold that post as well.
Who I'd like to meet: JFK, RFK, Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King Jr., President Jimmy Carter, Senator John Edwards, Morris Dees, FDR, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Maya Angelou, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Bobby Kennedy Jr., Arianna Huffington, Michael Moore, John Lennon, Billy Crystal, Johnny Carson, Groucho Marx
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Thanks for supporting our Troops! I appreciate it and I know our Troops appreciate it.
If you would like to help us thank those still serving overseas and help those coming home wounded, please stop by the profile, read the latest blog and do what you can.
HELLO. Hope you're doing good. I invite you to check out my latest campaign to fight hate speech against Latinos, the "Justice. Not Bullets." campaign. To find out more & learn about how you can help, Please visit: http://wp.me/ps8BM-6s Peace, -Reg
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Thanks for adding me. ¶ People hear only what they want, so facts alone won't wake them; they need inspiration too. ¶ This world's evils have a common root: Bullies, liars, thieves, & murderers — particularly those in public office — believe we're all separate, motivated only by self-interest, by greed & fear. They want us to share that belief; they use it to justify themselves, to manipulate us, to shape the world's political & economic systems, perpetuating war & poverty. ¶ But you & I have found something better inside ourselves & our friends. It's in everyone, if we can just wake them; we're all one flesh & blood. Let's spread that vision, for until we do our other advances will be minor & temporary. ¶ The war of ideas doesn't have a winner yet, so no one can afford to be just a spectator. Find your place in the movement, if you haven't already; you'll feel better for it. Question authority. Keep fighting, loving, hoping, singing. Hand in hand, we may still be able to heal this world. ¶ For now, let's see if this meme will spread: "CLOSE GITMO BY BASTILLE DAY. PASS IT ON. " ¶ Love, Eric
Just dropping by to say, "Hi," to my new friend! ;D
Peace, Truth, and Progressives,
~Fighting Dem~
P.S. Would you still be my friend if you knew that I suck at playing, "Highway to Heaven?" Or for even PLAYING "said" forbidden song in Wayne's World? :D
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