David G. - "Saving the world through music and vegetarianism"

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"Saving the world through music and vegetarianism"

Fairfax, VA, USA
male, age 51
committed relationship
Speaks: Italian, Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Esperanto
Joined Dec 26, 2006

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Welcome to Dave's World
Howdy..........come in and sit a spell.� :-)� You can also visit me at www.myspace.com/composerdude.

Personal		Professional		Contact		Singles

Joined	Dec 26, 2006	Activist Aspirations	Enthusiastic
Here for	Meeting Friends, Professional Connections, Support a Cause
Group Host of	none yet
Groups	(AGR) A Green Road, ASPCA, Amnesty International, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Day, Esperanto For Beginners, Greenpeace, Habitat for Humanity, Mother Jones, NAACP, NPR - National Public Radio, Oxfam, PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Vegan more » Vegetarian

Hometown	Stamford, CT
Homepage	http://www.myspace.com/composerdude
Birthday	Oct 20, 1961
Languages	Italian, Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Esperanto
About Me	different.....intense......committed.....cr eative
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Lifestyle
Pets	Siberian dwarf hamsters, ferrets
Activist Aspirations	Enthusiastic
Political Leaning	Very Liberal
Religions
Eating Habits	STRICT VEGETARIAN
Wild Fact About Me	I have college fraternity stories to tell. Unfortunately. :-)
My Philosophy	(1) Afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted. (2) No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.
What Gives Me Hope	So many things changing for the better over a very long period of time. Look at where things were in the 19th century versus today.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by	Well, if I were president instead of mayor, I would urge Congress to adopt legislation establishing a cabinet-level Department of Peace in order to repair the USA's crappy image and standing in the world & inspire Americans domestically to learn conflict resolution at the local, family, and individual level.
What/who changed my life and why	Ralph Nader, who, unbeknownst to him, rescued me from libertarianism. Ralph became the first person of prominence to take up the cause of multiparty electoral reform as a serious lifelong duty. Prior to that, I had been beating my head against the wall for over twenty-five years promoting the cause of third parties.
What Bugs Me	Corporate greed, People who stereotype animals, Pollution, Hypocritical limousine liberals
Passions	eradicating injustice, My woman, animals, music
Inspirations	The heroes on my MySpace.com list, My parents, My teachers
What Scares Me	Multinational corporate power, Religious fundamentalism, Dick Cheney, Grover Norquist, Karl Rove
Favorites
Role Models	Eleanor Roosevelt, Peter Camejo, Ralph Nader, Jeanette Rankin, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Dalai Lama
Quotation	"The gratifying road up the mountain of justice is long, and the trip is not for the weary but for the long-distance runner." --Ralph Nader
Interests	Films, Men's Field Hockey, Animals, Music
Books	Biographies, Anything by or about composers, Political nonfiction, Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist, Pitching Around Fidel, The Good Fight, Crashing The Party
Music	Brazilian jazz, Bulgarian, Progressive rock, Contemporary classical
Movies	An Unreasonable Man, Documentaries, Anything by Ken Burns, 1776, Rocky, Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca
TV Shows	NOW on PBS, Documentaries, CBS Sunday Morning, The McLaughlin Group, 60 Minutes, St. Elsewhere, the West Wing
Favorite Foods	Anything that didn't have a face!, Anything that didn't have a mother!
Favorite Places	Bulgaria, Greenwich Village, Delray Beach FL
Can't Live Without	Chinese food, music, ferrets
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