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Profile Info:
| About: | Founder freerepublic.com. |
| City: | Fresno |
| State: | CA |
| Country: | USA |
| FR Chapter: | Fresno Chapter |
| Political Views: | Life & Liberty Constitutional Conservative |
| Political Party: | Republican, Tea Party |
| Religious Views: | Christian; Church of the Greater Outdoors |
| Website: | freerepublic.com |
| Education: | Grad student at the School of Hard Knocks; Fresno City College (80's) - Business, accounting, taxes; ECPI ('72) - Computer Programming; U.S. Navy ('65-'69) - Basic Electronics, Interior (shipboard) Communications Systems and other specialized courses; Riviera Beach High School ('64), Riviera Beach, FL, McLane High School (61-'63), Fresno, CA. |
| Bio: | Programmer/Analyst, Systems Development Manager, DP Manager, Partner, CEO & Chairman of software companies & Internet companies; 1972 - present; wife: Sheila, married over 40 years, married 1970; two sons: John and Chris, born '72 and '74. |
| Military Service: | USN 1965 - 1969; WESTPAC cruises aboard destroyers USS Higbee (DD806) and USS Hull (DD945); served stateside aboard USS Wiltsie (DD716); home ports: Long Beach, San Diego, Yokosuka, Subic Bay; other ports of call: Bremerton, Mare Island, San Francisco, Hawaii, Midway, Guam, Hong Kong, Keelung; rating: Interior Communications Electrician, Petty Officer Third Class (IC3). |
| Issues For: | Bitterly clinging to my God, guns, family & country; pro-Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness; small (constitutionally limited) government, self-government, enumerated powers, separation of powers, states rights, originalist judiciary, strong national defense, fiscal responsibility, religious freedom, economic freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of association, property rights, border security! |
| Issues Against: | Abortionism, in your face homosexualism, militant feminism, radical environmentalism, global baloneyism, UN; any form of liberalism, RINOism, statism, progressivism, government forced unionism, government workers unions. collectivism, socialism, communism, fascism, Marxism or totalitarianism; big government, big spending, big taxes, excessive regulation, government abuse or intervention where they have no constitutional authority; judicial activism, etc. |
| Hobbies Activities: | Politics, programming, travel - 49 states visited, over 100 Tea Parties attended, gotta get to Alaska one of these days. Used to do a lot of camping, fishing, four wheeling, but not so much anymore since my wife and I both became disabled. |
| Books Movies: | Documentaries, history, business, military, Civil War, WWII, Vietnam, westerns, drama; John Wayne, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn, Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck, Clark Gable, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman. James Garner, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall; Gone With the Wind; To Kill a Mocking Bird, Grapes of Wrath, African Queen, High Noon; The Searchers, From Here to Eternity, The Great Escape, The Godfather, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Patton; Tora, Tora, Tora, Apocalypse Now, True Grit, Rooster Cogburn, The Shootist, Longest Day, Full Metal Jacket; Platoon, The Patriot, Blues Brothers, O Brother Where Art Thou, Cold Mountain, Open Range, etc |
No, not sure. Will probably make it optional per the user.