With the NDAA, his failure to close Guantanamo Bay and the ramping use of drones, President Obama looks suspiciously like President Bush, a man on a quest for American Empire.

Technology isn't the enemy, it is our ally, but only if we adopt a new model that puts people before profit. I realize that we seem far from that model, but I have seen it in action and it is a beautiful thing. So I'm not willing to give up yet. Hope is the last thing to die.

We are simply human beings. So it is important for us to treat each other in that capacity.

Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the punk rock kids fed the homeless in the town square.

If you don't write good music, people aren't going to listen to anything you say.

The best way to avoid warfare is if no one shows up.

I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance.