--> Libertarian/socialist atheist, anti-republican/right wing, pro-indigenous peoples' rights. Dislike superpatriots.
Former US Marine. I'm of German & Austrian descent.
www.myspace.com/hi5hank | IMs: MSN/ICQ/Yahoo

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Fussball/Futbol (FC Bayern & Deutschland), Ice Hockey (NY Rangers), Formula 1 (Nick Heidfeld/BMW Sauber), Handball, Backpacking, Whitewater Kayaking, Trekking & Exploring, History, Eastern Philosophy, Anthropology, Cannabis & Ethnobotany, Science & Technology, Nutrition, SCI-FI

Michael Hedges, Allman Brothers, Black Crowes, Antonio Vivaldi, Miles Davis, Neil Young, Philip Glass, Kronos Quartet, Stone Temple Pilots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Doors, Alice In Chains, Patrick O'Hearn, Pink Floyd, Smithereens, Blind Melon, Shadowfax, Weather Report, Michael Manring, Bozzio-Levin-Stevens [strongly dislike hip-hop and rap]

2001: A Space Odyssey, Das Boot, Last of the Mohicans, Master & Commander, Troy, Team America, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
movies by Akira Kurosawa or starring Toshiro Mifune | Movies based on the works of Philip K Dick

The Tudors, Rome, Heros, Lost, The Riches, House, Dexter, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Sliders, Outer Limits, FrontLine, NOVA, Star Trek, [adult swim] including Venture Brothers, Ghost in the Shell
Channels: PBS, BBC, History, Sci-Fi, Science Channel | NPR Radio

Shogun by James Clavell,
The Ninja by Eric Van Lustbader (soon to be a movie),
Space Odyssey series by Arthur C Clark,
The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda,
The Art of War by Sun Tzu,
Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi |
authors include Buckminster Fuller, Michael Parenti, Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Alan Watts, Richard Marcinko

"The world is my country, to do good my religion."
["All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit"]
- Thomas Paine

"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"
- attributed to Benjamin Franklin

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro"
- Hunter S Thompson