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(65,826 posts)My name is Matt. I live in SE PA and am 35 years old. Currently single and looking for work. Have a wonderful Gooldendoodle (half Golden Retriever, half Poodle) dog named Gordon. My favorite forms of entertainment include music (huge music fan), reading, the internet/computers, tablet apps, writing, and watching sports. I classify myself as a liberal who believes some socialism should be mixed into any capitalist system. More about me:
Favorite music - Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby for Christmas music, The Beatles (my favorite artist), Elvis, The Beach Boys, Abba, The Byrds, Simon And Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, James Taylor, Big Star, Fleetwood Mac, B-52s, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, Cheap Trick, The Cars, Bruce Springsteen, Luther Vandross, Sam Cooke, The Bangles, Blondie, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Jackson, Madonna, U2, R.E.M., Green Day, Pearl Jam, Kay Hanley, Sheryl Crow, Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, Aimee Mann, The New Pornographers, Regina Spektor, A Fine Frenzy, Kelly Clarkson, Michelle Branch, Eisley, The Corrs, Josh Ritter, The Dollyrots, Dixie Chicks, Alison Krauss, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Dolly Parton, Patty Loveless, Merle Haggard, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Camera Obscura, Rilo Kiley, Chris Isaak, Nina Gordon, Barenaked Ladies, Garbage, Brandi Carlile, Loreena McKennitt, Stacie Rose, Lisa Mychols, Cindy Alexander, Beetoven, Mozart, Wagner, and many more!
Favorite authors - John Grisham, J.K. Rowling, Shakespeare, Lisa Scottoline, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, James Patterson. I enjoy many of the classic books.
Favorite TV shows - Young & The Restless, Big Brother, The Simpsons, GhostHunters, sports programs
Favorite sports teams - The Philly pro teams, Penn State
Favorite movies - comedies like Liar Liar (I have a silly sense of humor), A Christmas Carol (all versions), Star Wars series, and more
Other likes: tracking winter storms, Christmas, snow, dogs, watches, playing instant scratch off games (I've cut back because of how bad they've gotten and lack of money right now), Coast To Coast AM and the paranormal, lists (including celeb crush lists), the night sky (I'm also a night person), electronics, etc.
Political Positions
- Tax the rich at a fairer rate because they can pay. The middle class was strong before the 80s and the rich were still more than comfortable.
- Enable everyone to have a basic living
- Single payer health care
- Pro-regulations, especially in regards to banks and the environment
- Anti-death penalty
- But tough sentences for violent crime and sex offenses
- Pro choice
- Equal rights for all
- Anti-war in all but the most self-defense circumstances
- Legalize marijuana
- Illegal immigrants get fined or short jail term, then are allowed to apply for citizenship
- Anti-free trade that costs too many American jobs
- Pro transition to green energy
- Separate Church and state
Dislikes - greed, disloyalty, critics who think they know everything, loud noises, conservative philosophy of course, etc.
Religion - liberal Christian
Time on DU - since 2001