No doubt by the website you can probably ascertain I am in fact a democrat. I do not know why that would be surprising, except for the MAGA cult which, truly cannot distinguish between right and wrong. First, I love animals and my deep concern over the constant proven human destruction of their habitats put me firmly in the left. Modern republicans have devoted themselves to oil, hunting and up rooting natural resources to their whim without consideration of any long lasting impact. Their false religious stances suggest god will “continue to provide an endless bounty” of these resources. Likewise, being an atheist I put my life in the hands of science. Conservatives want to inject and force their Christian cult life into everyone else’s through government and education. I will never just sit quiet and allow this! This is why there are churches, if you want to practice a faith at your own free will, go there.
Above are just two man reasons why I am a Democrat, but let me expand, black lives do matter, matter of fact all lives matter and all people SHOULD be equal, respected and revered for their differences! I have never had any other race of person injure me in any aspect, except my own “white” race. I could go on and on about the different categories which distinguish my party from the other. Nothing sums it better than the sheer diversity of the democratic party. There are documented historicaI reasons for this, and it is found throughout my main website page. Republicans are a vile group! But to make it clear I am not at all impressed with my party either. I hear so many of “my people” cry and complain about Trump and conservatives, but this last March 28th, No Kings Day recorded as being the second largest in American history was comprised of eight million people. The democratic party is (depending on what resource your using) between 45 and 90 million. Where were they all!
My background
Born and raised in a suburban town of Maryland. I have always had a fascination for the natural world. Reptiles were always my absolute favorite and you could be certain to find me in the woodlands. During my adolescent years my father’s mechanical aspirations influenced my own interest in classic cars; this would prove addicting for any young man my age and thus I began working at the age of fifteen to feed my automotive desires and until 2021, I rarely missed a day’s work. However, as time marched on, certain distasteful social interactions caused my opinions to rapidly evolve and I decided at a late age of twenty-nine to follow my original passion working with animals and protecting the environment.
I landed my first part time zookeeping experience at a roadside zoo a year later. I cannot tell you all the absolute amazing experiences I The next eighteen years working at various zoos and aquariums were the absolute best experiences of my life. Sadly, a few years later, while in between zoo work I was injured in an unrelated job leading to a fight that could not be won with the Florida workers compensation. I lost everything from my vehicle, dignity, and mental health. It was from this battle my career as an author quietly took hold and led me to write my debut narrative nonfiction Slave State. Still struggling from that disaster, I am setting my sights on writing my next book about my first love, the zookeeper’s life.
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The following are fun facts about me:
Number (1)
May 11th 1983, I played a little league baseball game at the White house. At exactly 11:02 you can see me sitting next to President Reagan Second to the right leaning on my glove watching as he signed memorabilia.
In the below video you again see me sitting at (14:15.) And again at 16:56 I walk from the left across and past the President, reaching out to give a high five to a fellow player on the right.
My original ball glove with President Ronald Reagan’s signature as well as five of the 1983 world series Baltimore Orioles players. Cal Ripken Jr., Scott McGregor, Ken Singleton, Jim Palmer and Joe Nolan.
Note-Never in America’s history since 1776 has the White House ever had the insane barrier’s in place between the “people” and the White House. It is a disturbing reality in our modern time and Democracy!
Number 2
You may have seen Animal Planets Fatal Attractions (“Reptiles”), In Season 1, Episode 1 the show highlights the tragic story of Ronald Huff, a Delaware man who was partially consumed by his seven pet Nile monitor lizards after passing away from natural causes, likely a heart attack, in his apartment. The lizards, which ranged from 2 to 6 feet long, were kept in his home and began eating his face and chest due to hunger after being left without food. I was the original zookeeper who picked up these monitors from the Delaware SPCA and took care of them for over a year at a small road side zoo. For the exception of one Nile Monitor, the monitors were all docile including a second larger Nile monitor which is why the lone cat in the bunch was healthy and unharmed.
It is at this point I need to make you understand why the below video is concerning and tied to capitalism. Yes, I’m going to make the connection. The first clue comes from Animal Planets own title in the below YouTube Video. They use “venomous,” in the profession of REPTILES and AMPHIBIANS, venomous is used almost extensively by animals such as boomslangs, pit vipers, cobras ect. that have an evolved toxin that they use to subdue their prey or for defense and is usually injected. In Ronald Huffs case, he was likely bitten by the aggressive Nile monitor that harbored salmonella a typical zoonotic pathogen found in many reptiles and other animals. However, like humans pathogens, you can have one Nile monitor that is infected and another Nile monitor that is not. I might as well make the herpetology’s distinction of poison, which is a toxin that is ingested, as seen in dart frogs, cane toads and others. Many decades ago when I was turning my love of reptiles into a profession, I would occasionally go on YouTube to view videos. This is is when I first really became aware of the severe problem and association of capitalism with YouTube and social media via misinformation and disinformation. For example, most of all the large python and constrictors such as African Rock Pythons, Burmese Pythons, Reticulated Pythons, Green Anacondas all generally grow between twelve (12) and eighteen (18) feet. With twenty (20) being a maximum. Yet, there are dozens possibly hundreds of videos depicting thirty and forty foot snakes and is completely false and destructive to society. The fact is so many of these stories like the one below boast false statements and sensationalism to get you the viewer to click! Clicks turn into revenue! It is simply not surprising we humans are living in a time of complete chaos; it is self inflicted!
Number 3
Four months later the movie Titanic was released. I briefly met Robert Ballard the the finder of the titanic about a year before the movie.