*Born at St. Elizabeth South in Covington, Kentucky, Kenton County. Lived in Boone County, Gallatin County, Mason County, Meade County, Breckinridge County, Campbell County, Fayette County, Jefferson County, and Madison County.
*Grew up on a vegetable and tobacco
farm 15 miles out from Ghent, on the line of Carroll and Gallatin
Counties.
*Mostly went to Gallatin County Schools
(K-3; 8-12); for a few years, went to Crittenden Mt. Zion, Grant
County Middle School, and a Sanford, Florida school for one year
*2000 - Graduated Valedictorian at
Gallatin County High School
*Sold sweet corn out of the back of my
truck; “Johnny's Sweet Corn”
*Went to Xavier University for a few
years
*Had many dead-end working class jobs
*2008 - Worked for Working America, a
community affiliate of the AFL-CIO
*Helped to raise funding for Cincinnati
schools
*Campaign Coordinator for Kentucky on
Ralph Nader's Presidential Campaign
*Worked as a Citizen Journalist,
independently, and for Gcvideonews, a local rural news media
*2010 - Ran for State Representative
for a now gerrymandered 61st district in Northern
Kentucky; won 1,255 votes
*Worked on an initiative campaign to
stop animal abuse on factory farms
*wrote for The Cardinal, a student
newspaper at UofL
*Finished Bachelor of Arts in Political
Science at the University of Louisville in 2012
http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2015/01/university-of-louisville-transcripts.html
*Was a part of Occupy Louisville
*Compiled a timeline for native
American history in Kentucky:
http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/08/chapter-1.html
http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/08/short-lil-kentucky-timeline-from-5.html
*List of food that are native to the
Americas:
http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/11/native-american-foods-foods-that.html
*The Freedom Skool: Like Khan's
Academy, with a Russell Brand twist. The Guiding Principles for The
Freedom Skool:
http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/05/guiding-principles-from-11-alt.html
Available Lectures:
The Kentucky Constitution:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6YDQGGmlPccngYOBh6UuUmL6O_pJ2mNL
The Kentucky Hemp Lectures:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL09JAmkZ-2AxAHycXsHa6dlJliyxNvKor
Kentucky Economics:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL09JAmkZ-2AzVPavYDYkimM8Wr5Zs6LIZ
The First Peoples of Kentucky:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL09JAmkZ-2Ax7umJP9_5Ls_UbrdCEXCID
The 48 Laws of Power:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL09JAmkZ-2AxqIWNqpXKMSOAH-qECKVWi
State Government vs. Federal
Government:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL09JAmkZ-2AxM8stLMbD5BBkny_j8BrMi
World Revolutions:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL09JAmkZ-2Az9bOrttLnibMd9ZA3Annf3
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Here's a Screenplay I've started called
“A Day of Thanksgiving: An American Tradition”:
http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-day-of-thanksgiving-american.html
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Ideas I personally like (though not
necessarily a plank in the platform):
Pro-1964 Civil Rights Act
Pro-Kentucky's 1966 Civil Rights Act
Anti-Patriot Act
Anti-NDAA
Pro-Employee Free Choice Act (EFC)
Pro-Public Works Projects
Abolish Poverty
Pro-Good Samaritan Act; Churches house
the homeless
Pro-Planned Parenthood
Guaranteed Minimum Income (GMI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRx-rO9gZ2Q
Repeal Taft-Hartley Act
Reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%E2%80%93Steagall_Legislation
Anti-Corruption
Pro-Women's Crisis Center
Gyms and Sports Centers Everywhere
Body Cameras on all Police Officers
Anti-Unfair Monopolies
Government Owned Utilities
Abolish Racism
Pro-Emerge Kentucky
Increase Kentucky's GDP
Pro-Popular Education: Democracy in the
Classroom
Fiber Optic High Speed Internet
Feminist
A mixed Socialist/Capitalist System
Pro-Legalization of Marijuana
Pro-Working class families
Pro-Dodd-Frank
Pro-Tinker vs. Des Moines
Pro-McCain-Feingold
Anti-Ear Marks
Pro-Education
Pro-Constitutional Convention
Anti-Evil
Anti-War
Pro-Good
Community Colleges in all 120 Counties
100 Greatest Works Humanity Has Ever Made: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2015/01/100-greatest-works-humanity-has-ever.html
For Lasting Democracy, Revolution Is The Best Bet: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/11/for-enduring-democracies-revolutions.html
Philosophy with a Hammer: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/11/philosophy-with-hammer.html
Louisville Judges Make $32.7 Million Dollars: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/10/327-million-dollars-for-louisvilles.html
America's 3-Tiered Prussian Industrial System: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-dissertation-for-liberation-and.html
Johann Gripshover's Farm Deed: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/10/johann-gripshovers-farm-deed-and.html
100 Greatest Works Humanity Has Ever Made: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2015/01/100-greatest-works-humanity-has-ever.html
For Lasting Democracy, Revolution Is The Best Bet: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/11/for-enduring-democracies-revolutions.html
Philosophy with a Hammer: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/11/philosophy-with-hammer.html
Louisville Judges Make $32.7 Million Dollars: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/10/327-million-dollars-for-louisvilles.html
America's 3-Tiered Prussian Industrial System: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-dissertation-for-liberation-and.html
Johann Gripshover's Farm Deed: http://thefreedomskool.blogspot.com/2014/10/johann-gripshovers-farm-deed-and.html
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