AKT30 was born and raised amid the concrete canyons of New York City (Manhattan) before getting priced out and moving to super lefty Maplewood, New Jersey. I have been actively involved in politics my entire life and can remember licking envelopes for a city council race with my mother when I was 6 years old. I'm a Democrat with a capital "D" and a very proud member of the netroots community. I despise do-nothing, wimpy, establishment Democrats and I'm hoping that a decent progressive (and populist) candidate will emerge to run for president in 2008.