John McDonald

Chances are if you found this page you’re probably looking for a different John McDonald. Professors, sports stars, lawyers, doctors - I’m not any of them.

I’m from Florida - Jacksonville to be specific. Now, if you’re looking for a political junkie named John McDonald in the northeast FL region, you might just be at the right website after all.

I don’t have too much to say here about myself because if I’m interested in a topic, I’ve already made a website about it.

• Politics - A nasty business. We would all likely be better off if it went away altogether but its unlikely that will ever happen. Since politicians will stay around to harass us and take our taxes, I figure its a good idea to learn about the strategies they use to influence public opinion and amass fortunes of our money. If you didn’t guess, I’m pretty libertarian / conservative about a lot of issues at the federal level. Social spending? Sure, if you want to keep it local. The city’s school board and the state higher education commission fund 90%+ of the city schools - so why are 80% of my taxes going to D.C.?
• College Education - Necessary just to get by in this modern, specialized world. Of course, I wasted my time in college learning about politics that I could never stoop so low as to pursue a career in, so here I am working in college financial aid by researching scholarships all day for a free online search engine. Its like being a financial analyst, just for people who need free money for college advice. Hey, at least I feel good about helping students find free money for college.
• Website Building - Did I mention that I enjoy building websites about topics of interest to me? Oh, and sometimes I make websites about making websites. Although I’ve been working online for 18 months, I’ve only been developing online sites for the last six months or so. Can’t you tell?  Web hosting is pretty cheap, and there are discount coupon code choices available for services like Dreamhost.  If you’re looking for a Dreamhost coupon, I have a list here:  Dreamhost coupon
• Social News - Web 2.0 they say! Social networking they say! I say its the best way to waste time. What I’m talking about is user-driven submission sites, places where anyone can sign up and post a news story, editorial, or random picture. The users vote it up or vote it down, and everyone can post comments. Some sites have been doing this for years but to the internet at large the trend has just recently hit big. Good, I needed another addictive source of political news and debate.

So I have a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from UNF. Did I mention that? I minored in history (officially) but I also had 15 upper-level credits in: Economics, Literature, International Studies

If you haven’t figured it out yet I’m a big nerd with four book cases over their intended capacity. I’m a hardcore reader, my hardcover collection breaks shelves.