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Stephen L. Rush

Moderate Democrat, Business Innovator, Contrary Economist

Family
of Stephen L. Rush

Born: November 1965, Riverside, California to Harry LeRoy Rush of Williamsport, Pennsylvania (deceased: son of Williamsport volunteer fireman Nathan T. Rush & Rosella Fritz; Korean war Navy veteran, body shop mechanic & electrician), and Betty Ruth (Nowacki) Bergfalk of Los Angeles, California (since remarried daughter of WWII shop teacher Bruno Nowacki & Clementine Slawoszewski; elementary teacher, & school counselor).

Descendant of Benjamin Rush's family (Declaration Signer), grand nephew of Stephen Slawski (actor & inventor of Slawski Swivel ironing board), great great grandson of Walery Slawski (master carpenter, Walter Walters brother & suspected grand uncle to Barbara Walters).

(See Family Tree.)

Wife: Raquel Santana Abreu, Appraiser Treasurer.
Born: August 1967, Sao Paulo, Brazil to Antonio Abreu & Ilda Santana.

Son: Gabriel LeRoy Rush.
Born: August 1997, Fontana, California.
Diagnosed as high-functioning autistic (spectrum, speech delay at age of 3).

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Interests

Favorite Books: (only when the information is not available in any visual medium) “The Fourth Turning” Straus & Howe, “Amusing Ourselves To Death” Neil Postman, “Rome Wasn’t Burnt In A Day” Joe Scarbourough.

Favorite Movie Genres: political, action, sci-fi, comedy, and historical fiction drama or action (13 Days, Dave, Primary Colors; Man Who Knew Too Little, Spiderman, Batman Begins; Lord of the Rings, Galaxy Quest, Dune, Nemesis; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Undercover Blues; National Treasure, The Patriot, Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), Mask of Zorro;
The Astronaut Farmer, The Pursuit of Happyness, Evan Almighty, Men of Honor, Field of Dreams).

Cold Stone Creamery concoction: “Political Platform” (butterfingers mixed into vanilla bean ice cream, with strawberries, blueberries, and whipped cream in stripes on top).

Heart-Healthy stunts: King's Soup (Soup of the Day + Instant Oatmeal marinated in Olive Oil).

Stephen L. Rush

Descendant of Declaration of Independence Signer's Family:
Dr. Benjamin Rush.
Descendant of Polish Lord: Count Smolinski.
Blazon of Arms: Rush and Smolinski.
Paternal Families: Rush, English, Fritz.
Maternal Families: Nowacki, Slawski (orig. Slawoszewski), Sczelascziewicz, Smolinski.

See Family Tree.

Leisure

Favorite Sports: watch soccer slightly more than rare only because it was the only sport he ever excelled in and his wife being from Brazil helped.
Favorite Activities: enjoys jumping jacks on trampoline, hiking, philosophical writing, antique furniture replica woodworking.
Favorite Music: “Faith of the Heart” Rod Stewart, “Breathe” Anna Nalick, “Independence Day” Whiteheart, “Heart of a Champion” Carman, “Carrickfergus” Charlotte Church.
Favorite Television Shows: Star Trek (Orig., TNG, DS-9), Stargate, Modern Marvels, Seconds from Disaster, and West Wing.

Adam smith and david beck but desmond doyle and donald rumsfeld and edward belamy for james turk and jimmy hoffa and milton freidman of paul wolfowich and president abraham lincoln and president bush because president dwight d. eisenhower and president franklin delano roosevelt and president herbert hoover when president jimmy carter and president john f. kennedy and president richard m. nixon and president theodore roosevelt and president thomas jefferson and pruitt-igoe housing project and roger berger and ross perot and senator sheila kuehl and treasury secretary john snow and u.s. comptroller general david walker. Find AboutSLR.htm