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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:43 PM Original message |
The Truth About GOP Hero Ayn Rand - ThinkProgressVideo |
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Grassy Knoll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. No wonder they love her. n/t |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Yeah. There are many |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
103. Ayn Rand has the ability to tear the GOP apart. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 04:36 AM Response to Reply #103 |
181. Oh yeah. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Creepy, ghastly soul. |
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Youth Uprising (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. She kind of reminds me of this guy... |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
50. She was Russian. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
72. Ayn Rand was a Russian Jew |
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Mark D. (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #72 |
83. Good Points |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. My High School English Lit Teacher gave to me Fountain Head in 1968 |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. When I was 20 |
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Athena66 (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #91 |
155. Speaking of youth |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. I hear that a lot |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #155 |
160. Weren't you smart! n/t |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #91 |
159. bit of paradox, isn't it? |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #159 |
162. I was trying to think of how to put it in words |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #162 |
164. Me too. We're Socialist Libertarian's |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #164 |
165. And I thank you as well |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Yes, a socipath and a narcissist |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #88 |
104. isn't that just an adhom attack? |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #104 |
132. The philosophy is essentially the same as sociopathic ideas |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. not the Hitler card.. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #134 |
140. What is up with supporting Rand? |
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HankyDubs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #104 |
136. no. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #104 |
146. she revered a serial killer |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #104 |
166. At least not at first but possibly after being around them they become that crazy. |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #72 |
84. This explains a lot! |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #84 |
94. Helen Mirren was outstanding |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
76. What was wrong with her eyes? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #76 |
89. Ayn Rand was a speed freak, her brain must have been mush by the time that interview was conducted |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #89 |
167. Was she a speed freak? She reminds me of Bachman's traits actually. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #76 |
145. I Noticed that too.... speed maybe? |
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freedom fighter jh (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
107. . |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
152. Did you see those shifty eyes? |
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Danse (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Terrific Video |
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Grassy Knoll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Go to the top of this page and find post (Pic of pencil) |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Danse, are you sharing an article? |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Thank you, Danse and welcome to DU. That is a great article and I'll share it. |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
59. Danse, that was extremely well-written and I can look back on this day |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #59 |
128. Yes, it showed great depth, very inspiring! |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
67. Danse, beautifully done. I've shared this on FB and elsewhere. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
78. Great Article |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
106. Wow Danse! Welcome to DU |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
168. Welcome and great article! |
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juxtaposed (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. do we need more? push is coming to shove- They have a movie now. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. You're in good company. Make yourself at home! |
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Stargleamer (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. This hypocrite applied for Medicare. . . |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. And took Social Security. Like Teapartiers, figured she was owed it. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
105. if you are forced to pay into SS then you better believe you |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #105 |
127. "I support SS but I think it sounds like you think SS is just some handout " |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. you did indeed imply it was a hand out... |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #130 |
142. One last time: |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
90. She was a hypocrite from day 1: she and her family got in the US via asylum |
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spicegal (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Am wondering how many taped interviews can be dug up on |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. On the youtube page of the OP, there are a lot of the right side. |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
77. She said, "very few people deserve love..." |
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Spiderzumbie (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. I was just thinking............... |
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jonthebru (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. BINGO! |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Not sure what you're thinking, but it ain't all govt's; corporations are doing this now. |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
49. Isn't that how corporations work? |
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HolyCity2012 (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ayn Rand, Secret Socialist |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Woohoo! Thanks so much for that link. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
137. It's like scientology, but with republicans.... |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. I wonder how many of the rank and file realize how anti christian she was |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Her philosophy could be a cause for war. nt |
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Pharaoh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. The Christian right |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. Self loathing at its pinnacle. |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. what a piece of work n/t |
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RowdyRacer (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I read "Atlas Shrugged"... |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
60. when you get to the sci-fi anti-matter gun shit it's hard to take any of it serious. |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
63. I tried to read it, I really did... |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. K & R |
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MsPithy (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. Kind of reminds me of Orly Taitz, only with worse hair. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Yes, I noticed her shifty eyes, as well. |
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scott_d (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
48. I Think You Nailed It |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. Well put...and welcome! |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
58. She was addicted to methamphetamine |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #58 |
169. Is that part of the Ayn Cult thing because I swear Palin, Bachman and a few others are speed freaks. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #169 |
182. You know Glinda, now that you mention it |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #182 |
188. I know someone who is a huge fan of hers and has money. He gave me a lecture |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
61. she was a speed freak. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
24. The ironic thing is the wealthy business interests have most Reps thinking these are Christian |
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the_chinuk (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
25. Funny Those Tea Partiers Think They Have Something In Common With John Galt … |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I think all the Ayn Rand worship could be used in political campaigns to question if |
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the_chinuk (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Well, being Mormon did scare people away from Mitt. It could prove a winnower. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
52. I think their modern Christianity |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #52 |
170. That is an interesting observation on Mega-Churches.Do they really sit around and talk about money? |
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the_chinuk (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #170 |
183. Not in so many words. But … |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #183 |
187. Is this different from Dominionist think about rich = heaven? |
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tclambert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
54. Isn't John Galt the guy from "Atlas Shrugged" who shortly after that story developed kidney disease |
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classof56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #54 |
73. Ah, now we know! |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
171. LMAO |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
70. The teabaggers think they're the ones that will be stepping on the little people |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
112. Enjoyed your post |
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Presidentcokedupfratboy (994 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
27. She is the epitome |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
172. Your name is funny.... |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
28. The person I'd least like to have a beer with. |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
30. Windows is so broken that I can't keep a sound driver loaded, so I can't hear this, but... |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
92. It didn't touch on that. |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
34. one could take her for |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #34 |
53. I saw that film biography of Riefenstahl years ago; despite her many flaws, she had personal charm. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
35. I am reminded of |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
36. For a party of wannabe bible thumpers they sure look up to some evil fucks. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
38. Finally, someone told conservoes how to pronounce "Ayn" |
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humanityisfree (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
39. this is a strange "interview" |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
93. Check youtube there are a few more interviews with Ayn Rand |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
40. she was truly a sociopath and nihilist |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Rothbard was also against the Fed and American Imperialism |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #40 |
74. I found this a truly disturbing passage in the artice by Murray Rothbard. |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #74 |
81. indeed |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. with one caveat |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #82 |
95. Technically he did admit he was wrong, but he did so in a way he painted himself the victim |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #95 |
117. exactly |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #74 |
173. So they rationalize being ignorant. |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
42. I have a tee shirt sentence for you. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
43. It really confuses me why the "in the backpocket of the Religious Right" GOP |
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scott_d (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. She Condemned More Than Love And Compassion |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
108. I guess for the same reasons they make heros out of |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
44. Paul Ryan-effin' jerk |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
45. THE example of why I am ashamed of my species |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
47. I haven't read Atlas Shrugged; I've tried, but it always puts me to sleep. n/t |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #47 |
174. I read it years ago and it was not memorable. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
55. And we thought Hitler had bad ideas. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #55 |
85. Hitler did as well-FASCISM is sickening & back-wards-Oppressive to ALL but a few, i.e. the wealthy |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #85 |
158. Hitler did as well-FASCISM is sickening & back-wards |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
57. I'd love for somebody in the media to pull a "gotcha" on a GOPer |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #57 |
64. an 'anonymous' anti-Christian quote of Rand's |
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scott_d (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #64 |
75. Rand Despised Christianity For More Than Just Its Promotion Of Altruism |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #64 |
175. She was defeatist and definitely suffered from depression as well as other issues it seems. |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
62. Ayn Rand was a vampire |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
65. Wasn't she an anti-Christian atheist? |
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DCofVA (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
66. I know this word is really over used but, in this case it really fits.... |
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DCofVA (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
68. It is interesting that her name is so close to Aryan |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #68 |
126. You do know that she born to a Jewish family, right? |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
69. Rand has some good points and other silly points... |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #69 |
98. Calling Ayn Rand a philosopher is like saying Sarah Palin is a scholar... |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. I know she wrote fiction but her philosophy of Objectivism can't be |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #102 |
109. I know exactly what a "philosopher" is that is why I said that Rand was a poor one |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #109 |
113. I've read fountainhead but I didn't find |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #113 |
119. Technically the hero in the fountainhead was a sociopathic rapist, |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. he is falsely accused of rape in the book for one thing.. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #122 |
125. Well for what ti is worth... |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. oh nice...people have debated whether or not that depicted rape or |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #129 |
141. You're all over the place. Five centuries? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #141 |
147. wrong place |
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ryan_cats (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #122 |
131. Falsely accused of rape, are we talking the about the same book? |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. well...let's ask Dominique if she really wanted it... |
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ryan_cats (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #133 |
138. I challenge anyone to read that passage and say it's not rape. |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #102 |
157. it influenced decades of libertarian and conservative thought. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
71. Creepy ugly troll like creature |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
79. If a multi-national corporation were in human form, it would be Ayn Rand |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #79 |
176. I also wondered that. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
80. Ayn was a fiction writer, charismatic and deeply emotionally disturbed |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
86. "Hate one another" is morality -- who does the GOP worship next, Hitler? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
96. Atlas Shrugged Part II "One Hour Later" By Bob the Angry Flower |
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SleeplessinSoCal (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
97. The clip should end with information about her collecting Social Security and Medicare. |
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HolyCity2012 (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. yes, yes it should |
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WoodyD (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
100. This kind of says it all |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
101. Any GOP Christian who loves Ayn Rand should be asked about John Galt's speech. |
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Danse (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
110. Common sense |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
111. I read her 3 fiction novels |
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Danse (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #111 |
116. Island |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #111 |
124. Well, there is that but also Huxley was actually a good writer... |
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doeriver (677 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
114. Delta Brother-Lover and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan: Gushing Over The Fountainhead |
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Johnny2X2X (356 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
115. What is missed |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #115 |
177. Good points. This makes it understandable why so many uber-Religious people fall into |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
118. Thom Hartmann covered this today - Republicans sure do love sociopaths! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
120. I have stated this here many times before.l |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
121. Misery loves company... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
123. so they're followers of a Russian Athiest? |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #123 |
144. For the first time in years they may actually stop being hypocrites. Remember "Compassionate |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #123 |
178. Maybe she is connected to the Koch's grandparents or something. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
135. Alan Greenspan was a great fan/friend of Rands |
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Dont call me Shirley (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
139. Most of the... |
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GETPLANING (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
143. She was also a supporter of abortion rights |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #143 |
149. It is possible for obnoxious people to get something right. nt |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
148. She's a sociopath and other sociopaths are attracted to her way of thinking |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #148 |
179. Forgot the psychology term for when more than two people share a psychological illness and band |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #179 |
184. damn... right now I can't think of the term but yes, |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #184 |
186. There is a term for "two" and a term for "many". |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #186 |
189. I believe the Terms are Mentioned in, "A Sociopath Next Door" |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
150. She is obviously a erroneously-guided fool 9 out of 10 times.. |
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NICO9000 (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
151. Man, what a horrible creep she was |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #151 |
153. Explains a lot about the right, doesnt it? |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
154. Ayn Rand, Orly Taitz: |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #154 |
185. she's another one |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
161. There are very few of us worthy of love |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
163. If there is anything that displays the utter mental bankruptcy of the right-wing... |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
180. Nystagmus is a shifting eye condition that can be the result |
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big lu (152 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
190. K&R |
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