tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post3379921498095563212..comments2024-01-04T11:29:50.296-08:00Comments on THE WULFSHEAD: Lord of the FliesNausicaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10316597236758211957noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-2419268911268346772011-03-26T09:46:32.504-07:002011-03-26T09:46:32.504-07:00That is, assuming she went in that direction. And ...That is, assuming she went in that direction. And that FDR was there too.Quintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353505559085634434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-72667493484595742962011-03-26T09:45:36.866-07:002011-03-26T09:45:36.866-07:00Rand didn't make a sizable living from her pop...Rand didn't make a sizable living from her popular novels? Well, anyway, for a woman who was as unbending and intolerant as she was over what she considered weakness and worthless expression of inferiority it's interesting to see that she lived on Social Security. When she went to Heaven did she thank FDR?Quintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353505559085634434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-37679900123614360492011-03-24T14:37:39.698-07:002011-03-24T14:37:39.698-07:00I mean, the good Doctor did say he considered &quo...I mean, the good Doctor did say he considered "<i>all of Rand's novels worth reading</i>." (<i>The Revolution: A Manifesto</i>)<br /><br />But...he has---how did he put it?---ah, "<i>strong disagreements with her</i>," you know..."<i>on important matters</i>."Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809395041902843768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-9483833573549818252011-03-24T14:35:07.133-07:002011-03-24T14:35:07.133-07:00LOL
I stand corrected.
In the same spirit, for ...LOL<br /><br />I stand corrected. <br /><br />In the same spirit, for accuracy's sake and out of fairness to the good Doctor, I feel it must be unambiguously stated here that neither Ron Paul nor the Libertarian party (or most, or some of it) are directly affiliated with the <i>Objectivist Society</i> or the philosophy of Ayn Rand as outlined in <i>Atlas Shrugged</i> and her other works.Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809395041902843768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-75206642852247523482011-03-24T11:53:58.507-07:002011-03-24T11:53:58.507-07:00Ayn, pronounced "ine", as in "Mein ...Ayn, pronounced "ine", as in "<i>Mein Kampf</i>".<br /><br />(´ー`)y-~~Nausicaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316597236758211957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-50224420075030113052011-03-24T11:51:07.980-07:002011-03-24T11:51:07.980-07:00Ayn RandAyn RandNausicaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316597236758211957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-62652837283783594792011-03-24T11:39:32.315-07:002011-03-24T11:39:32.315-07:00Yet, "perchance he for whom this bell tolls m...Yet, "perchance he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him."<br /><br /><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2011/01/27/tea-party-patron-saint-ayn-rand-applied-for-social-security-medicare-benefits/" rel="nofollow">Case in point</a>:<br /><br /><i>An Rand often spoke of moral absolutism, saying “There can be no compromise on basic principles,” but the realities of aging and illness seem to have softened her stance. Social Security, and perhaps Medicare, allowed Rand and her husband to maintain their quality of life, remain in their apartment and live out their final years with dignity.</i>Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809395041902843768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-47358362441415415362011-03-23T16:04:49.875-07:002011-03-23T16:04:49.875-07:00Aristotrocities? Libertarians don't have to li...Aristotrocities? Libertarians don't have to listen to criticism or complaint because they have declared their independence from all human activities, being, proudly, islands unto themselves, for whom the bell never tolls.Quintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353505559085634434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-37308917987835173172011-03-22T11:21:33.728-07:002011-03-22T11:21:33.728-07:00Scratch a GOP Libertarian and find a closet aristo...Scratch a GOP Libertarian and find a closet aristocrat. It's true! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_conservatism" rel="nofollow">Right-leaning libertarianism</a> always develops into aristocracies.Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574917763025499310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-37853292756299585842011-03-16T13:33:49.888-07:002011-03-16T13:33:49.888-07:00Ron Paul wants to kill grandma :-(Ron Paul wants to kill grandma :-(Nausicaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316597236758211957noreply@blogger.com