OT: Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”

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I don’t know about a Youtube vid, but they are finally making it into a movie. Galt’s big speech is going to take at least 20 minutes…

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If you go on YT- I found Colbert doing a funny bit about Rand.

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If you go on YT- I found Colbert doing a funny bit about Rand.

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If you go on YT- I found Colbert doing a funny bit about Rand.

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If you go on YT- I found Colbert doing a funny bit about Rand.

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If you go on YT- I found Colbert doing a funny bit about Rand.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=urbanrealtor]How about football coaches in fallbrook turning our youth into fascist linebackers.

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We’re actually not fascists at all. We’re more of an Anarcho-Syndicalist collective.

I could give a rat’s ass about Ayn Rand, personally. I just don’t care for tendentious Leftists or their little co-religionists. Same tired rhetoric, same lack of facts, same inability to mount a credible, reasoned argument.

Its a lot like sitting there listening to your Mom explain why you NEED to eat your broccoli.

I’m reminded of that great movie, “Time Bandits”, where the Evil Overlord turns to his sidekick (appropriately named Benson) and says: “Oh, Benson, you’re so mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence”.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=urbanrealtor]How about football coaches in fallbrook turning our youth into fascist linebackers.

[/quote]

We’re actually not fascists at all. We’re more of an Anarcho-Syndicalist collective.

I could give a rat’s ass about Ayn Rand, personally. I just don’t care for tendentious Leftists or their little co-religionists. Same tired rhetoric, same lack of facts, same inability to mount a credible, reasoned argument.

Its a lot like sitting there listening to your Mom explain why you NEED to eat your broccoli.

I’m reminded of that great movie, “Time Bandits”, where the Evil Overlord turns to his sidekick (appropriately named Benson) and says: “Oh, Benson, you’re so mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence”.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=urbanrealtor]How about football coaches in fallbrook turning our youth into fascist linebackers.

[/quote]

We’re actually not fascists at all. We’re more of an Anarcho-Syndicalist collective.

I could give a rat’s ass about Ayn Rand, personally. I just don’t care for tendentious Leftists or their little co-religionists. Same tired rhetoric, same lack of facts, same inability to mount a credible, reasoned argument.

Its a lot like sitting there listening to your Mom explain why you NEED to eat your broccoli.

I’m reminded of that great movie, “Time Bandits”, where the Evil Overlord turns to his sidekick (appropriately named Benson) and says: “Oh, Benson, you’re so mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence”.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=urbanrealtor]How about football coaches in fallbrook turning our youth into fascist linebackers.

[/quote]

We’re actually not fascists at all. We’re more of an Anarcho-Syndicalist collective.

I could give a rat’s ass about Ayn Rand, personally. I just don’t care for tendentious Leftists or their little co-religionists. Same tired rhetoric, same lack of facts, same inability to mount a credible, reasoned argument.

Its a lot like sitting there listening to your Mom explain why you NEED to eat your broccoli.

I’m reminded of that great movie, “Time Bandits”, where the Evil Overlord turns to his sidekick (appropriately named Benson) and says: “Oh, Benson, you’re so mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence”.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=urbanrealtor]How about football coaches in fallbrook turning our youth into fascist linebackers.

[/quote]

We’re actually not fascists at all. We’re more of an Anarcho-Syndicalist collective.

I could give a rat’s ass about Ayn Rand, personally. I just don’t care for tendentious Leftists or their little co-religionists. Same tired rhetoric, same lack of facts, same inability to mount a credible, reasoned argument.

Its a lot like sitting there listening to your Mom explain why you NEED to eat your broccoli.

I’m reminded of that great movie, “Time Bandits”, where the Evil Overlord turns to his sidekick (appropriately named Benson) and says: “Oh, Benson, you’re so mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence”.

[davelj]

[quote=sdgrrl]Glad someone posted the article from Vanity Fair- though I find the irony of Vanity Fair publishing it…absolutely ironic! Love many of the articles, but it’s like porn for social climbers ;)[/quote]

I think of Vanity Fair as People Magazine for a different socio-economic set. The issue with the Stiglitz piece also had an article on the internal politics at Goldman during the mid-90s (excerpted from an upcoming book), and a piece from Paul Allen on how he (allegedly) got ripped off by Bill Gates. I generally enjoy it, although the fixation with anything Kennedy- or Old Hollywood-related is a bit much.

Social climbing can be an enjoyable hobby… so long as you’re social and don’t spend all of your money on it.

[davelj]

[quote=sdgrrl]Glad someone posted the article from Vanity Fair- though I find the irony of Vanity Fair publishing it…absolutely ironic! Love many of the articles, but it’s like porn for social climbers ;)[/quote]

I think of Vanity Fair as People Magazine for a different socio-economic set. The issue with the Stiglitz piece also had an article on the internal politics at Goldman during the mid-90s (excerpted from an upcoming book), and a piece from Paul Allen on how he (allegedly) got ripped off by Bill Gates. I generally enjoy it, although the fixation with anything Kennedy- or Old Hollywood-related is a bit much.

Social climbing can be an enjoyable hobby… so long as you’re social and don’t spend all of your money on it.

[davelj]

[quote=sdgrrl]Glad someone posted the article from Vanity Fair- though I find the irony of Vanity Fair publishing it…absolutely ironic! Love many of the articles, but it’s like porn for social climbers ;)[/quote]

I think of Vanity Fair as People Magazine for a different socio-economic set. The issue with the Stiglitz piece also had an article on the internal politics at Goldman during the mid-90s (excerpted from an upcoming book), and a piece from Paul Allen on how he (allegedly) got ripped off by Bill Gates. I generally enjoy it, although the fixation with anything Kennedy- or Old Hollywood-related is a bit much.

Social climbing can be an enjoyable hobby… so long as you’re social and don’t spend all of your money on it.

[davelj]

[quote=sdgrrl]Glad someone posted the article from Vanity Fair- though I find the irony of Vanity Fair publishing it…absolutely ironic! Love many of the articles, but it’s like porn for social climbers ;)[/quote]

I think of Vanity Fair as People Magazine for a different socio-economic set. The issue with the Stiglitz piece also had an article on the internal politics at Goldman during the mid-90s (excerpted from an upcoming book), and a piece from Paul Allen on how he (allegedly) got ripped off by Bill Gates. I generally enjoy it, although the fixation with anything Kennedy- or Old Hollywood-related is a bit much.

Social climbing can be an enjoyable hobby… so long as you’re social and don’t spend all of your money on it.

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