Welcome, Dennis. I will enjoy listening to your contributions to our conversations. This is a great place to be able to discuss issues that are not spoken of by most of our contemporary culture.

Jan

Hmmm, big scaly fella. I would say Patriot or 'lover of freedom'. I do not find a border to be important in this context. (I DO find a physical border important to protect inasmuch as what is inside it is different from the environment. Kinda like a the cytoplasmic membrane of a cell: it controls the difference between what is inside a cell and what is outside it.)

Jan

Welcome aboard. Good to see you like AR. How did you like Galt's speech in AS?

Welcome to the Gulch Dennis... Impressive introduction. Objectivism is a way of life :)

glad you're in the gulch Dennis. and thanks for driving such a distance to see the movie! value for value :)

Be sure to read her non-fiction explaining the philosophy. In addition to her own anthologies with essays on a variety of topics, the book Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff provides a comprehensive and systematic explanation.

Welcome.
You will soon be searching for more readings by AR. I highly recommend The Fountainhead along with her non-fiction: The Voice of Reason and Philosophy: Who Needs It.
I was 35 and had just barely survived a contested divorce battle where I watched everything be taken from me by leeches and looters when I was introduced to AR.
She saved my life.

Welcome, Dennis! I consider everyone here to be an American patriot. Foreigners who like it here are OK by me also.

It's never too late... Welcome

Welcome D55. You came of your on free will.

You are doing fine Dennis. I look forward to more of your comments. I think you will fit in well with the Gulch.

It had a profound impact on me as well. I think it mostly reinforced the reasons why I think the way I do.

Rich, thank you. I replied to you with a lengthy explanation. But I can be IT challenged. I replied on the comment page of my introduction. If you don't see it I will re intro myself to you.

I have always been free market, limited government. But I have been telling anyone who will listen that Fox Business Channel is the "all libertarian" channel in the evening. Just more and more references to Atlas, AR, and of course look at the political/statist landscape. So, I thought I shouldn't get too preachy until I read the book. Went looking for it and of course fell into a reawakening of AR -shall we say-prophecy? And timing is everything-it reinforced my views of current political events and perhaps had me reassess ALL that I held automatically-religion, free thinking, even loosened up my social views. It made/let me think. Which to me is the main theme-the mind-my mind. I am becoming a rabid Objectivist. I told my wife.... if AR were alive today I would sell the house and follow her around like a Dead-Head--kind of joking. But perhaps it helps make the point. And I mentioned I read a book a week. AS=6 weeks AND I carry it in my briefcase-hard copy AND on my tablet-electronic -just in case I have down time..... I'm re reading it. Just great. You folks know this-I am new to it. I love business but it's impact on me wasn't just my work approach. It's a lot more.

Welcome to the Gulch Dennis.

WOW! Now that is an introduction. Welcome to the Gulch Dennis. I have always regretted not reading Atlas Shrugged sooner. How did you hear about it?

Welcome to the gulch! If you are looking for another great read, get a copy of "The Golden Pinnacle" by Robert Gore. You will enjoy it.