The author of this article jumped all around and never made a point, he just assumed it . Like most progressives I’ve talked with they never make a logical argument. Trying to understand the opposing argument against the philosophy in AS is like nailing jelly to a wall. Two new facts that came out this week: 101,000,000 US Americans get food assistance from tax dollars and there is a new regulation on the average of every 2.9 seconds.; not exactly Galt’s gulch. We are outnumbered and things will get worse. Rand Paul anyone?

I first read AS in my twenties and heard the same crap as this idiot is spouting."So it came as a complete shock to me there are people in this world that take Ayn Rand and her “Objectivist” philosophy seriously. In fact, Ayn Rand and her two books of note really didn’t pique my interest or attention again after that semester — for decades..." Nothing has changed in the last 45 years. Its always delivered with the same faux superiority "do you really take this stuff seriously? Take my word for it, none of these buffoons are brave enough to stand up to a debate on AR's Objectivism.

I think that Adam has acknowledged this above the deleted bar.

My response is an orphan, and can be mistakenly attributed to the opening post.

No real harm.

It's protocol to not delete a post, or edit the content, once a response has been left to it......

Argue? It's debating...discussing...at a time when debate and discussion is most needed.

Rocky, I apologize; your post didn't appear to me to address anything that I had said, so I thought that there had been an error. But, I deleted it because I should have lurked for a while before posting.

So, would you please be kind enough to overlook the faux pas? I don't want to argue with any of you.

To Adam:

Put your comment back, so others know what I am responding to.

The article writer isn't in here to argue with.

I'll do what I think John Galt would do in this situation: ignore him, and state why.

Album title!

There is one song that he did on Weasels Ripped My Flesh that would be the song I would take to a deserted island, if I only got one to take: Directly From My Heart To You.

It has this really old (and great) black violin playing blues singer named Papa John Creach...and he does it awesomely.

See if you can find it online, and enjoy!

LOL "burnt weeny sandwich"?? Is that the name of the album or one of his kids? Or all 3 of them?

I didn't "see" how he "did it"...I HEARD him.. (okay..I saw it too...the first time I watched it even...see my review from last Oct...)

I just realized what he was doing -- so I had to come log back in and post this:

Rush Limbaugh has a phrase "the low information voters." (Yea, I listen to him every once in a while for the entertainment value. He actually does have a few good points now and then.)

This dude is not talking to the sentient folks of the world -- he is talking to the "low information voters" who couldn't tell the truth from pile of frog poop. He has to say this kind of thing in order to "save them" from the truth. There is a chance one of his readers might actually watch the movies, and then go read the book -- and they'd instantly transform from a sheeple to a striker!

I know I did...

When I was in college in 1969-1973 I occasionally carried a copy of "The Objectivist" on top of whatever textbook I was lugging around.

I met one of the smartest men I have ever known as a result. He approached me in a logic class after seeing the magazine. He had read all of Rand's works of fiction by then as well and had seen the subscription cards for the magazine that were inserted in the paperback versions.

The author of the review doesn't care about reality or if anything he writes is true.

He does, however, want his readers to remember and believe his biggest lie:

"The reality is, we’re already living in an objectivist society and it’s killing us. We don’t really need to see what would happen if the Randians had their way — we’re seeing it happen now."

It would be easy to say that anyone who thinks that we are living in an Objectivist society now just doesn't know what he his talking about, but the author knows what he writes isn't true...and that's what makes it so offensive.

awesome! I love a good man ponytail

One of my favorites!

I used to have a 12 string...they are a b*tch to tune.

Go back and look at his hair (or rather, ponytail)...it is about 3" longer than mine.

looking forward to it. here's to your continued decisions in the court of law based on reason!

he would have had more cred if he would have mentioned Zevon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5puAN1PG...

that's what I think of your emoticon