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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 08:47 PM
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I didn't know Ayn Rand stood in the Oval Office with Greenspan when he took his first oath.
Edited on Tue Jun-14-11 08:48 PM by Fuzz
There's a lot I don't know though.
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bluedigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 09:00 PM
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1. Yeah? Well,
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 09:26 PM
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2. Kinda harsh.I was like 9. Watching a Frontline I hadn't seen before.
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bluedigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 09:42 PM
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3. Fair enough. Nothing personal.
You gotta expect that kind of response to such a post, though...
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 09:57 PM
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5. I don't think I do really, but good to know.
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Gemini Cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 10:16 PM
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9. I was 18 in 1974 and I didn't know it either.
Not a big deal.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 09:42 PM
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4. Did he take it on a Bible? Ayn hated the bible the way Boehner hates sobriety. n't
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 10:00 PM
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6. Me too.
Greenspan is filth like Rand.
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larwdem Donating Member (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 10:06 PM
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7. any rand
any rand is a woman, no?
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riderinthestorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 10:12 PM
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8. Was she on SS by then? Already on Medicare? Wouldn't that be a laugh?
(and not in the funny sense of the word).

Some things are just too bizarre to countenance....
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 10:22 PM
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10. Here Ya Go:

At the Oval Office, 1974. From left are Rose Goldsmith,
mother of Alan Greenspan; President Ford; Greenspan; Rand;
and her husband, Frank O’Connor


From: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/books/review/Kirsch-t.html

:hi:
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 10:28 PM
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11. That was the pic I saw on Frontline! Thanks!
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 10:30 PM
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12. Anytime !!!
:hi:
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liberal_mama Donating Member (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-11 11:11 PM
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13. Were they lovers?
Wasn't Ayn Rand a cougar?
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