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AverageJoe90

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15. Indeed, there were many reactionary hard-core conservatives and other malcontents and losers........

Reply to MrYikes (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 09:27 PM

Dec 2012

Who gravitated towards this crappy literature and took it as the gospel back then. Even now, Ayn Rand's screed is often admired by screwy individuals. The only thing that's really changed is that many of the book's modern acolytes call themselves 'libertarians'.....

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One of The Biggest Box-Office Bombs Of 2012: "Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike" [View all] spanone Dec 2012 OP

That should have prepared them for the election results malaise Dec 2012 #1

bwahahahaaa... that's funny...yet they were SHOCKED they lost !! spanone Dec 2012 #5

Let the market speak... CanonRay Dec 2012 #2

The invisible hand has spoken nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #3

But........But.... Flashmann Dec 2012 #4

Well deserved! What a POS. n/t L0oniX Dec 2012 #6

atlas was in the news MrYikes Dec 2012 #7

Why would you have wanted to re-read it? regnaD kciN Dec 2012 #8

It is easier to defeat your opposition if you understand him. MrYikes Dec 2012 #12

Indeed, there were many reactionary hard-core conservatives and other malcontents and losers........ AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #15

Someone gave me a copy of the book RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #9

could have heated your home for the winter.... spanone Dec 2012 #14

I read it in High School SQUEE Dec 2012 #10

Wonder how many times.... Plucketeer Dec 2012 #11

that shit for those motherfuckers is like what porn is to a normal person. datasuspect Dec 2012 #13

LOL! Plucketeer Dec 2012 #16

I love the sound of the invisible hand of the market spanking someone on the ass. Brickbat Dec 2012 #17

Wasn't there another movie this year that bombed even worse than that? derby378 Dec 2012 #18

"I've got the first one on DVD -- wonderful. You should borrow it." DirkGently Dec 2012 #19

Conservative economics. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #20

nobody's buying their shit.....except the media spanone Dec 2012 #22

Once Again Atlas Shrugged Wolf Frankula Dec 2012 #21