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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:39 PM Original message |
Yesterday I saw a car with 2 bumper stickers: "Who is John Galt" and "Rearden Steel" |
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Erose999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. I saw one recently with "READ ATLAS SHRUGGED" spelled out in mailbox letters across the trunk... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Apparently, there's going to be a movie. |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I read the premise to that movie. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I've read all of Ayn Rand's novels. It may be even more laughable than you realize. |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. When I was an undergrad in University |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. I'm about in the middle of Atlas (read some of the others) |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. When you are finished, I want to know what you thought about it. |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. ...it's either going to be comedy gold, or...well, there is no 'or'. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You know, I think that there is a hypothetical good movie you could make from Atlas Shrugged. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Did you hear about Borat's next movie? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Think "Battlefield Earth" with longer speeches |
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Amaril (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Yeah, but there's that really cool......... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. reading The Monologue at one sitting can cause headaches, blackouts, temporary blindness... |
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Amaril (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Ah, I see |
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chemp (569 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Cross between... |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. This country is already gone and the democratic party helped the republicans run over us. What a |
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Lindsay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. I take it nobody's broken it to these people |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. I prefer this bumper sticker: |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Strangely, I also saw that one recently. |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. There was an asshole here at work |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. LOL, ain't that the way it always is. If it is for ME, I deserve it. |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. I just got through about half of that book and had to put it down. I thought it sucked. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Rearden Steel"? Sounds like a good porn name. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The accompanying logo was... interesting in that regard: |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Holy Shit! |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Trojan maaaaan... |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. As a liberal I disagree with the Ayn Rand hatred. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Pardon me, but the position of DU's Resident Ayn Rand Apologist is taken. By me. |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. No no sir, have at it |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You have made me realize I'm just a ghost of my former Ayn Rand Apologizing self... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. All right, I will say this... |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Well, apparently you are now the new Ayn Rand apologist. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Ayn Raynd, that PARASITE (not to mention hypocrite) collected Social Security and Medicare! |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Ahhh... so we are all too stupid to understand the brilliance |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. People should be good because it is the right thing to do, not because they are forced. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. You must also disagree with spell check as well |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Whew! Glad you did that. Apparently I'm too slow and dim-witted |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. okay...quickly |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. "It is not a question of whether or not Rand was some perfect person" |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. I'll be your huckleberry! |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. We gonna do discussion or emotion? |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I'll simply leave it to the fair-minded reader to determine for themselves that Rand's |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. You to imply that even though rand was a fool she still brought something to the table |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. Fawning adoration of Ayn Rand is fundamentally incompatible with |
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enuegii (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. I'm not an expert, 'self-styled' or otherwise, on anything... |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. Here's my classic repsonse to Atlas Shrugged threads... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. what's the plan NOW, genius?? |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Paraphrasing a Greenspan quote in that regard: |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. "Atlas Shrugged..." |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. If you're doing that, then I'm going to post a link to my review of The Fountainhead |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. A classic. But I like this, too |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
39. Who is John Galt? A fictional character created by a mentally disturbed woman |
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