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Comment on Consumption Tax and Our Damned Democracy by Limor

Limor — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:54:26 +0000

I found your blog via Facebook. Thanks for advertising. I’s a relief to know that there are other people out there who use logic, not emotions, to address political issues. I doubt that we will ever be rid of income taxes, or any other taxes by which our hard earned dollars are stolen to help those who refuse to help themselves. However, I have to keep fighting, so that my daughter may have a better future.

Comment on Censorship on 4AynRandFans.com Forums? by Josh

Josh — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00:24 +0000

I thought I should point out that the definition of censorship is simply to delete or restrict a word or passage of text. Censoring is just a fancy word for deleting or holding back and often, but not exclusively, refers to a foreign or higher entity. For example, by “holding your tongue” you are censoring yourself.

Comment on The Secret to Winning the WAR on Terror… by Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:02:05 +0000

I wonder whether the War on Terror is still a relevant topic (and whether it ever was). I wonder also, whether a “War on Terror” will ever be won or whether we are now doomed to fight such a war for eternity. It reminds me of the movie Brazil. And a little bit also of 1984.

I hope that with the end of this administration we will be able to focus again on serious stuff, like how not losing it all to the Chinese, the Indians or the Russians. Having been fooling around for almost eight years with some Pakistani cavemen has cost us a lot.

Comment on Message to FaceBook Users by Sarah Stewart

Sarah Stewart — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:14:49 +0000

Do you happen to have a mailing list? It’s most likely on this page and I’m just not looking hard enough.. I really like your writing, very original and well thought out. By the way if I see one of those faces one more time I may stab myself.

^-^ lolz. For sure.

Comment on Consumption Tax and Our Damned Democracy by reasonmrsmith

reasonmrsmith — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:40:29 +0000

Lord, while my visceral reaction to your Midas-comment is quite positive, the parasites have made clear that neither rain, nor sleet, nor oceans, nor borders will keep them from finding new hosts to feed on.

Comment on The Secret to Winning the WAR on Terror… by Shaun Webb

Shaun Webb — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:13:14 +0000

Very well thought out and put together. I’m with you all the way.

Comment on Consumption Tax and Our Damned Democracy by Lord Westfall

Lord Westfall — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:43:00 +0000

You can always withdraw your productive value from society…or manipulate the system to where it benefits you. The looters think they can buy the votes of the moochers with the money of productive people, but if we all quit supporting them everything would crash.

Why don’t we all save up enough money to buy a nice 3rd world nation and invite people who are tired of being looted to join and build a truly great objectivist society?? The rest of the world will continue to sink in the quicksand of ever-expanding and intrusive governments, but a society that encourages productivity and doesn’t have the anchor of worthless people to support would soar…

Comment on Message to FaceBook Users by Lord Westfall

Lord Westfall — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:55:08 +0000

Objectivism. There are too few people who use reason in our society. I think society will continue to interfere and restrict the freedom of its citizens until they have taken away so much of the incentive to produce that people simple stop producing.

Currently they take a large chunk, and each year they dilute the money supply making the fruits of ones labor worth less and less.

Comment on Ayn Rand on Phil Donahue - You MUST Watch This by jim

jim — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:09:21 +0000

What a pathetic soul. She has lost her focus on reality and has perverted logic. What a waste of time, posting.

Comment on The Secret to Winning the WAR on Terror… by reasonmrsmith

reasonmrsmith — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:18:43 +0000

Raymond President Bush has done more to stifle the conservative movement then any “leftist” could ever dream of, and any man of integrity should be willing to stand up and hold him accountable. President Bush is no friend to conservatives and I consider him fair game. I challenge you to identify one criticism I have made of him that is inconsistent with objective reasoning.

With respect to alternative energy - what’s your point? Technology takes time to evolve, but that evolution happens faster as demand increases. As the price of energy rises the market values alternative sources more, and I expect major advances in the next 10 years (unless the Arabs artificially bring down the price of oil).

Anwar should open to drilling, I am with you there.

I want to defeat the “leftists” too, but where we disagree is that I see President Bush as a leftist. If we keep electing “conservatives” like President Bush “we” will never “win.” There needs to be stark difference between what it means to be a Republican and a Democrat, and as long as those differences are limited to social policy and religious dogma we’ll never achieve limited government or eradicate altruism-by-force.

Comment on Message to FaceBook Users by Poster

Poster — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:36:48 +0000

As a Utilitarian, I despise Rand’s philosophy; it’s just plain incorrect. However, when I saw “Join the Ayn Rand club - Everybody’s doing it!” I had to click the link, just to see what was up. : P

Comment on “Mother Theresa is a Douche Bag” and more from Christopher Hitchens by Michael

Michael — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:28:00 +0000

I really liked this. Hitchens is great.

Comment on The Secret to Winning the WAR on Terror… by Raymond

Raymond — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:52:43 +0000

How disappointing that a supposed follower of Ayn Rand would join in on the leftist’s favorite game called Bush-bashing. Blaming President Bush for all of the world’s evils has become so utterly common, that any time anybody breaks away from that mob mentality, he is margainalized.

I have been hearing about alternative energy sources ever since I was a child. Nothing has changed. Ethanol only results in the prices of corn skyrocketing, and masses of people starving to death. Unless we are willing to override the leftists and switch to nuclear energy, our dependency on oil is here to stay.

I do think we need to drill for oil in places like Anwar and both of the major world oceans. But like nuclear power, the leftists block us from doing so. This creates an artificial shortage, which drives the price of oil and gas up. So unless we are willing to confront and defeat the leftists in this regard, we will either have to accept ever-increasing prices on oil, or stop using cars or flying in planes, which is obviously not realistic.

Comment on Ansley Earhart (Ainsley?) - Ultimate Bimbo and South Carolinian Airhead by bob bohr

bob bohr — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:20:42 +0000

fox news is going to extremes in hiring the babes to do the news. It is too bad that America is so hung up on looks and is only interested in seeing 20-40 year old hard bodies deliver the news. I find myself watching Ains and Court more than the other channels so I am as guilty as the next guy.

Comment on The Secret to Winning the WAR on Terror… by Michael

Michael — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:46:53 +0000

I’ll proudly say that I’m of two minds here. I am not comfortable with a military-industrial complex wherein we are committed to policing the globe, but I also realize that there is a toxic militant strand of Islam that has been aggressing against a great deal of the world, for the previous few decades.

One of the problems we have in cutting off the money flow to terrorism is that our society is designed to run on oil. Many people stateside are irrationally opposed to nuclear power, despite its safe use in France, and I’m not sure what’s going on with hydropower.