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That is a counter factual definite asserted without proof.... ruveyn1

Is "Don't tread on a me" a philosophy? Or how about" "get the hell out of my way...". A well known character in a novel written by an author with a thick Russian accent, said that. ruveyn1

Whoa! Did he actually write that he was against gay marriage. If not, how could you possibly know? ruveyn1

There is a satire on Ayn Rand: Mozart was a Red. by Murray Rothbard. http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/mozart.html Which made me think of a quasi comical scene where you tell Ayn Rand that -Atlas Shrugged- was pretty good. ruveyn1

Let me see if I have this right. This Hickman person was a loathsome kidnapper and killer but (according to Rand) he suggested something heroic to Rand. I used the wiki article for my information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edward_Hickman#Ayn_Rand.27s_The_Little_Street I can not think of any rational basis on which Ayn Rand evaluated Hickman. But then again, I am not a novelist. ruveyn1

The Republicans have done a thorough job of alienating so called "independent voters", i.e. those who are not ideologically wedded to any political party. The only chance Republicans have is to win the better half of the independent votes. Last election was a good example. Mitt Romney was such a putz, no sane person could have voted for him. So they went with the know quantity, Barak Obama however poor a choice he is. Romney never made a decent case for capitalism. He did the cause a lot of damage with his shallowness and stupidity. ruveyn1

As long as they do not resort to violence and keep their legal distance from funerals, there is no law that can stop them from doing what they are doing. The fact that looney tunes like these are not persecuted and prosecuted is actually a good reflection on our laws of free speech. If they could be shut down by law, how long would it be before you and I were shut down? ruveyn1

Having an electronic invisibility cloak or a force field makes it even safer. By the way, this scenario could not obtain in an age of spy satellites. Even John Galt could not prevent light from passing through cold still air at night. ruveyn1

Perhaps, let he who has committed a lesser sin (or perhaps no sin at all) be the one to cast the stone. ruveyn1

You are the owner of your time, energy and life. If you want to live 100 percent cash and carry that is your decision. There are times that I borrow. But I never borrow unless I have a good reason to, and I know that I can repay the load. A convenient loan can be a time saver and well worth the interest charged over a reasonable period of time. Example: I need a good reliable car to go out on the road and work. If I can not afford it at the instant that work is available I put some money down, borrow the rest, get the car, go out and work and repay the loan from the wages I new can get because I borrowed to purchase the car. If I forwent the loan, I would miss out on a good work opportunity, and that would be a loss or cost to me. ruveyn1

Better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness. (Not original with me). ruveyn1

I would not be so harsh. Many people have been hoodwinked by what passes for education. It is not the victims fault (necessarily) if he was taken in by people who presented themselves as faithful teachers or leaders. If a person persists in something after he has been shown proper proof (empirical proof is best) then he has brought woe upon his own head. My first impulse is to see if someone was a victim, rather than a wrong doer or a passive accomplice in a wrong thing. Don't be in such a hurry to condemn. You could make (innocent) mistakes. Would you like to be roasted for an innocent error? If not, do not be so quick to roast another. Find out about his situation first. ruveyn1

Value (the noun) is something that is sought for if not in hand or defended if it is already in hand. Value in this sense means a valuable thing or situation. In the case of a mathematical or logical variable, the variable is mapped into a domain by a value-function. That is not quite the same thing because there is no end-means context to this definition. In the mathematical context value-ing is putting a label on something for future reference. ruveyn1

In reference to item 3. Wait till your kids go out of the house (as in going to school). They will bring back some speech samples that will shiver your timbers. Little Pitchers have Big Ears. (Believe me -- I have four kids and five grandchildren). ruveyn1

To the main-line types, the likes of the WBC is bloody embarressing. ruveyn1

Our government can, however, open bank accounts which are based on promises, I.O.U.- s and thin air. ruveyn1

Cuffy would have invoked a disjunctive dilemma: do it or I will shoot you. ruveyn1

And sure enough, that is true. Do the head bankers of the main ill managed financial banks (who run a casino, rather than an economy) do one blessed thing of constructive use? Collecting rent as such is not all that useful. Building and designing the houses that people rent to live in is. ruveyn1

The American Jesus wants you to be rich, but first you have to buy the guy's book on how to be rich without even raising a sweat. ruveyn1

We do not yet know enough about human brains to answer that question. However, all preliminary evidence suggests that thoughts start out as neuro-electrical events occurring in the body of the person experiencing the thoughts. So far there is not a lick, not an iota of evidence indicating that thoughts originate in a non-physical substance. That latter is the sort of mess that Descartes left us with. There is no mind-body problem any more than their is a stomach-digestion problem. ruveyn1

Prayer is a Jedi mind trick. In some cases it can lead to useful actions. ruveyn1

Christianity and Objectivism have some items in common: 1. Respect for a person's life. 2. Respect for a person's property. ruvyen1

Nothing really. Cuffy was an outright thug and Jim Taggart was a thug who wore a business suit. These folks believed they could have what they wanted just by apply force in the right place and in the right way. What can one do with specimens like this except avoid them or destroy them? ruveyn1

I have read Anarchy, State and Utopia by Robert Nozick. ruveyn1

Has Righteous Anger gone out of style? ruveyn1