Daygun

I believe one of the greatest problems we face in this war is the government's inability to address who the actual enemy is. This is, in fact, a holy war. We are at war with Islam and until the administration faces the fact that multiculturalism and democracy do not mix, we will continue to be at war with Islam. We'll just have to fight it in Europe instead of the Middle East.

He's also hated by the speculative-fiction literary elite, which means he's proably doing something right.

I’ve been lurking this forum for a while, trying to decide if joining would be a waste of time. Apparently there are a number of intelligent people engaging in thought provoking commentary, and I think I would like to join in. A little about myself: I live in Fort Worth, Texas with my wife, three-year-old daughter, and four cats. I’m a programmer/IA who managed to survive both the dotcom crash and outsourcing. I’m rather new to the Objectivist philosophy, having initially been turned off by the atheistic attributes I dismissed it as just another non-applicable, theoretical thought experiment until my wife suggested I read a fantasy novel by the author Terry Goodkind. I wasn’t necessarily moved by the writing itself, but the underlying substance portrayed in the main character. After a little research I learned the author was an objectivist, so I decided to read some of Ayn Rand’s works. I first read Anthem and enjoyed it, but it wasn’t until I read The Fountainhead that so many of the founding principles of the story’s hero began to take shape in my mind as true righteousness. In the past year I’ve read Objectivist Epistemology and Capitalism. I’m now amazed at the level of clarity and simplicity in my life since I’ve adapted to rational thinking and applying the Trader Principle to all aspects of my existence. I had always been a typical conservative in the past, an ardent defender of capitalism, but at the same time I was a defender of mysticism and altruism. A kind of self destructive dichotomy I still see prevalent in my friends and family. All my life I was warned against the evils of my selfishness, and now thirty years later I’ve learned to embrace it with open arms.