Ayn Rand

The Year of the GOP Snake

February 11, 2013 by Charlie Meyer 3 Comments

“Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?” –Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By the Chinese calendar, 2013 ought to have been a banner year for conservatives. As crestfallen Ann Romney soaks up tears with Kleenex bought by the carload at Costco, and Karl Rove squirms at megadonor angst over Crossroads GPS’ lame batting average in November’s election, Republican delusions of a 2010 redux string of victories evaporated almost as quickly as Sarah Palin’s and Dick Morris’ fat Fox News paychecks.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ayn Rand, Donald Trump, GOP obstructionism, Karl Rove, Mitt Romney, Todd Akin

$58 Dollars

November 23, 2012 by Mike Scourby 4 Comments

While many of America’s 310 million people feasted on Thanksgiving Day, a silent group of Americans faced another day in poverty. Over 15 million people now live day to day, one meal at a time, in poverty – far more than at any time in the last 40 years, most of which are women and children.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ayn Rand, Lyndon Johnson, War on Poverty

Paul Ryan’s Ayn-Rand-Worldview Flunks the Foreign Policy Test

October 17, 2012 by Bill Rice Leave a Comment

According to most media outlets, especially the spectacle of cable news, the best way to judge a political debate seems to be tantamount to judging a beauty pageant or American Idol contest without the musical talent evaluations. It’s all about presentation, facial expressions, what one is doing while the other is speaking, “looking presidential.” Numerous pundits have advised viewers to best take in the debate with their volume off.… [Read more]

Filed Under: WTLF*?!? Tagged With: Afghanistan, Ayn Rand, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq, Joe Biden, Paul Ryan, VP Debate 2012

Cue the Confetti – There is a Nation to be Won!

September 10, 2012 by Bryan Davies 1 Comment

Even when you know the story by heart, where the villains are classic WWF-styled heels and the good guys are us, thank Christ, and not them, a political convention is compelling stuff. Talking heads babble and party flacks coo about how only their gang really ‘gets’ the American people. It is a riveting event, like a train wreck in slow motion, or a fat guy falling over the third base railing trying to snag a foul ball and keep his beer from spilling.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ann Romney, Ayn Rand, Democratic National Convention, Paul Ryan, Political Debates, President Obama, Republican National Convention, US Economy, US Politics

Are Obama’s Policies “European?” Who Cares?

August 29, 2012 by Bill Rice 3 Comments

In all honesty, MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews often annoys and creeps me out, but there are those valuable times when the man has a point. In a recent exchange with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Morning Joe, Preibus accused President Barack Obama of “looking to Europe for guidance” on issues like healthcare, spending, and economic stimulus.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Angela Merkel, Ayn Rand, Europe, European Union, Foreign Policy, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, President Obama

A Letter from Ayn Rand

August 22, 2012 by Leftside Annie 12 Comments

Мой возлюбленный Пол (My beloved Paul),

Это причиняет боль мне, что Вы бросили меня под автобусом. Я думал, что мы были постоянными задушевными друзьями, работающими к нашей прекрасной капиталистической Утопии, где сильное правило и слабое погибают. (It pains me that you have thrown me under the bus. I thought we were everlasting soulmates, working toward our perfect capitalist Utopia, where the strong rule and the weak perish.)… [Read more]

Filed Under: WTLF*?!? Tagged With: Atheist, Ayn Rand, John Galt, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, War on Women

Let’s Call a Spade a Spade: Why Paul Ryan Is Anything But Nice

August 16, 2012 by Mikki Israel 10 Comments

Since Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his presidential running mate there has been a barrage of commentary surrounding the seven-term Congressman from Wisconsin. Quite naturally there has been much talk of his influence by Russian-American novelist and atheist Ayn Rand whom he has credited as his inspiration for entering politics. Something which he now is adamantly distancing himself — actually flat-out denying.… [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Ayn Rand, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Social Programs, Social Security

Ayn Rand — Why Does She Still Matter?

August 14, 2012 by Barbara Broido 11 Comments

Why does Ayn Rand’s message resonate so strongly with so many of the far right wing, specifically and especially Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s chosen running mate?… [Read more]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, Anti-Theism, Atheism, Ayn Rand, discredited philosophy, Objectivism, Paul Ryan, The philosophy of narcissism

Weekly Wrap – July 8, 2012

July 8, 2012 by Brooklyn Dame 2 Comments

This week we celebrated the nation’s independence day so that brought us to thinking about where the nation was, how far it has to go and who holds the power in charting the course for the future. We talk about the politicians all the time but what about the voters? Though not monolithic, we generally know where Democrats and Republicans stand on the issues, but what about the Independents? … [Read more]

Filed Under: Wrap-Up Tagged With: ACTA, Ayn Rand, Democracy, Independent, Obamacare, Pakistan, Supreme Court

The Myths of Objectivism

July 5, 2012 by Charles Fisher 10 Comments

It can be said that the merits of any idea or philosophy cannot be judged by the quantity or quality of its followers.

Fueled no doubt by her upbringing in Russia during the Bolshevik revolution, Ayn Rand was extremely critical of what she viewed as “collectivism” on the left, and for the duration of her life she set out to define her beliefs in ink. … [Read more]

Filed Under: We Say This Tagged With: Alan Greenspan, Ayn Rand, Capitalism, Financial Meltdown, Ideology, Republicans