tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post6169595135415366824..comments2024-03-22T03:19:38.110-04:00Comments on Forever In Hell: Concerning Orcs . . .PersonalFailurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-63443299492461102102010-07-27T17:17:37.519-04:002010-07-27T17:17:37.519-04:00@CN - I just finished Atlas Shrugged. (I somehow m...@CN - I just finished Atlas Shrugged. (I somehow managed not to read it in my youth.) And you're right, despite its flaws it's actually quite entertaining. I'm a little appalled that anyone takes it seriously as a work of political philosophy when it's so clearly a fantasy novel, but that's a topic for an upcoming blog post...Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-26272724185753031642010-07-26T02:53:30.738-04:002010-07-26T02:53:30.738-04:00Cynical: yeah, I must admit to liking Atlas Shrugg...Cynical: yeah, I must admit to liking <i>Atlas Shrugged</i>, and <i>Fountainhead</i> and <i>Anthem</i> too. They're pretty good adventure stories of the old school, but with women being heroes as well as men. Rand's worship of the powerful personality, and her rather naive faith in free enterprise's ability to produce good society, make them bad political models, however, to say the least.zilchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695741977946935771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-30801202480456348472010-07-25T18:43:42.089-04:002010-07-25T18:43:42.089-04:00I hope everyone here won't despise me when I a...I hope everyone here won't despise me when I admit that I actually enjoy Atlas Shrugged. I also liked Anthem.<br /><br />Do I skim the hell out of the redundant, verbose passages in Atlas? Hellll yeah. Do I think the heros in it are actually human beings to be emulated in the real world? Hellll no. I just find it an interesting story.Cynical Nymphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601814894895238102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-7827658516478585352010-07-25T17:26:48.823-04:002010-07-25T17:26:48.823-04:00Apologies for mispelling "xkcd"Apologies for mispelling "xkcd"Quasarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398018171200335379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-70507306717447997652010-07-25T17:26:23.855-04:002010-07-25T17:26:23.855-04:00XKCD disproves Ayn Rand<a href="http://xkcd.com/610/" rel="nofollow">XKCD disproves Ayn Rand</a>Quasarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398018171200335379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-46635146037316608282010-07-25T09:35:47.524-04:002010-07-25T09:35:47.524-04:00After I waded through the entire Koran, I tried to...After I waded through the entire Koran, I tried to read Atlas Shrugged, but I couldn't finish it. <br />I was physically incapable of reading that book. (and I'd already read The Fountainhead)uzzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02494141255401096538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-80313144908564276632010-07-25T08:41:44.854-04:002010-07-25T08:41:44.854-04:00It's especially interesting to know that Alan ...It's especially interesting to know that Alan Greenspan was a member of Ayn Rand's circle of intimate friends.jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294710640794526679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-22991399624804049032010-07-24T22:15:28.851-04:002010-07-24T22:15:28.851-04:00That is hysterical.
I tried to read the Hobbit as...That is hysterical.<br /><br />I tried to read the Hobbit as a young teen, but I gave up before 100 pages because the writing style was tedious and nothing had happened yet. I'm told Ayn Rand's novels are even more boring, though I haven't attempted them myself.libhomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-11608651808013421582010-07-24T16:22:12.245-04:002010-07-24T16:22:12.245-04:00DM- did you read Atlas Shrugged as a fourteen-year...DM- did you read <i>Atlas Shrugged</i> as a fourteen-year-old? Just askin'.zilchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695741977946935771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-17594206452238555572010-07-24T14:13:21.534-04:002010-07-24T14:13:21.534-04:00THE HEAD OF THE INFIDEL!
http://www.youtube.com/w...THE HEAD OF THE INFIDEL!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojR-XRt4rrA<br /><br /><br /><br />Is America burning yet?<br /><br />Maybe we need some more...<br /><br /><br />we use the DIVINE against the ESTABLISHMENT... you?<br /><br /><br />we do better DEMOLITIONS than you, savage...<br /><br /><br />RENOUNCE YOUR ATHEISM AND JOIN THE SOCIALIST FAITH!<br /><br /><br />let them know if the MDC continues more people will die...<br /><br />the WORLD TRADE CENTER PROPHECY - THE DANCE OF DEATH<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Hez25fFrg" rel="nofollow">WORLD TRADE CENTER PROPHECY</a><br /><br /><br />FLUSH ATHEISM!<br /><br />Actually it is a ROYAL FLUSH!!!<br /><br />Let me show you how ATHEISTS were partially responsible for 911<br /><br />These ATHEISTS NEED TO BE ON THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST!<br /><br />You don’t even have SCIENCE on your side…<br /><br />You’re a perfect example of when PHILOSOPHY becomes an ENEMY OF LIFE...<br /><br />http://stephenlaw.blogspot.com/2010/06/playing-mystery-card.html<br /><br />not quite samantha with her *supernatural spit*, eh?<br /><br />this isn't one of your little WORD GAMES...<br /><br />blasphemy is a DEATH SENTENCE<br /><br />you people actually BELIEVE the BS you preach!<br /><br />GOD 1 - atheists 0<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcNiD0Z3MU<br /><br /><br />Atheists,<br /><br />you are ENEMIES OF GOD AND ARE GOING TO BE ANNIHILATED...<br /><br />Repent and turn to God or be destroyed...<br /><br />YOU HAVE NO CHOICE...<br /><br />my interpretation of the STATUE FIRE... it symbolizes the SPIRITUAL DEATH of atheism...<br /><br />ttp://www.salon.com/news/2010/06/15/us_lightning_strikes_jesus_statue<br /><br />http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/6/16/1276680110544/The-King-of-Kings-statue--005.jpg<br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2010-06/54332292.jpg<br /><br /><br />http://friendlyatheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/butterjesus-1.jpg<br /><br />PRINCESS DI IS WEARING A NEW DRESS!<br /><br />http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/speechesandarticles/a_speech_by_hrh_the_prince_of_wales_titled_islam_and_the_env_252516346.html<br />______________________________<br />http://skepticblog.org/2010/04/06/would-i-ever-pray-for-a-miracle/<br /><br />Shermer, I WANT TO SEE YOU BEG FOR A MIRACLE...<br />___________________<br />we do like your music Lady Gaga, but...<br /><br />The B**BQUAKE - 911<br /><br />Let me show you the FATE OF TRAITORS...<br /><br />http://www.loiterink.com/photos/products/182_3424_500x500.jpg<br /><br />they are incapable of telling the difference between SCIENTIFIC *FACT* AND<br />RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL *TRUTH*... FATAL ERROR!<br /><br />they also preach a *VALUE FREE SCIENCE* called *POSITIVISM* that ignores the<br />inequalities of wealth and power in capitalist civilization...<br /><br />for a sample taste of PZ Myers' GARBAGE...<br /><br />http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/sunday_sacrilege_imagine_no_he.php<br /><br />HIJACKING IN PROGRESS!!!<br /><br />http://hawaiiwebgroup.com/maui-design/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/website-hijacking.jpg<br /><br />HIJACKING IN PROGRESS!!!<br /><br />how can these HEADLESS IDIOTS BET AGAINST GOD!!!<br />________________________________________<br />what happens when you LOSE Pascal's Wager...<br /><br />http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/pascals-wager.htm<br />____________<br />you FIGHT PAPER MONSTERS...<br /><br />the blood and bodies of the atheist movement...<br /><br />you mofos killed MICKEY MOUSE!!!!<br /><br />this has more TRUTH then what Dawkins, Randi, Harris, Myers, and Shermer<br />combined have said in their entire lives...<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=5R2wE8Sduhs&playnext_from=TL&videos=hht1U_19anc&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh%2Bdiv-1r-3-HM<br /><br />they tried to BULLDOZE the entire METAPHYSICAL DIMENSION...<br />they LOST THE WAR......<br /><br />you have FORFEIT YOUR SOUL, shermer... you have become an object in the material world, as you WISHED...<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUB4j0n2UDU<br /><br />http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/11792994_ffaaee87fa.jpg<br /><br />we're gonna smash that TV...<br /><br />They had become ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE AND OF GOD...<br /><br />you pushed too much and *CROSSED THE LINE*<br /><br />degenerates (PZ) or children (HEMANT) - ATHEISTS!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRRg2tWGDSY<br /><br /><br />THE BOOBQUAKE - 911!<br />****************************************************<br />http://dissidentphilosophy.lifediscussion.net/philosophy-f1/the-boobquake-911-t1310.htmDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11389651479904502758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-45250515466610807862010-07-24T13:31:57.348-04:002010-07-24T13:31:57.348-04:00I'm realizing I've spent too long on Faceb...I'm realizing I've spent too long on Facebook when I'm searching for the "Like" button.The Woeful Budgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00940543617741545988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-61195459990574836852010-07-24T13:23:02.682-04:002010-07-24T13:23:02.682-04:00Dear Lord, yes. I just finished reading Atlas Shru...Dear Lord, yes. I just finished reading Atlas Shrugged, and I'll take Orcs any day. Real Orcs, with stabby spears and swords, who want to put me in a stew pot and eat me.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334761054277672365.post-68344257789689025122010-07-24T12:49:39.646-04:002010-07-24T12:49:39.646-04:00That was a really clever joke!That was a really clever joke!Andrew Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495983897864604830noreply@blogger.com