Why is America falling apart? Ask Ayn Rand

[Friday]

http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/13/commentary/lashinsky_atlas.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2007081406

Gotta love it when Money magazine and CNN start referencing Atlas Shrugged... either that, or be very, very afraid 

[Ogre]

Incredibly, the author spins it backwards -- he blames all of America's problems on capitalism!

[Friday]

You're right!  I hadn't actually read the article when I posted the link, but I just read it... talk about missing the point. 

[d_goddard]

I agree with Ayn Rand on a lot of things, but I don't think she would have agreed with me that many of America's problems boil down to how hard it is to get good quality pot at a nice low price.

[Tom Sawyer]

The trade embargo is to blame... 40 buck ozs of Santa Marta Red Bud. Ahhh... the good o' days

[Pat K]

While moving in those fine folk Bill and Kate,
I made the comment that,  the bridge collapse,
was like something out of Atlas Shrugged.
I mean damn you have a scale of 1-100
your bridge scores a 50 and you don't think thats a problem?

As for that article, first Rand did not write that all the accidents and
degrading of equipment and non-compentant operation was only in government.

But a society that as a whole accepted the thought that things were not what they were,(A=A) but as they wished it were or as someone else said they were.

If any body does not see allot of this today.............

[Lloyd Danforth]

The trade embargo is to blame... 40 buck ozs of Santa Marta Red Bud. Ahhh... the good o' days

$15.00 oz's Jamaican Flowers. You couldn't close the damn baggie!  1970 dollars.    But....so what

[Tom Sawyer]

The trade embargo is to blame... 40 buck ozs of Santa Marta Red Bud. Ahhh... the good o' days

$15.00 oz's Jamaican Flowers. You couldn't close the damn baggie!  1970 dollars.    But....so what

Didn't want to highjack the thread just going along with d_g's lead. 

[anthonybpugh]

DAMN, I read the subject line and I thought someone was selling an Ayn Rand magic 8 ball.  That would be cool. 

[Ron Helwig]

DAMN, I read the subject line and I thought someone was selling an Ayn Rand magic 8 ball.  That would be cool. 

But wouldn't all the 'answers' be "You're wrong. Check your premises!"?   

[KBCraig]

DAMN, I read the subject line and I thought someone was selling an Ayn Rand magic 8 ball.  That would be cool. 

But wouldn't all the 'answers' be "You're wrong. Check your premises!"?   

That would be the "alt.philosophy.objectivism Magic 8 Ball".