Big Ol' Smitty

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I'm no literary critic by any means, but I'm pretty sure that most people who are fans of Rand's work are so because of the philosophy, not because of the cheesily melodramatic prose and one-dimensional characters. My favorite book is The Stranger, but not because I think Camus is the really greatest writer ever.

It wasn't so much that as her really, really shitty prose.

I don't consider myself enough of an authority on philosophy to call Rand a bad philosopher. But I do think it's odd that she still has followers when she wasn't for free markets, but for Gilded Age Standard Oil style monopolistic capitalism. But I can easily agree with you that her writing was nearly unreadable. The Fountainhead was one of the only books that I just couldn't make it through during my undergraduate years. You get her point by like page 5 and it just goes on. "Okay, okay, you named your character so as to have 'Hard Roar' in his name--I get it."

You want to hang out with someone from here on your honeymoon?

I think something involving Aung San Suu Kyi would be appropriate.

Okay, but just because Congressman got lots of calls about something doesn't mean there was actually a majority against it. For instance, actual polling on the stimulus package shows otherwise. And it's probably too soon to even have any polls out on the mortgage bill. It's kind of intuitive that the public would be less excited about the economic efforts that don't directly benefit them (TARP, bank bailouts) than those that would be more likely to (stimulus, mortgage plan).

What exactly do you disagree with? And how does that show that a majority of Americans are opposed to Obama's mortgage plan, Marv?

Cite? Or is this the "silent majority" of Chicago floor traders?

Oh, that's rich. Anyone who's had a home foreclosure is a "loser." Chicago floor traders are a "pretty good statistical cross section of America--the silent majority." And suddenly derivatives traders are really concerned about moral hazard. lol Also, Glenn Beck & objectivists!

Did he stutter?

This ain't Seaworld, bitch, this is real as it gets.

I dont know how you can blame Republicans for that, sorry. http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/20...fema/index.html

The Geopolitics of Guap

Toryn Abraham?

I gotta say--Paris is looking right in that video.

What about nailing all those bitches? I think this video presents a strong argument against snuffbox's anti-JFK revisionism: http://www.adultswim.com/video/index.html?...11d261779af007d

That is my understanding.

EHME, receiving the news that he is unbanned.

Least effective protest sign ever?

Step 1: Bear wearing bucket & vest Step 2: Skye Sweetnam Step 3: ??? (food man?) Step 4: PROFIT

I also started going bald around 18. I used regular Rogaine back when I gave a shit. I'd recommend just shaving your head. It's in style.

Large thighs?

How many times have you guys had this Harding fight?