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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:09 AM Original message |
NPR's Ayn Rand slanted story this am made her sound like a visionary & left out.... |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. I dunno, there was some revealing things in that article |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The opposing opinion was Mike Wallace's from 1959! |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. i heard quite a bit of it on my way to work. |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. It was "reported uncritically." |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. PLS consider leaving comments at the NPR link. The Rand apologists are already there. |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. Actually, Ayn Rand was practicing what she preached when she drew Social Security |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. So she justified her actions even though they went against |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. She was seeking restitution for theft |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Do you know WHEN she wrote that piece you quoted because it sure sounds like |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It's an essay called "The Establishing of the Establishment" |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. She wasn't born here and no one stopped her from moving to a country |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Lots of people were addicted to Benzedrine back then |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. The issue is she gets way more out of SS than she put in due to inflation alone. Medicare cost are.. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. NPR has been co-opted |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The Rightwingers don't even have to attack NPR. |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. Rand WAS a visionary! But so was Savanorola and other whackjobs. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. A hypocrite more than a visionary. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. I felt it was a spot-on segment. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. "There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings & .. |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. Not one word about the consequences |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. +1 |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. So why don't people like Ron Paul follow her 100% |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-14-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. She wrote bodice rippers dressed up as philosophy. |
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