tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post6317495089336983850..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Ayn Rand's prophecy fulfilledRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-66897466216524261632009-04-29T01:15:00.000-04:002009-04-29T01:15:00.000-04:00Any truth to the rumor that GM goes all the way an...Any truth to the rumor that GM goes all the way and renames itself Twentieth Century Motor Company?ykwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-59406166480763073482009-04-28T19:38:00.000-04:002009-04-28T19:38:00.000-04:00True story:
A Wisconsin manufacturing concern use...True story:<br /><br />A Wisconsin manufacturing concern used the ESOP method, allowing its employees to purchase the Company.<br /><br />The Company was union-organized.<br /><br />Anyhoo, they ran into hard times (not unlike the current recession) and decided to cut some jobs and hold off pay-raises.<br /><br />Whereupon the Union struck the Company. They struck the Company THAT THEY OWNED!!<br /><br />Wanna do an over/under on when that happens to GeithnerMotors?Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-3651281988777351612009-04-28T16:30:00.000-04:002009-04-28T16:30:00.000-04:00"Greed"? Anonymous doesn't understand what Rand m..."<I>Greed</I>"? Anonymous doesn't understand what Rand meant by "selfishness." Poor Anon. Anon is an amazing poet, mind you, but obviously lacking data.<br /><br />Rand's "selfishness" is what is termed today as "self-interest." I think Anon is confusing Rand with Gordon Gecko. [Anon, man... get out of the movie schtick, will ya?]Ranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04684991557573080262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-56837419759515544202009-04-28T13:22:00.000-04:002009-04-28T13:22:00.000-04:00Rands moonbattish "philosophy" is a big part of wh...<I>Rands moonbattish "philosophy" is a big part of why we are where we are. Hey, remember, greed is good! </I>Congrats on the slipshod truncation of what Rand actually wrote. <br /><br />Just curious, do you actually expect people to take what you write seriously when you can't demonstrate the slightest honesty in paraphrasing Rand's theme?<br /><br />In case you're wondering, she wrote that self-interest is good, not greed. If you aren't sure about the difference between those two concepts, well, you have reading to do.Bastiathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836844075042573727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-71359224754314447632009-04-28T12:59:00.000-04:002009-04-28T12:59:00.000-04:00Since we are the government, does this mean I have...Since <I>we</I> are the government, does this mean I have a say in the running of GM when, not if, Obambi and his team of looters finally manages to nationalize the company? I think not!<br /><br />What we'll end up with is a company run by communists (the unions), but "owned" by us. Meantime the bond holders are being scr*wed. <br /><br />Are the American people really this stupid?<br /><br />This man needs to be impeached!Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-63282613453791131962009-04-28T11:30:00.000-04:002009-04-28T11:30:00.000-04:00anonymous - Rand was a nut? How about Thomas Jeffe...anonymous - Rand was a nut? How about Thomas Jefferson, Franklin and Adams? Ever hear of "The Wealth of Nations?'' Milton Friedman? The moonbat philosophy of which you speak created from those above (along with Rand), the most prosperous civilization EVER. Self interest is good and the engine of free markets. Would you prefer totalitarianism? As to people running the show 'absorbing Rand's message' - absurd, these people are statists, 100% polar oppostites to Rand. Have you ever read any of her works? Probably not.Left Coast Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292257205859285528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-12375866144562454642009-04-28T11:24:00.000-04:002009-04-28T11:24:00.000-04:00Ayn Rand may have been a nut but the idea that we ...Ayn Rand may have been a nut but the idea that we are all living in the world that Rand built is even nuttier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-29898716822958810372009-04-28T11:01:00.000-04:002009-04-28T11:01:00.000-04:00Sorry, but Rand was a nut. And what we are seeing ...Sorry, but Rand was a nut. And what we are seeing is a Big Governemnt/Big Labor/Big Business swindle against the taxpayers, including some people still too young to be taxpayers. <br /><br />Rands moonbattish "philosophy" is a big part of why we are where we are. Hey, remember, greed is good! All the people running the show at present seem to have absorbed that message completely. We're reaping what she sowed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com