Chapping my Hide

There's the willful ignorance of terms- I am a socialist, and I can tell you that Obama is no socialist. Then there's the....wait, lemme get this straight. You think our country is, how you say, going to hell in a handbasket? Paranoid? Never mind that Obama has basically restored Habeas Corpus, when it was gutted by Bush. But what really REALLY chaps my hide is the fallback position: Ayn Rand. Of all the BULLSHIT. Smarter people than I have given philosophically rigorous explanations of why Randism=mind poison. As for me, I'll keep it simple:

1. Many young folk are enamored of her because they think they've discovered something big that isn't in the canon. If they stick with their studies they eventually figure out why she isn't in the canon; it's because her philosophy is a half-baked screed against the Soviet Union (for a similar off-the-rails diatribe, see Orly Taitz).

2. But it's much worse than that- Randism/Objectivism is an attempt to repaint amoral behavior as an alternate moral code. It's a way for people with property to feel o.k. about not sharing with anyone else, and as such, it's not just a completely bald-faced case of moral relativism, it is de facto WHITE SUPREMACISM.

this is just dumb

This is what people are thingkit:

paranoia, paranoia, paranoia, based on bullshit. "I'm scared for my county, and he's a boogiiee maaaan" loose combo of John Birch/Ayn RAnd/ resulting in half (dissappointed progressive) half (disaffected know-nothing populace)

admission: sometimes the reference won't place itself quickly enough, and i forget....what are we rilly talkin about? Thje first thing that galls me is " the taking loosely of accepted terms to mean what you want". Is there a clinical name for this logical fallacy? Yes, it's called a "lie".

When people try to paint a liberal as an authoritarian. When in fact liberalism is the diametric opposite of authoritarianism. When in fact President Obama has spoken and acted just as what he is, a Liberal. The last liberal since Nixon, like my friend Larry says....

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Kim Allen-Butler It's official-the inmates are running the asylum. Obviously not the same voting committee as for the Olympics-too bad.

Yesterday at 8:58am · Comment · Like

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Melinda Jester

Stop picking on Obama!

Yesterday at 9:00am

Angie Thielemans

Hey stranger, where the heck have you been?

Yesterday at 9:14am

Eric Steinberg

WHAAAT? Are you actually ticked off that our President won the Nobel? Are you cheering for him to fail? Have you considered sedition? Are you about to go all McVeigh on us?

Yesterday at 9:36am · Delete

Eric Steinberg

It's because he's black, isn't it?

Yesterday at 9:37am · Delete

Liliana Kurpanik

Hey, he's in a group that includes Arafat.

Yesterday at 11:46am

Kim Allen-Butler

He's black??? No Eric-it's not 'cause he's black-it's cause he was in office 10 days before the voting deadline and how could anyone in their right mind know what he would do to further this peace process he's being awarded for. This is typically an award for people who have spent careers if not lifetimes in the pursuit of peace-not weeks in office. I, personally am suspicious of this move-haven't figured out the angle, yet, but I will. Try not to be duped-dig a little deeper.

Yesterday at 1:05pm

George Rothweiler

Just remember he's white also...

Yesterday at 5:14pm

Roger Inman

You are the BEST!! GO GIrl!!!

10 hours ago

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Here's one for you: Sternn: "Don't worry, I've got an angle!"