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Hey Fred, this is right up your alley:
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| Fred Exley 2006-02-17, 5:57 pm |
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"F.H." <connectu2z@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Ayn Randian to the bone, and you can get a free temp subscription. I did,
> that's how I know how nutty they can be (like Ayn). 
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> http://www.intellectualactivist.com/
Ok, I'll look into it just as soon as the near-fatal wound to my soul heals
that you inflicted with such an insensitive attack on one of the loveliest
humans to have ever graced the rest of out lives with her existence. Nutty,
like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
-recovering Fred
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| Fred Exley wrote:
> "F.H." <connectu2z@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Ok, I'll look into it just as soon as the near-fatal wound to my soul heals
> that you inflicted with such an insensitive attack on one of the loveliest
> humans to have ever graced the rest of out lives with her existence. Nutty,
> like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
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> -recovering Fred
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I dunno about Nutty, but Ayn Rand was the reading choice of the Young
Republicans back in my college days. Especially the sophomores.
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| Fred Exley 2006-02-17, 5:57 pm |
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"Grace" <gracehXXX@spiritone.com> wrote in message
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> Fred Exley wrote:
> I dunno about Nutty, but Ayn Rand was the reading choice of the Young
> Republicans back in my college days. Especially the sophomores.
That's about when I was introduced to Ayn Rand. I had a nutty professor for
an Investments class, and he was one-of-a-kind. No textbook, instead he
gave us an eclectic list of paperbacks on just about every topic on earth
except investments. One of them was 'Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal', and I
was hooked.
One time that same professor brought in a speaker, a representative from the
Bank of Mexico. He was on special assignment going around California,
speaking to investment groups about what a great rate of return could be had
investing in Mexican CD's, etc. And he pointed out keeping your money in
pesos earned much more and was safe -Mexico hadn't devalued their currency
in 80+ years or so. A few months after that, Mexico devalued their peso.
At the time I was reading 'Atlas Shrugged', which has a fictional account of
Mexico screwing over legitimate entrepreneurs by nationalizing their
industries, and I looked at the real-life newspapers, and then back at the
novel and thought, "Wow -Ayn was RIGHT ON!". And so was that nutty
professor, who never once discussed or opined anything to do with the books
he assigned us.
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| Fred Exley wrote:
> "Grace" <gracehXXX@spiritone.com> wrote in message
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> That's about when I was introduced to Ayn Rand. I had a nutty professor for
> an Investments class, and he was one-of-a-kind. No textbook, instead he
> gave us an eclectic list of paperbacks on just about every topic on earth
> except investments. One of them was 'Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal', and I
> was hooked.
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> One time that same professor brought in a speaker, a representative from the
> Bank of Mexico. He was on special assignment going around California,
> speaking to investment groups about what a great rate of return could be had
> investing in Mexican CD's, etc. And he pointed out keeping your money in
> pesos earned much more and was safe -Mexico hadn't devalued their currency
> in 80+ years or so. A few months after that, Mexico devalued their peso.
> At the time I was reading 'Atlas Shrugged', which has a fictional account of
> Mexico screwing over legitimate entrepreneurs by nationalizing their
> industries, and I looked at the real-life newspapers, and then back at the
> novel and thought, "Wow -Ayn was RIGHT ON!". And so was that nutty
> professor, who never once discussed or opined anything to do with the books
> he assigned us.
I and a lot of my friends were reading "The Virtue of Selfishness" in
the late 60's. As oldest of 8 with alkie dad who died young (44) I was
used to thinking what was mine was *really* community property. The
idea of selfishness seemed pretty 'out there' at the time. After all
these years I still readily share whatever I have.
Some of the ideas of the intellectual activist guys seem logical but
most seem pretty far out there to me. Armageddon based on logic.
I've caught some reps from some Ayn Rand gang on BookTV a couple of
times and they strike me as a little wacky. Philosophy (like economics)
often reads better than it applies.
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| Fred Exley 2006-02-17, 5:57 pm |
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"F.H." <connectu2z@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Fred Exley wrote:
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> I and a lot of my friends were reading "The Virtue of Selfishness" in the
> late 60's. As oldest of 8 with alkie dad who died young (44) I was used
> to thinking what was mine was *really* community property. The idea of
> selfishness seemed pretty 'out there' at the time. After all these years
> I still readily share whatever I have.
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> Some of the ideas of the intellectual activist guys seem logical but most
> seem pretty far out there to me. Armageddon based on logic. I've
> caught some reps from some Ayn Rand gang on BookTV a couple of times and
> they strike me as a little wacky. Philosophy (like economics) often reads
> better than it applies.
>
I noticed that too -they seem like intelligent oddballs -kind of like most
Mensa members. Ayn probably should of written a few less books, including
"The Virtue of Selfishness". That part where she admonishes the individual
to "Always pronounce moral judgment" on everything and everybody is a sure
recipe for disaster -kind of like what everybody here does all the time...
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| Sharx35 2006-02-17, 5:57 pm |
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"Fred Exley" <fexley221@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "F.H." <connectu2z@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> I noticed that too -they seem like intelligent oddballs -kind of like most
> Mensa members. Ayn probably should of written a few less books, including
> "The Virtue of Selfishness". That part where she admonishes the
> individual to "Always pronounce moral judgment" on everything and
> everybody is a sure recipe for disaster -kind of like what everybody here
> does all the time...
Yourself included?!!
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| Fred Exley 2006-02-17, 5:57 pm |
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"Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Fred Exley" <fexley221@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Yourself included?!!
Every chance I get
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| Sharx35 2006-02-17, 5:57 pm |
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"Fred Exley" <fexley221@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Every chance I get
Well, why NOT share our opinions on others defects, etc..
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| Virtualoso 2006-02-17, 5:57 pm |
| In article <11vb4r5nthaepb8@corp.supernews.com>, Fred Exley
<fexley221@msn.com> wrote:
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> Every chance I get
We each only do so when we're certain that we're absolutely right,
though. It's a compassion thing.
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| Tommy 2006-02-23, 11:09 am |
| F.H. wrote:
> Fred Exley wrote:
> I and a lot of my friends were reading "The Virtue of Selfishness" in
> the late 60's. As oldest of 8 with alkie dad who died young (44) I
> was used to thinking what was mine was *really* community property. The
> idea of selfishness seemed pretty 'out there' at the time. After
> all these years I still readily share whatever I have.
One I was given was Lady Chatterly's lover.
We were not allowed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, but I was a Seminarian, and
needed to see what the opposition were up to. I remember an old Canon, our
DD Prof, he made us stand up and shout out the names of womyns bodily
parts - I got as far as diddy. One other chap knew a whole load of them.
We never saw him again.
Because I could read I went around the town after evening meals, asking
younguns did they want to meet JohnThomas... I shudder to think what would
I have done if one had said they did, - I still hadn't managed to form a
horn (erection) yet :-)
I really envied the fellows in the end dorm who had wanking competitions to
see who reached the furthest. A wasted life huh.
We actually thought the dictionary and the thesauras were dirty books, well
they were if you knew where to look...
This was about the time of the Beatles, the Stones, Elvis, Small Faces,
Itchycoo park, Barbara Windsor's black and white boobs - ehh left a lot to
the imagination.
Heheh
Ah dreams
Tommy
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