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Old 06-11-2014, 11:56 AM
 
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Ah, so does that mean you and your kind are in favor of letting the elderly die from starvation in poverty if they never made it to be rich? Education for the wealthy few is the Conservative Ayn Rand way.
I volunteer time and money to the local food shelter and give to other causes as well. I am under no illusion that robbing others and giving the loot to a third party is charitable.
In this age of information there are limitless outlets for receiving a free education, I'm sorry your narrow mind cant conceive such.
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:56 AM
 
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Ayn Rand: The rational self-interest and self-responsibility.

Barack Obama: Irrational self-interest and government dependence.
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:57 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Can you link to where she states this? Or are you just assuming because her philosophy does not advocate dependency on government.
Read her books, it is in the words of her books.
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:58 AM
 
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Read her books, it is in the words of her books.
This is the part that you are afraid of

Ayn Rand: The rational self-interest and self-responsibility.

Because you believe in

Barack Obama: Irrational self-interest and government dependence.
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:58 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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I volunteer time and money to the local food shelter and give to other causes as well. I am under no illusion that robbing others and giving the loot to a third party is charitable.
In this age of information there are limitless outlets for receiving a free education, I'm sorry your narrow mind cant conceive such.
Yeah, someone can totally get their degree from YouTube University these days.
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:59 AM
 
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I volunteer time and money to the local food shelter and give to other causes as well. I am under no illusion that robbing others and giving the loot to a third party is charitable.
In this age of information there are limitless outlets for receiving a free education, I'm sorry your narrow mind cant conceive such.
He's after the credential, not the knowledge.
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Old 06-11-2014, 11:59 AM
 
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Look at all the Lefties scared to death of a different point of view than their own.
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Old 06-11-2014, 12:00 PM
 
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Yeah, someone can totally get their degree from YouTube University these days.
Yep, democrats claim it's too hard for the poor to get a voter ID, how can we expect them to get an education and how can the poor expect to get out of poverty? ...On the backs of other people.
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Old 06-11-2014, 12:00 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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This is the part that you are afraid of

Ayn Rand: The rational self-interest and self-responsibility.
Haha, thanks for the laugh, this is why right wingers are under the delusions that this atheist had any interest in people helping those around them, she was all about me, myself, and I, at the expense of others.
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Old 06-11-2014, 12:00 PM
 
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I repeat, with all of the garbage being offered as curriculum in the hallowed halls of academia, why is discussing Ayn Rand so offensive?
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