tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819134478257447800.post1457011406095752624..comments2013-05-29T20:07:42.096-06:00Comments on Now Look What You've Started: Authoritarianism, Politics, Ego, and You!brandthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703958900167777021noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819134478257447800.post-50204094454126436862008-08-28T05:33:00.000-06:002008-08-28T05:33:00.000-06:00I just finished reading The Fountainhead and start...I just finished reading The Fountainhead and started Atlas Shrugged, and I found one statement of yours particularly interesting given my current situation: "they ARE credible because they are given a public medium to state their feelings and opinions, and their credibility comes through their ratings and respect from their constituents."<BR/><BR/>Ayn Rand would certainly disagree, and I do too. Credibility is founded on individual achievement, and not bestowed by public opinion.<BR/><BR/>I hear what you are saying, and I agree with the conclusion you seem to have reached (that empty cans rattle the most), but because they merely spout what they have heard others said (as you alluded to earlier).<BR/><BR/>Having said that, I fall into the same category having quoted Rand. Hehe. Thus one of my criticisms of objectivism as an absolute or final philosophy of life.<BR/><BR/>PS - I just rewatched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I took notes, hehe. I will have to share them with you sometime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819134478257447800.post-77746209237443283032008-08-22T22:30:00.000-06:002008-08-22T22:30:00.000-06:00As I stand in the mist of ambiguity, one thing is ...As I stand in the mist of ambiguity, one thing is for sure. People MUST understand that everything has a consequence. Yeah, we have more oil in the U.S. than in the middle east, but at what cost? Do me diminish our mountains for shale? Will people look outside their window and see oil wells and plants instead of tree? What are we willing to pay or give up for some extra money in our pockets?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com