Atlas Shrugged (and its author) see resurgence

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:13 am

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/0 ... index.html

The article is above!

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:06 pm

"Greed and sheer capitalism"?

[irony]
Oh good!

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mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:23 pm

Well Jack, I'd be interested in hearing what an Ayn Rand devotee thinks about this current financial mess and how her philos (i couldn't finish) fits in.

Moderator, clean up in Aisle 9. Thread needs moved to the PROCT forum.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:29 pm

Yeah, it's gettin' there. We'll wait and see if folks have found the Handi-Wipes, can be bothered to use them without crying, and can talk in their indoor voices. So far so good.

Sometimes there's nothing quite so beautiful as the sound of crickets. You know.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:53 pm

Only East Coast people have gotten home from work.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:05 pm

Point taken. Well, I have to take off; got a class to lead. I'll check in later and see.

Oh, yeah: hey, MTGuru? If you're around and it needs The Stark Broom of Oppression.....YOU do it.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:20 pm

I posted it here because it's a discussion about an American literary hero and one of the best-selling books of all time.

Badmouth her philosophy and her person all you want, but you can't dispute the success she and the book has achieved and are still achieving. It is success well-earned.

Post by **Dale** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:50 pm

Atlas Shrugged (and its author) see resurgence

Hooray.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:26 pm

That's a cute picture. Who is it?

dwest · Post by **dwest** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:36 pm

I never saw Atlas shug.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:38 pm

Some day I'll have to read that book. Went into a used bookstore to look for it once.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:43 pm

I'd have to say that she's not seeing much of a resurgence herself, personally. Death kind of puts a damper on that sort of thing.

Redwolf

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:00 pm

As more and more people examine and consider her views on life in this crazy world we live in, in a very real (though non-literal) way, Ayn Rand herself is seeing a huge resurgence. Of course she's dead, but her ideas (the main focus of her life, she was a philosopher/writer, after all) are anything but. There are, as I write this, numerous books, movies, and other projects being created based on her life, her legacy, and her ideas, especially as presented through Atlas Shrugged, which is being turned into a new movie.

I mean, Angelina Jolie is playing Dagny Taggart. You don't get more alive than Angelina Jolie.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:34 pm

I'm pretty sure "Joe" is wearing a skirt. Or maybe a skort.

dwest wrote:

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:07 pm

Why do all retro people look like that? Did the same person draw every one all around the world?

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