... No way it measures up to the best book ever written. Though that is a very high standard.

Haven't been to a movie in over 20 years. Might have to venture out for this one.

April 15

Too bad Ayn Rand turned out to be a fraud and was on Social Security and Medicare under the name Ann O'Connor (husbands name Frank O'Connor) all while decrying others that did so. This lady was one miserable atheist and now has been exposed. I encourage you to look it up. Sorry for the reality check but as we all know reality has a liberal bias.

(02-13-2011 07:41 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Too bad Ayn Rand turned out to be a fraud and was on Social Security and Medicare under the name Ann O'Connor (husbands name Frank O'Connor) all while decrying others that did so. This lady was one miserable atheist and now has been exposed. I encourage you to look it up. Sorry for the reality check but as we all know reality has a liberal bias.

Yea, because trying to get BACK the money stolen from you by the government is theft. Now that IS liberal bias.

Did she pay in. Not a question.

Movie isn't even released yet and it already begins.

(02-13-2011 08:06 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(02-13-2011 07:41 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Too bad Ayn Rand turned out to be a fraud and was on Social Security and Medicare under the name Ann O'Connor (husbands name Frank O'Connor) all while decrying others that did so. This lady was one miserable atheist and now has been exposed. I encourage you to look it up. Sorry for the reality check but as we all know reality has a liberal bias.

Yea, because trying to get BACK the money stolen from you by the government is theft. Now that IS liberal bias.

Stolen? Do you have internet? Do you drive on paved roads? Do you ever enjoy a national park? Are you protected by our military? Seems like a good deal to me. Stolen? Jesus encouraged rendering unto Ceasar. 40% of the stimulus was in the form of tax cut making 2010 the lowest federaltax rate since 1960. I am sorry your idol is a travesty of a sham of a mockery or a traveshamockery (Kind of like Reagan, he tripled the national debt, he cut and ran when 279 Marines were killed in Bierut had amnesty for illegal alliens, bailed out Chrysler, had the lasrgest tax increase in U.S. history and while governor of California signed a bill easing restrictions on abortion which led to an additional 1 million dead children):patriot:

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Yea, because trying to get BACK the money stolen from you by the government is theft. Now that IS liberal bias.

What you call taxation in nearly every case I call theft. Especially since roughly 2/3 of it is mandated redistribution of wealth.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Stolen? Do you have internet? Do you drive on paved roads? Do you ever enjoy a national park? Are you protected by our military? Seems like a good deal to me.

I pay for the internet -- and handsomely. I pay for the paved roads every time I pay excise tax when refueling. I pay for that park in Income Tax. I pay for that military, though if that were all I paid for my taxes would be refreshingly less than 10% of my annual income instead of over 50%.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Stolen? Jesus encouraged rendering unto Ceasar.

Jesus is made up. Unlike Atlas Shrugged he's not even based on real events and people. Not even loosely.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  40% of the stimulus was in the form of tax cut making 2010 the lowest federaltax rate since 1960.

It's only the lowest tax rate if you're bad at both math and economics. Who do you think ultimately pays that world's highest corporate tax we have? If you ultimately add up all the taxes we pay, the average household tax burden is over 50%.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  I am sorry your idol is a travesty of a sham of a mockery or a traveshamockery

Says the man referencing made up Gods.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  (Kind of like Reagan, he tripled the national debt, he cut and ran when 279 Marines were killed in Bierut had amnesty for illegal alliens, bailed out Chrysler, had the lasrgest tax increase in U.S. history and while governor of California signed a bill easing restrictions on abortion which led to an additional 1 million dead children)

I am no fan of Reagan's work as President. I am merely a fan of his 1967 speech endorsing Barry Goldwater, which is still the best speech ever delivered by a Republican. A speech befitting, might I add, the best Republican of the modern era.

Class dismissed.

Rand writes a book and her big sin, her failing, she collected on the debt owed her.

Lets compare her to a few writers with opposing viewpoints. We all know their short comings.
Mao
Lenin
Stalin
Hitler
...

Yes, you on the left have so much more to be proud of.

(02-13-2011 09:32 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Yea, because trying to get BACK the money stolen from you by the government is theft. Now that IS liberal bias.

What you call taxation in nearly every case I call theft. Especially since roughly 2/3 of it is mandated redistribution of wealth.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Stolen? Do you have internet? Do you drive on paved roads? Do you ever enjoy a national park? Are you protected by our military? Seems like a good deal to me.

I pay for the internet -- and handsomely. I pay for the paved roads every time I pay excise tax when refueling. I pay for that park in Income Tax. I pay for that military, though if that were all I paid for my taxes would be refreshingly less than 10% of my annual income instead of over 50%.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Stolen? Jesus encouraged rendering unto Ceasar.

Jesus is made up. Unlike Atlas Shrugged he's not even based on real events and people. Not even loosely.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  40% of the stimulus was in the form of tax cut making 2010 the lowest federaltax rate since 1960.

It's only the lowest tax rate if you're bad at both math and economics. Who do you think ultimately pays that world's highest corporate tax we have? If you ultimately add up all the taxes we pay, the average household tax burden is over 50%.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  I am sorry your idol is a travesty of a sham of a mockery or a traveshamockery

Says the man referencing made up Gods.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  (Kind of like Reagan, he tripled the national debt, he cut and ran when 279 Marines were killed in Bierut had amnesty for illegal alliens, bailed out Chrysler, had the lasrgest tax increase in U.S. history and while governor of California signed a bill easing restrictions on abortion which led to an additional 1 million dead children)

I am no fan of Reagan's work as President. I am merely a fan of his 1967 speech endorsing Barry Goldwater, which is still the best speech ever delivered by a Republican. A speech befitting, might I add, the best Republican of the modern era.

Class dismissed.

Good points GTS. I would contend, however, that the Gettysburg Address is the best speech delivered by a Republican though.

(02-13-2011 09:35 PM)Paul M Wrote:  Rand writes a book and her big sin, her failing, she collected on the debt owed her.

Lets compare her to a few writers with opposing viewpoints. We all know their short comings.
Mao
Lenin
Stalin
Hitler
...

Yes, you on the left have so much more to be proud of.

Seriously? Why did you have to invoke Godwin's Law. Absolutely no reason for it.

Because it's relevant. When someone criticizes a capitalist it's natural to point out the obvious, what has been wrought by socialists.

(02-13-2011 10:14 PM)Paul M Wrote:  Because it's relevant. When someone criticizes a capitalist it's natural to point out the obvious, what has been wrought by socialists.

Is this dramatic pause, I am awaiting your list.

(02-13-2011 09:32 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Yea, because trying to get BACK the money stolen from you by the government is theft. Now that IS liberal bias.

What you call taxation in nearly every case I call theft. Especially since roughly 2/3 of it is mandated redistribution of wealth.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Stolen? Do you have internet? Do you drive on paved roads? Do you ever enjoy a national park? Are you protected by our military? Seems like a good deal to me.

I pay for the internet -- and handsomely. I pay for the paved roads every time I pay excise tax when refueling. I pay for that park in Income Tax. I pay for that military, though if that were all I paid for my taxes would be refreshingly less than 10% of my annual income instead of over 50%.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Stolen? Jesus encouraged rendering unto Ceasar.

Jesus is made up. Unlike Atlas Shrugged he's not even based on real events and people. Not even loosely.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  40% of the stimulus was in the form of tax cut making 2010 the lowest federaltax rate since 1960.

It's only the lowest tax rate if you're bad at both math and economics. Who do you think ultimately pays that world's highest corporate tax we have? If you ultimately add up all the taxes we pay, the average household tax burden is over 50%.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  I am sorry your idol is a travesty of a sham of a mockery or a traveshamockery

Says the man referencing made up Gods.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  (Kind of like Reagan, he tripled the national debt, he cut and ran when 279 Marines were killed in Bierut had amnesty for illegal alliens, bailed out Chrysler, had the lasrgest tax increase in U.S. history and while governor of California signed a bill easing restrictions on abortion which led to an additional 1 million dead children)

I am no fan of Reagan's work as President. I am merely a fan of his 1967 speech endorsing Barry Goldwater, which is still the best speech ever delivered by a Republican. A speech befitting, might I add, the best Republican of the modern era.

Class dismissed.

Pace your hate because Obama will be in office until Hillary takes over in 2016. I understand you pay for the internet who INVENTED the internet (answer U.S. government)I understand you pay an excise tax for roads who BUILT the interstate system (answer U.S. government) Corporate tax DOESN'T EXIST (I pay more income tax than Exxon) You may have GPS or Satellite TV, guess who pioneered space... YOU GOT IT the U.S. government
Jesus is an historical figure. Is he God? (He is IMO and that is a personal matter but his existance is a settled matter)Let me get this straight you don't like God or Goverment. Why do I have a hunch you love guns?
I do agree with you on one point, If not for my Christian belief system I would also be a conservative. I just choose to love others as myself. I even love GTS.

(02-14-2011 06:04 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Pace your hate because Obama will be in office until Hillary takes over in 2016

I've had to since Obama has continued every single bad policy Dubya had. I find it amusing liberals who spent every day bashing Dubya now love Obama ... for having nearly IDENTICAL philosophies.

(02-14-2011 06:00 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  

(02-13-2011 10:14 PM)Paul M Wrote:  Because it's relevant. When someone criticizes a capitalist it's natural to point out the obvious, what has been wrought by socialists.

Is this dramatic pause, I am awaiting your list.

Seriously? I give you a short list of socialist philosophical writers and you ask what they did that was worse than Rand collecting S.S.. Amazing.

(02-14-2011 06:04 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  

(02-13-2011 09:32 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Yea, because trying to get BACK the money stolen from you by the government is theft. Now that IS liberal bias.

What you call taxation in nearly every case I call theft. Especially since roughly 2/3 of it is mandated redistribution of wealth.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Stolen? Do you have internet? Do you drive on paved roads? Do you ever enjoy a national park? Are you protected by our military? Seems like a good deal to me.

I pay for the internet -- and handsomely. I pay for the paved roads every time I pay excise tax when refueling. I pay for that park in Income Tax. I pay for that military, though if that were all I paid for my taxes would be refreshingly less than 10% of my annual income instead of over 50%.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Stolen? Jesus encouraged rendering unto Ceasar.

Jesus is made up. Unlike Atlas Shrugged he's not even based on real events and people. Not even loosely.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  40% of the stimulus was in the form of tax cut making 2010 the lowest federaltax rate since 1960.

It's only the lowest tax rate if you're bad at both math and economics. Who do you think ultimately pays that world's highest corporate tax we have? If you ultimately add up all the taxes we pay, the average household tax burden is over 50%.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  I am sorry your idol is a travesty of a sham of a mockery or a traveshamockery

Says the man referencing made up Gods.

(02-13-2011 08:38 PM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  (Kind of like Reagan, he tripled the national debt, he cut and ran when 279 Marines were killed in Bierut had amnesty for illegal alliens, bailed out Chrysler, had the lasrgest tax increase in U.S. history and while governor of California signed a bill easing restrictions on abortion which led to an additional 1 million dead children)

I am no fan of Reagan's work as President. I am merely a fan of his 1967 speech endorsing Barry Goldwater, which is still the best speech ever delivered by a Republican. A speech befitting, might I add, the best Republican of the modern era.

Class dismissed.

Pace your hate because Obama will be in office until Hillary takes over in 2016. I understand you pay for the internet who INVENTED the internet (answer U.S. government)I understand you pay an excise tax for roads who BUILT the interstate system (answer U.S. government) Corporate tax DOESN'T EXIST (I pay more income tax than Exxon) You may have GPS or Satellite TV, guess who pioneered space... YOU GOT IT the U.S. government
Jesus is an historical figure. Is he God? (He is IMO and that is a personal matter but his existance is a settled matter)Let me get this straight you don't like God or Goverment. Why do I have a hunch you love guns?
I do agree with you on one point, If not for my Christian belief system I would also be a conservative. I just choose to love others as myself. I even love GTS.

I'm convinced Jesus was a libertarian. He said help others, not make the government redistribute wealth and help others. His emphasis was on voluntary personal action not forceful government coercion.

(02-14-2011 06:04 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Pace your hate because Obama will be in office until Hillary takes over in 2016. I understand you pay for the internet who INVENTED the internet (answer U.S. government)I understand you pay an excise tax for roads who BUILT the interstate system (answer U.S. government) Corporate tax DOESN'T EXIST (I pay more income tax than Exxon) You may have GPS or Satellite TV, guess who pioneered space... YOU GOT IT the U.S. government
Jesus is an historical figure. Is he God? (He is IMO and that is a personal matter but his existance is a settled matter)Let me get this straight you don't like God or Goverment. Why do I have a hunch you love guns?
I do agree with you on one point, If not for my Christian belief system I would also be a conservative. I just choose to love others as myself. I even love GTS.

The modern internet is entirely born from the University realm and private sector. The internet precursor was DARPAnet invented obviously by DARPA. However, the concept was already around. Notice, btw, DARPA would also be paid for by my Income Tax. The modern internet was paid by something more precious and powerful: my free market purchasing power.

The Interstate system is also paid for by the federal excise tax. It was built because Ike saw the defense ramifications from the Autobahn in Germany. So really the US Interstate system owes its intellectual birth to the Nazis, just like every other high speed highway system. The most prominent feature of the Interstate system today is its high degree of decay throughout the country due to the misuse of the excise tax funds, and the federal government holding highway funds as ransom demanding states adhere to pointless and wasteful programs.

Corporate Tax is damn near 40%. Paid entirely by you at the register or in lower salary, might I add. If it's lower than that for an individual entity, it's because of crony capitalism. And, as you like to ask in your post, WHO MAKES THOSE SWEETHEART DEALS??

GPS was done by the Department of Defense.

The first Satellite TV relay was done by Telstar, owned and operated by AT&T. The Russians pushed it from there, but the private sector made it viable.

All of your examples were defense related. So I will again say if all I were paying for was defense, my Income Tax would be under 10% compared to the 50%+ it is right now courtesy of your theft and redistribution of wealth. So tell me -- how is my life made better by paying for people who refuse to provide for themself? Or, better yet, what do you come and do what you cowardly demand the government do for you. Come try to take 50% of my paycheck. I dare you.

(02-13-2011 06:35 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  ... No way it measures up to the best book ever written. Though that is a very high standard.

Best book ever? Dude, you skipped through parts of it.

It's a great book, but not best ever.

The preview looked good. Would rather them see Taggart expand as an airline though. Passenger rail is a dud.

(02-14-2011 06:04 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  I do agree with you on one point, If not for my Christian belief system I would also be a conservative. I just choose to love others as myself. I even love GTS.

Is there anything more dangerous than a religious socialist/statist?

"Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God: the proud, the avaricious, the self-righteous, are in that danger."
C.S. Lewis.

(02-14-2011 07:20 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(02-14-2011 06:04 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  Pace your hate because Obama will be in office until Hillary takes over in 2016

I've had to since Obama has continued every single bad policy Dubya had. I find it amusing liberals who spent every day bashing Dubya now love Obama ... for having nearly IDENTICAL philosophies.

I am glad we can agree on something. 90% of the things I despised about Bush (I voted for him in 2000) are still taking place. I am no Obama fan. The conservatives simply have no viable candidate. It is the rights responsability to give the voters a choice. I AM IN TOTAL AGREEMENT ON THE OBAMA/DUBYA comparison.