Last Friday I had to make a quick stop at the $$ Store to pick up a card for a baby shower. As I entered the lot a speeding car cut across my path. The entire back was plastered with pro-abortion signs and several others bemoaning the fact that she was a "blue" person living in a "red" state (I have a solution for
that problem!) She found the parking space closest to the front door (of course), and as I passed her car I was able to read the anti-capitalism sign. It said something stupid like "capitalism leads to the downfall of a country or tooth decay" - or something equally weird.
When I checked out she was a few people in front on me. She had a cart full of junk food and whipped out her food stamp card to pay for her purchases. Why am I not surprised?
I'm heading off to run errands and receive a haircut at the hands of my talented hairdresser, who practices capitalism and as a result doesn't need food stamps. Besides, I want to look nice for Obama's "bi-partisan huggy kissy can't we all just get along and if not I'm going to ram through my horribly unpopular health care bill anyway" summit.
While I'm gone, inform yourself by reading Dr. Sanity's latest article, Life Among the Ruins - Let Them All Eat Cake, and see her take on happiness and capitalism. As usual, it's excellent!
4 comments:
Dr. Sanity's comments were good, but she nearly had me hitting the exit button with the mention of Ayn Rand, that horrible anti-Christian nutburger (though she did have some correct ideas about economics). If you want to see the irrational, hate-ridden intellectual cesspit that her followers inhabit, go to some Objectivist forums and discuss, oh, abortion...or maybe euthanasia. They love both. Mention that you're a Christian, and see how you're treated...Rand was an anti-religious bigot, and her followers are just as toxic.
A similar experience in Milwaukee in 1988 helped complete my journey from the dark side. (I still think I need to do penance for voting for Mondale in '84).
I first read "Atlas Shrugged" in 1962 when I was a senior in high school, and I remember thinking she'd be a credible thinker if she were Christian.
Austie - that pretty well sums up Ayn Rand. Very Strange lady...
Bob - Yep!
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