tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post6785990391434336982..comments2023-11-03T08:22:33.888-05:00Comments on Catawissa Gazetteer: ATLAS SHRUGGED ON THE BIG SCREEN - THE BIG LIE COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOUCatawissa Gazetteerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04939761313614220536noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post-43540468429632910952011-02-16T16:47:14.566-06:002011-02-16T16:47:14.566-06:00You hit the proverbial nail on the head, again, Ca...You hit the proverbial nail on the head, again, Catawissa.Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05269978181247175900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post-79476623506922631712011-02-16T14:23:22.130-06:002011-02-16T14:23:22.130-06:00I've tried, repeatedly, to get through "A...I've tried, repeatedly, to get through "Atlas Shrugged" but I haven't made it yet. And I read boring stuff all the time, mostly history and theology.<br /><br />The book is wordy, the characters are shallow and self centered to an extreme and the basic premise is so objectionable and just plain wrong that I can't finish it.<br /><br />Yet, I hear people go on and on about it with a nearly religious zeal. I suppose that's because Rand's philosophy is a religion, deifying man and worshiping at the altar of capitalism.<br /><br />And in that respect it fits perfectly in the Neo-Con world view.Catawissa Gazetteerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939761313614220536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3857800884501324974.post-34972193387183935492011-02-16T14:08:57.594-06:002011-02-16T14:08:57.594-06:00For all her use of words such as, "heroic bei...For all her use of words such as, "heroic being", "happiness", and "productive achievement", she is just one hell of a bore. Wearying to read.Paul Stilwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446241126728692642noreply@blogger.com