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PHILOSOPHY: WHO NEEDS IT? (The IMPORTANT West Point Commencement Speech)
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| March 6, 1974
| Ayn Rand
Posted on 05/22/2010 8:06:19 AM PDT by FreeKeys
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OBAMA is speaking to the West Point graduating class right now. What an "obamanation." So at this time I wanted to post THE most important WEST POINT COMMENCEMENT SPEECH of all time. Save it to disk & pass it along.
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05/22/2010 8:06:19 AM PDT
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FreeKeys
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05/22/2010 8:08:24 AM PDT
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FreeKeys
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." -- Ayn Rand)
To: FreeKeys
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05/22/2010 8:15:25 AM PDT
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cll
(I am the warrant and the sanction)
To: FreeKeys
Bttt
Interesting to read this after watching the pathetic performance by President Obama (ahem) at West Point this morning.
To: FreeKeys
It will be interesting to do a compare and contrast.
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05/22/2010 8:36:19 AM PDT
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Excellence
(Meet your new mother-in-law, the United States Government.)
To: FreeKeys
To: FreeKeys
It would be instructive to know the reactions to those two commencements. And to know where the graduates of ‘74 are today. We’ll have a long time to wait to know where Obama’s will be. Hopefully, we’ll still be here by then!
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05/22/2010 9:16:43 AM PDT
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BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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05/22/2010 9:45:58 AM PDT
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BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BradyLS; neverdem
It would be instructive to know the reactions to those two commencements. And to know where the graduates of ‘74 are today. We’ll have a long time to wait to know where Obama’s will be. Hopefully, we’ll still be here by then!Yes, it would. Would you do it? Do you want to start on the '74 grads? You can start here.
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05/22/2010 9:49:28 AM PDT
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FreeKeys
("Do not ever consider Collectivists as 'sincere but deluded idealists'." -- Ayn Rand)
To: FreeKeys
Thank you so much for this antidote, it is much needed and greatly appreciated.
To: FreeKeys
Obamadinejad will probably hand out a medal for restraint with each diploma.
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05/22/2010 9:57:40 AM PDT
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Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: whodathunkit
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05/22/2010 10:02:07 AM PDT
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FreeKeys
("A nation that violates the rights of its own citizens cannot claim any rights whatsoever."-Ayn Rand)
To: FreeKeys
Well, first on the list of notable 1974 grads is General David Petraeus, Division Commander of the 101st Airborne during the drive on Baghdad in 2003. He took control of all forces in Iraq in 2007 and was the architect of the “Surge” strategy that all but eliminated insurgent activity in Iraq! Some folks have floated his name as possible presidential candidate, but he has denied any political ambitions.
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05/22/2010 10:17:08 AM PDT
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BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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05/22/2010 10:19:04 AM PDT
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FreeKeys
("The 'haves' are those who have freedom, and...it is freedom that the 'have-nots' have not."Ayn Rand)
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05/22/2010 10:32:21 AM PDT
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Auntie Mame
(Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
To: FreeKeys
This is a great piece of American literature from one of the greatest thinkers of all time.
There is so much value in these ideas, if only our “institutions of higher learning” were worthy of that name.
To: FreeKeys
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05/22/2010 10:47:19 AM PDT
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Publius
(Unless the Constitution is followed, it is simply a piece of paper.)
To: FreeKeys
Just WOW, now that is a speech. Thanks for posting it.
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05/22/2010 11:43:03 AM PDT
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unique
To: FreeKeys
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Ayn Rand’s 1974 commencement speech at West Point.
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05/22/2010 12:38:19 PM PDT
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Publius
(Unless the Constitution is followed, it is simply a piece of paper.)
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