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To: don-o

I have not read everything she wrote, but I can recommend Atlas Shrugged, and The Fountainhead. The novels have plots, characters and such, so the philosophy is brought to life (although there are some utterly unnecessary, very long speeches). They are brilliantly well-written in places, and pretty awful in places. You will undoubtedly find yourself arguing with her characterizations of Christianity. The biggest value in her novels is how she depicts the Left. She nailed them: their motives, their self-righteousness, their lust for power. Her heroes can make one chuckle because of their perfection, but her villains are all too realistic.


3,072 posted on 09/25/2013 7:05:42 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Be seeing you...)
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To: cdcdawg

I am re-reading Atlas Shrugged for the third time, and many of the dialogues in that book are what I have actually heard from the Dems in real life.

They are books that get better and better the longer the Obama Administration is in office.

Prescient. Prescient.


3,082 posted on 09/25/2013 7:09:26 AM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: cdcdawg

I believe I started Atlas many years ago and did not finish it. Repeating what I said upthread, I can agree with her belief of what human nature is not. But, the enemy of my enemy’s principles is not necessarily my friend.


3,090 posted on 09/25/2013 7:11:20 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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