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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan; JohnGalt; bstein80
In Atlas Shrugged, I remember the heroine Dagny Taggart referring to your termed 'parasitic generation' as 'looters.' Looters basically are people who bite the hand that feeds them. Without the producers, the looters would be desolate and they would die of starvation; yet the looters are resentful, hateful and envious of the producers. The 1960s dope smokers at Woodstock who are now in positions of power in our colleges and government institutions are the 'looters' that Ayn Rand aptly describes in Atlas Shrugged. Here's to Dagny... Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
19 posted on 10/27/2006 2:32:17 PM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: DogByte6RER
.....yet the looters are resentful, hateful and envious of the producers

That is exactly correct.....it's the human condition.

21 posted on 10/27/2006 5:50:03 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("Fake but Accurate": NY Times)
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