On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:22:37 -0700, Hawke
wrote:

On 7/12/2012 11:15 AM, George Plimpton wrote:

It's one brilliant and insightful person's statement of universal truths.

You mean that you think that. But you do understand that these days Rand
is not thought of by most as you do. She's seen as kooky, far out, far
right, and old fashioned. Modern thinking is not what you get from her.
You get old ideas that don't fit well into a very much changed world. It
does appeal to a very small segment of society though that we call Tea
Party types and libertarians. The rest of us don't bother with her
tired, old, and discredited ideology.

Hawke

Her horse**** appeals to 14 year olds and older people who never grew
up intellectually. Bill Maher summarizes the mindset here.
http://samuel-warde.com/2012/06/bill...-being-a-dick/
Check the responses as well.