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The need for a rational moral code in your daily life.

Politics without God: Michelle Bachmann, Theocrat

I refuse to vote for politicians whose votes are determined by prayer. I'm looking at you, Michelle Bachmann!

The 'Ayn Rand vs. Jesus Christ' Campaign

See here from the AVN's video and writings that started the recent debate:

Regulation: The Scourge of the Economy or the Cure? - Yahoo! Finance

As you might expect of a Rand follower, Brook believes regulation only harms the economy. "This crisis was caused by excessive regulations," he says. "The industries that failed were housing, mortgages and banking," three of the most regulated industries in history, he argues.

Does America Need Ayn Rand or Jesus?

If we are to reject the welfare state as immoral and thereby restore the American dream of individualism, don’t we need a rational morality that challenges the centuries-old creed of self-sacrifice and instead argues for the individual’s moral right to his own life …

When It Comes to Wealth Creation, There Is No Pie - The Objectivist - - Forbes

" Wealth grows. True. But the pie metaphor carries with it another implication, which Roberts doesn’t challenge. It treats wealth as owned by society. We happen to find ourselves in possession of a pie.

It's Time To Kill The 'Robin Hood' Myth

On our view, you earned your wealth and it belongs to you, and no politician has any business talking about how much of your money he can “afford” to let you keep.

Three Myths About Oil - Forbes.com

Oil powers the industrial farm equipment that brings us abundant food. It powers the mobile machinery that we need to extract raw materials like iron, lumber, uranium or natural gas from the earth.

Force and Violence: How the Left Blurs Terms

The left's modus operandi is to denounce the open use of "violence," while promoting and condoning every other form of force.

Christmas Should be More Commercial

Christmas in America is an exuberant display of human ingenuity, capitalist productivity, and the enjoyment of life.

Arbitrary Power, Dictatorship, and Health Care

Consider one example today: H.R. 3962, the ''Affordable Health Care for America Act" recently passed by the House of Representatives.

Anti-Capitalism: The Legacy of George W. Bush and The Republican Party

The administration of George W. Bush, for instance, greatly expanded government power.

Mandatory Health Insurance: Wrong for Massachusetts, Wrong for America by Paul Hsieh

In April 2006, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to require that all of its residents purchase health insurance.

Obama's Atomic Bomb: The Ideological Clarity of the Democratic Agenda by John David Lewis

Over the summer of 2009, Americans witnessed something quite extraordinary: Thousands of citizens not usually involved in politics gathered in public protest and energetically confronted government officials about the policies of an administration they had elected just a few mont …

When Bush spoke to students, Democrats investigated, held hearings | Washington Examiner

The controversy over President Obama's speech to the nation's schoolchildren will likely be over shortly after Obama speaks today at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. But when President George H.W.

Stop the Slippery Slope of Speech Bans

Under campaign finance law, corporations are prevented from spending their own money to advocate the election or defeat of political candidates. Tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a second round of arguments in Citizens United v.

Health Care Is Not a Privilege … Nor Is It a Right

A popular but flawed argument is that "health care is a right, not a privilege." Health care is neither a right nor a privilege. Rather, we all have the right to seek medical treatment through voluntary trade or charity.

Yale criticized for nixing Muslim cartoons in book

Yale University has removed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad from an upcoming book about how they caused outrage across the Muslim world, drawing criticism from prominent alumni and a national group of university professors.

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Why *Any* Speech to School Children by a President is Wrong

I disapprove of Obama's speech to kids that will happen Sept. 8th. I also disaprove of H.W. Bush's and Reagan's speech to kids (and for the record, the content of Reagan's speech is almost as corrupt as Obama's).

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Massachusetts' Obama-like Reforms Increase Health Costs, Wait Times

If you are curious about how President Barack Obama's health plan would affect your health care, look no farther than Massachusetts. In 2006, the Bay State enacted a slate of reforms that almost perfectly mirror the plan of Obama and congressional Democrats.

G20 aims at destroying banker bonuses; stimulus to stay (to reward failure)

LONDON (Reuters) - G20 finance leaders on Saturday took aim at excessive bank pay and risk-taking at the root of the financial crisis and insisted trillions of dollars of emergency economic supports would be needed for some time.

Health Care is Not a Right

Most people who oppose socialized medicine do so on the grounds that it is moral and well-intentioned, but impractical; i.e., it is a noble idea--which just somehow does not work. I do not agree that socialized medicine is moral and well-intentioned, but impractical.

YouTube - Rick Warren Urges Followers To Emulate Hitler Youth

The smoking gun. Rick Warren doesn't disagree with the totalitarian's means, he just disagrees who should be the beneficiary of man's sacrifices. Nazis say the race, communists say the class, Christians say God.

How the GOP lost my vote - The Denver Post

But I didn't vote for a single Republican in 2008. I've become increasingly alienated by the Republicans" embrace of the religious "social conservative" agenda, including attempts to ban abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and gay marriage.

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I live by the philosophy of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. I am not a libertarian, anarchist, …

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