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To: SilentZ who wrote (318180)	1/1/2007 12:20:21 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572957

"My vacation reading was Atlas Shrugged. 1,200 pages to live by, if you're Steve or Elroy. " You have my condolences. Even read another novel with such totally dislikeable main characters?

To: SilentZ who wrote (318180)	1/1/2007 12:52:03 PM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572957

My vacation reading was Atlas Shrugged. 1,200 pages to live by, if you're Steve or Elroy. For me, ughhhhh... Never read it, but the Fountainhead by the same author was quite good. I think that's only about 800....

To: SilentZ who wrote (318180)	1/1/2007 3:05:13 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572957

Hopefully you also read "The Fountainhead", two good and important books indeed. Also watch the DVD of the latter starring a convincing Gary Cooper. You may also know that Ayn Rand was Russian and decided that communist Russia wasn't for her and thus left for the US. Above books she wrote 15 years later. Not bad for an immigrant, uh-huh? Taro

To: SilentZ who wrote (318180)	1/1/2007 5:55:12 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572957

re: Can you summarize his values? I'm not sure I get them in a concrete way. The part that is making him "different" is that he is non-ideological... and is promoting a less confrontational, more genteel and co-operative relationship between the parties. It's said that in Illinois even the Republicans like him. In the book he admits that he's never had a negative ad run against him. I'm wondering how he will respond in a down and dirty primary... to say nothing of a national election if he were the nominee. Maybe it works, or maybe it's a disaster. His chapter on "Politics" is worth the read. He describes all the problems with the current system, the gerrymandering and the special interest money and influence, from the perspective of a Senator. Weirdly, he almost tries to justify it... or at least explain how good people can become special interest robots. Good insight <into how fukked up the system really is>. (One thing I didn't know is that the monied special interest groups send these guys questionnaires, he says he got 50, asking lots of questions like "Will you absolutely promise to vote for __________ if you are elected to the Senate". Unless they score 100% on the questionnaire, they get no endorsement or contributions.) re: My vacation reading was Atlas Shrugged. Read it in a 48 hour reading marathon in college. Survived to think another day.