... and decided John Galt was not worth knowing and that Ayn Rand was just an angry person dissatisfied with her place in life, a condition she blamed on do gooders.

The only other mistake like that I ever made was the ten minutes I listened to Nickleback. That and supporting Barry Goldwater.

I always wonder if Gary Cooper ever regretted making the movie. I know I never regretted not seeing it.

Obviously you know it because you were there. But it was in at least one of he books - with pictures.

... my point had nothing to with hiding support for Goldwater, my point had to do with not writing people off too easily.

I don't entertain haters, idiots, fascists, racists, sexists, rapists, felons, insurrectionists, and their ilk. My time is too important to waste

You shouldn't have to do so with someone with whom you want to become involved. Not to mention, respect is hard to fathom between those with their eyes fully open (and those who bury their heads in the sand).

But would definitely emphasize you do care.

Us to the point we are right now

the maggots have been whining about it for several years...

but, a huge number of people in this country don't even vote, so there's that...
if you run into one of those, you might educate them

All humans get the same 24 hours every single day of life.
How they spend that time separates the children in grownup bodies from the adults.
In times like these, life's too short. Ain't nobody got time for that.

That was about the only thing that survived our brief marriage of 27 years.
We're still kicking GOP ass.

My daughter may have some idea how rad her Dad was in the 60's.

Most women i have met do not like republicans. Most hated the abortion bs at the very least.

Things may have changed, though. In the 80s my late uncle commented that theirs was “a house divided.”