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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Friday, September 16, 2005

RE: Christianity vs Objectivism

Make as many mountains out of molehills as you like. We weren't discussing objectivism. We were discussing socialism. You can dodge and weave, but you can't escape.

Instead of ranting and raving, and attacking Ayn Rand's religious beliefs, why don't you try refuting what she said about socialism instead? That's the context in which her quotes were offered.

Go ahead and read more of Miss Rand, though. It will do you some good. You ought to pick up a copy of Atlas Shrugged. It might even change your life. Pay particular attention to what she has to say about the people she calls looters. You might even discover that she doesn't have much to say about Jesus himself, only about the Christian philosophy. And that is where she, and you, are wrong on those counts.

You can try to portray my arguments as monolithically bound to every single one of Ayn Rand's beliefs, but that is the tactic of a child. No human is ever right about everything. But when someone is wrong on one count, it does not make them wrong on all counts. You should know that better than anyone.

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