Communications

Digital, unaltered.  Sony DSLR A300.

I had a buddy once tell me that if I read Ayn Rand, I’d turn into an ass. But I read ‘Atlas Shrugged’ anyway, mainly because Rand is often quoted, as if scripture, by many entrepreneurs – particularly in the state in which I live (conservative Utah).

Rand stated that selfishness is a virtue. Wow. She rejects altruism, the view that self-sacrifice is the moral ideal. She argues that the ultimate moral value, for each human individual, is their own well-being.

That flies in the face of true Christianity, and yet it’s preached like scripture by conservatives. While I consider myself an entrepreneur in many ways, I have a tough time with some of Rand’s philosophies.

I’d love any thoughts or push-back on this. . . Is my interpretation flawed?

Sarah Palin is good for laughs, if nothing else. Check out  Sarah Palin in the Oval Office.

I give this book 2 out of 5 stars. It’s full of redundant, rambling political philosophy with a timeline that jumps all over the place.  While some of the antidotal stories are interesting, and the inner-workings of the White House communications office certainly interests me, there wasn’t near enough of this. It was a fight to finish this book.

Courtesy of the Huffington Post. Hilarious!

The current financial crises has me thinking about my food storage. I’m watching CNN right now, and my feelings reflect what the nation is feeling – anger, and some fear. The three main causes of this mess:

1. Deregulation
2. Greedy lenders
3. Stupid borrowers

I can’t believe we’re all paying for this stupidity of the few. Now were seeing a stalling, power play in Congress while they agree on a bailout plan, which of course adds to my anger.  They’re still arguing over whether these corporate executives get a golden parachute? How about a jail sentence instead?

It seemed impossible that our global image could drop any farther, but then we decided to wreck the word’s economy. Wonderful.