Senator Paul....

[WCGreen]

Where is the freedom for the people who are harmed by the under regulated gas lines that continue to blow up causing all sorts of collateral damage?

If you really look at it, senator Paul, the rights and freedom of all those people who have been killed or injured because of underegulated gas blasts are being encroached upon, denied inalienable rights and just thrown aside for the pursuit of more profit.

So senator Paul, where does it say in your Ayn Rand universe that the rights of the people to expect to be safe to say live in a house they purchased are trumped by the actions of a corporation who are in full pursuit of profits?

The individual cannot effectively stand up to a corporation in any way shape or form.

An individual cannot just pick up and move and I guess just react when there is danger if they don't even know there is danger.

How can those people who are harmed by corporate actions, such as air pollution and water pollution, just pick up and move?

I know, I get it, I read Ayn Rand back when I was about 13 or 14 and thought it was real cool.

But then I had my first non self inflicted orgasm and I realized what I thought was rugged individualism was really just a fairy tale disguised as a political movement.

I realized that my championing of the environment didn't really square with the Howard Roarks of the world. I realized that people have to compromise all the time in order to make things work.

But in your world, senator Paul, there is no room for compromise on your childish wish for all men, and corporations, to be unfettered.

By the way, senator Paul, don't let it out that corporations are really a collective when you come right down to it.

Corporations have the right to make a profit but not if that right rubs against the peoples right to live and breath without having to worry about the actions of any corporation or partnership or even family owned business.

Or maybe that's okay, this championing of the collective corporations, because they contribute to your campaign.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. They want their profits, no matter the price to us...

So they build the gas lines and sell the gas to us, and neglect the proper maintenance...

And they get away with it...until something breaks.

And even then, they want their customers to pay for the repairs.

They are unfettered, and it is wrong.

[Ken Burch]

2. Remember this...the good senator probably STILL doesn't realize

that Ayn Rand wrote NOVELS....

[WCGreen]

3. Bad one's, as it turns out...

[Ken Burch]

5. And with bad hair as well

[Ineeda]

4. Senator Paul: Corporatocracy or Anarchy?

I get confused, as he advocates elements of both. Should we coin a new word for his position? Definitions from Wikipedia:

Corporatocracy, in social theories that focus on conflicts and opposing interests within society, denotes a system of government that serves the interest of, and may be run by, corporations and involves ties between government and business. Where corporations, conglomerates, and/or government entities with private components, control the direction and governance of a country, including carrying out economic planning (notwithstanding the "free market" label)

Anarchy may refer to any of several political states, and has been variously defined by sources. Most often, the term "anarchy" describes the simple absence of publicly recognized government or enforced political authority. When used in this sense, anarchy may or may not imply political disorder or lawlessness within a society. In another sense, anarchy may not refer to a complete lack of authority or political organization, but instead refer to a social state characterized by libertarianism, or a lack of a state or ruler.