My wife's family has gone down that same sick road. Now there has been a change of attitude. No more making fun of us for investing. Its not a victory for me. Its more sad to see. But they only have them self to blame. I am no genius and saw this was stupid long ago even when I was gong to the cult. I was grabbing every job I could get and opening a CD every time I saved five grand
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JW's and Retirement Planning
by JaNayNee inmy mother is a jw.
i studied for several years and ultimately could not digest what was being served.
for the last 20 years my mother has done nothing to prepare for retirement.
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Funny how these in it to the end Dems are dropping out, could this be why?
by JimmyYoung ini am wondering if the dems dropping out who were "in it to the end" are dropping out because of having to shake hands and go into crowds with the corona virus spreading.
hmmm.
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I am wondering if the dems dropping out who were "in it to the end" are dropping out because of having to shake hands and go into crowds with the Corona virus spreading. Hmmm.
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Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
by Jehalapeno infirst off, this is a book you want to read.
avoid the movie franchise at all costs.
horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".
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B75, that seems to be the case on both radical ends of the spectrum. Although we don't live in the USA in a democracy but a republic, the power still lays with the voters. Both radical sides don't like this. The never Trumpers are case in point. They don't like Trump and want to over throw the will of the people in favor of the elitists point of view. People like Bill Kristol come to mind. He is an elitist idiot who would love to see power only with the wealthy elite.
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Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
by Jehalapeno infirst off, this is a book you want to read.
avoid the movie franchise at all costs.
horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".
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Also if you read Rand she was not for democracy. She was in favor of a dictatorship ruled by the wealthy and smart which she felt were one in the same.
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Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
by Jehalapeno infirst off, this is a book you want to read.
avoid the movie franchise at all costs.
horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".
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I don't subscribe to Rand's rants. She was out and out nuts. There is always a small seed of truth in any cult. Giving money and things to those who do not work for it does not work. Communism and Socialism do not work. Having Capitalism that has regulation and social safety nets works. The same people who yell keep the government out of my health care will pull a gun if you say lets end Medicare and Social Security. These programs are not socialism but a social safety net. I am for making people receiving things like Medicaid and welfare food stamps ect work for what they get. This idea that some welfare queen sitting home smoking crack and spreading her legs popping out more welfare babies and having the state pay for it is stupid. But if you make them do drug testing and then work to get what they are getting I am all for it. It may not even be a fair trade as to how hard they can work for what they get but drug testing and make them do something. Pick up trash, paint a gov. building wash floors or sweep sidewalks. But Rand's ideas lead to unrest and riots. If you implemented Ayn's crazy ideas there would be a revolution and we would have communism. Learning from history is key. WW2 was started by the harsh treatment of the German empire after WW1. We found that by building up a country we have had so far heading for a century of trade partners and stable nations. IMO the far left and the far right are both crazy. This is not an either or thing. There is a middle way.
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Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
by Jehalapeno infirst off, this is a book you want to read.
avoid the movie franchise at all costs.
horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".
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JimmyYoung
I am in no way saying don't read it or any such thing. Just pointing out that Rand was a nutzo mentally ill person who had radical ideas that will not work in the real world and that she did not live by her own crazy ideology.
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Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
by Jehalapeno infirst off, this is a book you want to read.
avoid the movie franchise at all costs.
horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".
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JimmyYoung
Yes the story was fiction no crap, but it reflected the very ideas Rand and her cult followers wanted to see come to pass. Its like saying Meinkampf was just some guys opinion.
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Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
by Jehalapeno infirst off, this is a book you want to read.
avoid the movie franchise at all costs.
horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".
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JimmyYoung
In the book atlas shrugged her characters are one dimensional. She was not a good writer. there were characters she held up and they were all perfect according to the story's, or characters she did not like and were all bad all the time. The characters that were Rand type thinkers were young beautiful and smart and right and rich all the time. Those in her books that were not her boot lickers were fat, stupid, lazy and ugly and can not even have enjoyable sex. She started a cult. Anyone who was not part of the cult was a user and a boil on the ass of society. In Rand's view the masses are too stupid to achieve or contribute to society. In her view democracy was destructive because these stupid masses are too dumb to vote correctly. She pushed the idea of elite dictatorship. The book A.S. where the rich and smart which are one in the same in Rand's world go on strike and run away to a new made society created in the mountains of Colorado. Then there is the 300 people die when a coal burner train goes through a tunnel and she says they deserve it for being poor and supporting the government. John Gult creates a cult in Gults Gultch and the sex is almost rape. She was a very disturbed individual.
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Recommended Reading for ExJWs: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
by Jehalapeno infirst off, this is a book you want to read.
avoid the movie franchise at all costs.
horrible movies.. here's why i recommend this book: its prime focus is using rational reasoning to form your life philosophy - whether that be relationships, career or faith.. it also gives insight into the mind of someone who survived the geopolitical equivalent of the jws - the communist regime of stalin.. the antagonists of the book are referred to as "collectivists".
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Shit Ayn Rand is a hack and a self called "philosopher" The book is nothing more than the rich go on strike to oppress the poor. It garbage. This woman was insane, She called smoking cigarettes "mans conquering of fire" She took a lover during her marriage and when he took a lover she melted down like the little bitch she was, She called for an end to social security and medicare and then used them when she was broke at the end of her life. She call others users for doing the very things she did. She changed her "philosophy" on many occasions to fit her actions as needed. Sound familiar? Should it is the same thing that the JWs do. She tried to hide her taking of benefits because she knew she was a hypocrite. Her so called philosophy was nothing more than a nod to greed, selfish sex crazed lust and megalomania. In her philosophy she expressed that there is no such thing as altruism, that everyone exists for their own selfish needs. Her supposed perfect economic system is Laissez faire capitalism which is a total free market no regulation. This kind of system would be so cruel where the rich could monopolize the markets and take advantage of those with less means it would eventually cause civil wars. She was one of the biggest hypocrites the world has ever seen, It was OK for her to be and adulteress but when her lover took a younger lover she went absolutely bat shit crazy. Many CEOs in the past and today lover her because her sick philosophy give them a guilt free pass to do what ever it is that is good for them-self and the rest of the world be damned.
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Its a great documentary. Its not one bit biased and just tells the facts. The JWs are so brain dead they will cover their ears and go lalalalalala to not hear it but facts non the less.