Stephen Colbert Loves Ayn Rand

[SemiCharmedQuark]

From HuffPo:

In last night's episode of "The Word" Stephen Colbert praised Ayn Rand for her novel "Atlas Shrugged," a favorite of conservative commentators that blames government spending on social programs for the downfall of the country. Sales of the book have been on the rise since Obama came into office, proving that "things have gotten so desperate, Americans are actually reading."

Colbert has wholeheartedly accepted Rand's philosophy and wants to live on an island with the CEOs, hedge fund managers, House Republicans and TV pundits.

Video is linked:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/12/stephen-colbert-loves-ayn_n_174204.html

[Dervill Crow]

1. I have a Wiccan friend who lurves Ayan Rand.

That makes ME :shrug:

[onenote]

2. you do realize the colbert is a comic playing a role in a show that is a parody

of rw talkers.

Take anything and everything he says on that show with a grain of salt.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

11. It's the headline from HuffPo, not mine.

I thought it was self explanatory as it was Stephen Colbert and pretty much whatever he says on his show is the opposite of what he believes. :shrug:

[omega minimo]

17. He loves her

"Randiness"

[Quantess]

3. Does the author know that Stephen Colbert is a comedian pretending to be a right-winger?

:eyes:

[Dukkha]

4. good segment I need to show it to my wife

who is a defender of Rand's work. She cites her as an example when I defend the Sea Shephers tactics.

[zbdent]

5. Colbert would want to live on an island with the CEOs, hedge fund managers, House Republicans and TV

pundits?

Please ... make it a reality show ... watch them starve to death in weeks ... who would actually do the work to feed them?

[mucifer]

7. that was the point of Colbert's clip.

[omega minimo]

18. Jeff Probst

[blogslut]

6. Will the island be surrounded by a lake of fire

and crocodiles?

:)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

12. LOL. I guess the title is confusing...I thought everyone automatically assumed whatever Stephen say

is the opposite of what he believes. :shrug:

[omega minimo]

19. cameras

and commercials

[riverdeep]

8. I think the OP is aware that the whole thing is a joke, and playing along.

Brilliant send up, absolutely brilliant. Rand is one of the pillars of the conservative movement. Strangely, along with the Bible, which actually pushes things contrary to Rand like charity.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

10. Yeah, it was the headline that HuffPo gave the link.

I mentioned that he had torn the greedy Reps apart in an earlier post.

[malaise]

9. Actually he tore her to shreds

That was great.

[Fleshdancer]

13. No he doesn't

How can anyone watch that segment and actually believe Colbert was praising Atlas Shrugged?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

14. I don't think anyone does.

Being that Stephen Colbert has endorsed putting a bag on your head to keep out deadly oxygen, I think it is assumed that whatever he says is to be taken with a grain of salt.

[ThoughtCriminal]

15. Atlas Shrugged 2: One Hour Later

My favorite Bob the Angry Flower strip

[Ikonoklast]

16. All those Titans Of Industry would be dead in a year.

Since having one Union Plumber with them would be an affront to their delicate yet massive egos, they would all expire from dysentery from the first broken pipes and bad water.


Rand was delusional, and anyone that reads her drivel and can relate to it as a philosophy are mental juveniles.

[ThoughtCriminal]

21. After a few months

They would make "Lord of the Flies" look like Eden.

Who would be eaten last?

[hfojvt]

20. well, you gotta admit

that is one sexy comb-over.


U.S. of A-holes. :rofl: