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  • Posted by airfredd22 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Re: khalling,

    The articles were very interesting to read. It’s always good to have your own suspicions validated. My suspicions about Dr. Peikoff are certainly borne out after reading the criticism of Dr. Peikoff by Mr. Mann and Per-Olof Samuelsson.

    I tend to always be suspicious of anyone who refers to himself as an intellectual. The sheer arrogance that represents seems to always go right over the heads of those very “intellectuals.”

    Dr. Peikoff’s arrogance in his self-promoted concept of being an intellectual is evidenced by sad display of rudeness in the letters and descriptions of his arguments with accomplished individuals.

    Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

    Fred Speckmann
    commonsenseforamericans@yahoo.com
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  • Posted by airfredd22 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Re: Rozar,

    I can only assume that each phone company has a different way of displaying these pages, I have no such button.

    I also find that the threads are not always in a chronological order. sometime the top is the oldest and sometimes it's in reverse. I'm forced to look at the time stamp to find the direction the post are going.

    Fred

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  • Posted by airfredd22 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Re: khalling,

    I fully agree with your point about Peikoff. Have there been any interviews or other commentary explaining Peikoff's lack of enthusiasm. personally, with the exception of the constant cast changes, I find the movies close to perfection in keeping with ayn rand's concept of the future, now present.

    Fred Speckmann
    commonsenseforamericans@yahoo.com
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  • Posted by airfredd22 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Re: LetsShrug,

    Mood has nothing to do with this, it's about being clear in your points. you certainly are crystal clear and I can appreciate that though I can also disagree with you or anyone else.

    An identity is a persons name, an alias is everything else you call yourself.

    As to downvoting me or anyone else, I for one am not writing for points, but to make points.

    Fred Speckmann
    commonsenseforamericans@yahoo.com
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  • Posted by $ dhinet 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, I just looked at the site on my smartphone, there are no threads, comment after comment, sorted by time. Switching to desktop view sorts them by threads. Never noticed the switch to desktop view. Thanks R
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    OMG - I'm sure you can figure out.
    I (thought?) a Member Of The Gulch Does Not Understand IP, But, What The Heck?

    I'm not sure about the "thought". Doesn't seem to read right.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well...let's see... I lost my dollar sign pendant while I was out and about running errands with my son today. So that kind of sucks. But I'm going swimming with my grandson shortly so that'll make up for it. :) NOT being in a gov school today was a bonus of the highest order though. :) So...it's going well, kh. Thanks :)
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  • Posted by Rozar 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Fred

    Are you using the site through a mobile device? If you are, you should try scrolling to the very bottom and clicking the button that says desktop in the bottom right. It may make tracking the threads easier for you.
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Fred,
    I have no grief for Peikoff either. My point had to do with this: the movies have brought tens of thousands to Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged. Many of those have explored Objectivism-which they did not know existed, before they saw the movie(s). A kind word or shout out to the movies would have been in rational self interest. Not one public peep.
    Kaila
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  • Posted by airfredd22 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Re: khalling,

    I was not aware that Peikoff is the heir to the Rand estate. If that is correct, then I’m not sure what your objection is to any profit he gains through the estate. I have no brief for Peikoff as I have had a disagreement with him some years ago when the institute under his leadership asked for contributions. It seems to me to be at odds with Ayn Rand’s philosophy as stated in Atlas Shrugged, “ I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”

    Fred Speckmann
    commonsenseforamericans@yahoo.com
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I down voted that. kh does NOT make silly arguments and you are being rude. And what alias? Her identity is all over the place. Yeah..go back to your nap, maybe you'll wake up in a better mood.
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Fred, hey! you showed up and attacked me! I gave you a little good, old fashioned ribbing. I have always been respectful to you. You respond to good, old fashioned ribbing with an ad hominem attack. hmm,
    Fred, I do not hide behind an alias. I am very public on this site. khalling is my username.
    Kaila
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  • Posted by airfredd22 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Except that sometimes that "thread" is not continuous so identifying to whom you are directing your insults is helpful. I've noticed that your "conversations tend to lead to what most people would consider silly arguments. My solution is to just ignore your commentary in the future since common courtesy doesn't seem to appeal to you. I'll just get back to my nap. Courtesy is also the reason that I actually identify myself instead of hiding behind an alias, not that you are the only one that does that.

    Fred Speckmann
    commonsenseforamericans. @yahoo.com
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    robbie, I concur. However, Fred is frustrated with the format and faulting me. I'll take some blame, but...
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    kh - the problem is that if there have been multiple responses, with responses to them as well, your link may be multiple levels away. I find it confusing as well, but since I spend too much time here, I can pretty much keep track. ;-)
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Fred, I should add that if you want to receive email notifications on a post that you did not originate, up at the top of comments over to the right is a box you can check to get all comment notifications on a post. On your own posts, that is not needed. BUT this can be really confusing! I'll get email notifications to comments and realize the commenter is not having a discussion with me but another.
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