Vampire: Paul Ryan

[DrAwkward]

This fuckin' guy.

[CSP_Skater]

Anyone here read Zero Hedge?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-pos ... ans-budget

[jimmy two hands]

Fuck this guy. In the list of people who need to be bitch-slapped with a concrete dildo in the world today, Paul Ryan is at the top of the list.

[DrAwkward]

Thunderdome: Paul Ryan vs. Russell Edgington from True Blood in a battle of vampires brazenly devoted to ripping Americans' guts right the fuck out on national television and don't give no fucks who knows it

[seanurban]

Democrats are so lucky. This guy actually had a future in politics before he attached his name to the Mitt Romney fail train. Nice to see he's really as dumb as everyone believed.

[syntaxfree07]

Democrats are so lucky. This guy actually had a future in politics before he attached his name to the Mitt Romney fail train. Nice to see he's really as dumb as everyone believed.

I fist-pumped last night when I read he would be the pick. Fuck right off the budget committee, if you please.

[enframed]

Ayn Rand was an atheist, you dipshit.

[syntaxfree07]

It is funny that these religious repubs are all worshiping Rand. She is the perfect case for that old "atheists have no sense of morality" argument I hear trotted out.

[enframed]

She basically said that religion was only useful for those with less developed intellects, i.e., those who could not understand philosophy, she thought embryos had no rights (and so abortion should be permitted), and that states probably should not be involved in killing their own citizens. She also had no moral objection to homosexuality.

In many ways her beliefs were diametrically opposed to what the American Right believes.

[don.chaney]

She also had no moral objection to homosexuality.

In 1971, Rand published The New Left, a collection of essays that attacked feminism and the sexual liberation movements, including the gay rights movement. Rand called them "hideous" for their demand for what she considered "special privileges" from the government. She addressed homosexuality in the course of an attack on feminism, stating that "[T]o proclaim spiritual sisterhood with lesbians... is so repulsive a set of premises from so loathsome a sense of life that an accurate commentary would require the kind of language I do not like to see in print."[1]

In response to questions from the audience at the two Ford Hall Forum lectures she gave at Northeastern University, Rand explained her views in more detail. In her 1968 lecture, she said, "I do not approve of such practices or regard them as necessarily moral, but it is improper for the law to interfere with a relationship between consenting adults."[2] In 1971, Rand reiterated this position, then added that homosexuality "involves psychological flaws, corruptions, errors, or unfortunate premises", concluding that homosexuality "is immoral, and more than that; if you want my really sincere opinion, it's disgusting."[3]

[Steve V.]

This cunt's a real cunt.

[iembalm]

Ryan's father died when Paul was only 16. Using the Social Security survivors benefits he received until his 18th birthday, he paid for his education at Miami University in Ohio, where he completed a bachelor's degree in economics and political science in 1992.

http://www.usnews.com/news/campaign-200 ... -paul-ryan

[enframed]

Well, I knew she was repulsed by it. At least she did not advocate for legislation against homosexuality.

To be clear, my intention was not to defend Rand but to point out that Ryan is selective about the Rand he uses and that even Rand would probably consider him a moron.

[don.chaney]

To be clear, my intention was not to defend Rand but to point out that Ryan is selective about the Rand he uses and that even Rand would probably consider him a moron.

Sorta like with the other book he likes. Poor guy.

[dabrasha]

The GOP's affection for VPs out of Congress is cute.

Never heard Ryan talk about anything but the budget. Might be gaffe-inclined in debate with Biden.

[enframed]

Ryan's father died when Paul was only 16. Using the Social Security survivors benefits he received until his 18th birthday, he paid for his education at Miami University in Ohio, where he completed a bachelor's degree in economics and political science in 1992.

http://www.usnews.com/news/campaign-200 ... -paul-ryan

The American Right, as ever, consistent.

[Dovey]

BOOTSTRAPS

[AdamN]

[enframed]

[Looks in mirror.] "I'm on the presidential ticket. Take that, Tony Huml."

[numberthirty]

Ryan's father died when Paul was only 16. Using the Social Security survivors benefits he received until his 18th birthday, he paid for his education at Miami University in Ohio, where he completed a bachelor's degree in economics and political science in 1992.

http://www.usnews.com/news/campaign-200 ... -paul-ryan

The American Right, as ever, consistent.

I'm missing the problem here.