Ayn Rand: Why is she so popular?

[Bekah]

On Aug 21, 2012, at 3:00 PM, alice wellintown wrote:

> Maybe Rand is far more important than Pynchon or Proust, Kafka,
> Morrison, Rice, The Beatles, Bowie, Pussy Riot and the rest.



That's like maybe a Big Mac is more important than beef wellington -  they're both beef with stuff on them and wrapped or stuck in some kind of breadish package.   

So the Mac is basically pink slime and the Wellington is a prime cut,  the Mac has lettuce and cheese,  the Wellington has paté (or mustard sauce)  and mushrooms,  the Mac has a mushy white bun,  the Wellington has a flakey little crust.   The Mac has a "special sauce," the Wellington has a Béarnaise sauce.  

What's the definition of "important?"

Bek

> 
> On Aug 21, 2012, at 3:00 PM, alice wellintown wrote:

> Maybe Rand is far more important than Pynchon or Proust, Kafka,
> Morrison, Rice, The Beatles, Bowie, Pussy Riot and the rest.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:32 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Right!
>> 
>> On Monday, August 20, 2012, Mark Kohut wrote:
>>> 
>>> Not news hounds maybe but news dogs which have their day and sometimes
>>> two and love to piss on those in the news who deserve their trickle down
>>> theory.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>