Sunday, December 21, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Ayn Rand said...
Please be sure to note the date of this quote from Ayn Rand at the end:
Ayn Rand -- The Objectivist Newsletter, July 1962
"There are two roads ahead of us, with no "middle."--------------------------------------------------
When the blow strikes, the statists will declare that free enterprise—the enterprise of chained, hampered, paralyzed,
terrorized, antitrust-gagged men—has had its chance and has failed, and that they, the statists, in selfless service to the "public interest," must impose on us an emergency system of totalitarian controls.
Or: when the blow strikes, all those who value America, freedom, civilization, individual rights and their own lives, will unite on a
single political program—placing the blame where it belongs—a program which will declare that statist controls have had their
chance and have failed, and that there is only one way to save a collapsing economy: to start de-controlling."
Ayn Rand -- The Objectivist Newsletter, July 1962
Labels: ayn rand, economics, The Objectivist Newsletter
Friday, December 12, 2008
Have a Fenwicky Xmas and Ska-nukkah...
From Steve Schub:
Shalom & Aloha Comrades & Compadres!
Steven Schub here, wishing you the merriest of Christmases, the
happiest of Ska-nukkahs, the rockinest of Ramadans, the swingingest of
Solstices, and the kickassedest of Kwanzaas- from me and all The
Festive Fenwicks!
Speaking of festive: I am slap-happy silly and proud to announce that I
will be starring in the Los Angeles premiere of the American Theater
Critics Association 2007 Best New Play Award winner Peter Sinn
Nachtrieb's "Hunter Gatherers" at the historic Pasadena Playhouse. The
show opens on Saturday January 24th 2009 and this thing promises to be
by far the most twisted, and insane production I've ever been a part.
Details to follow in early '09...
And now speaking of twisted and insane, why not spice up your holidays
with some high-octane auditory egg nog- ie. our "Afro-Celtic Yiddish
Ska"?
Yup! The Fenwicks are now available on iTunes!
Just click on dis: http://www.itunes.com/thefenwicks
In fact a manic, spastic World O' 'Wix awaits you- in & on your Web:
Our Site: http://www.thefenwicks.com
On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/thefenwicks
On MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thefenwicks
Schub’s Site: http://www.stevenschub.com
And SchubTube on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stevenschub
But most importantly, and in closing: Happy/happy & Joy/joy/joy to you and
all you love!
xoxo,
Schubie-Doobie-Doo-Wop & Duh Phantasmagorical Fenwicks!
Shalom & Aloha Comrades & Compadres!
Steven Schub here, wishing you the merriest of Christmases, the
happiest of Ska-nukkahs, the rockinest of Ramadans, the swingingest of
Solstices, and the kickassedest of Kwanzaas- from me and all The
Festive Fenwicks!
Speaking of festive: I am slap-happy silly and proud to announce that I
will be starring in the Los Angeles premiere of the American Theater
Critics Association 2007 Best New Play Award winner Peter Sinn
Nachtrieb's "Hunter Gatherers" at the historic Pasadena Playhouse. The
show opens on Saturday January 24th 2009 and this thing promises to be
by far the most twisted, and insane production I've ever been a part.
Details to follow in early '09...
And now speaking of twisted and insane, why not spice up your holidays
with some high-octane auditory egg nog- ie. our "Afro-Celtic Yiddish
Ska"?
Yup! The Fenwicks are now available on iTunes!
Just click on dis: http://www.itunes.com/thefenwicks
In fact a manic, spastic World O' 'Wix awaits you- in & on your Web:
Our Site: http://www.thefenwicks.com
On YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/thefenwicks
On MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/thefenwicks
Schub’s Site: http://www.stevenschub.com
And SchubTube on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/stevenschub
But most importantly, and in closing: Happy/happy & Joy/joy/joy to you and
all you love!
xoxo,
Schubie-Doobie-Doo-Wop & Duh Phantasmagorical Fenwicks!
Labels: fenwicks, steve schub, youtube
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Capitalism and the Moral High Ground... From The Objective Standard

From The Objective Standard:
Capitalism and the Moral High Ground
Craig Biddle
Economists from Adam Smith to Ludwig von Mises to Henry Hazlitt to Thomas Sowell have elucidated the general mechanics of a free market and demonstrated the unassailable practicality of capitalism. They have shown how freer markets provide better and cheaper health care, cleaner air and water, safer automobiles and airplanes, ample food and energy, better and cheaper schools, and so on. But their arguments have not convinced the world to embrace capitalism. On the contrary, people today are condemning the system of private property as loudly as ever.
According to Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA), Americans must abandon “this simplistic notion that people who have wealth are entitled to keep it.”1 Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), addressing oil company CEOs, openly threatens to socialize their industry: “Guess what this liberal would be all about. This liberal will be about socializing. . . . all of your companies.”2 Philosopher Noam Chomsky insists that “putting people in charge of their own assets breaks down the solidarity that comes from doing something together, and diminishes the sense that people have responsibility for each other.”3
All such assaults on free markets and property rights proceed from the recognition of the fact that these key elements of capitalism enable selfishness. As Karl Marx explained: “The right of man to property is the right to enjoy his possessions and dispose of the same arbitrarily, without regard for other men, independently from society, the right of selfishness.”4 And as President-elect Barack Obama intimates, who would dare “to make a virtue out of
selfishness”?
This article is from TOS Vol. 3, No. 4.
Full article here.
Labels: capitalism, Craig Biddle, objectivism, The Objective Standard
Monday, December 01, 2008
Ayn Rand in Life Magazine...
Ayn Rand at the National Book Awards, March 1958
taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt.
Labels: ayn rand, Life Magazine, photos

