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Hey folks! I'm glad I was able to find this forum...

Anyways, let me get to the point..

So I'm a liberal.. raised in a liberal family and nearly all of my friends and family have shared the same liberal ideology.

The problem is that something changed with me about two years ago. I used to be really fat... orca fat. I'm 6 feet tall and weighed 315 pounds. I'm not sure what triggered it, but I decided to lose the weight. In the end I succeeded and I feel quite good.

I made another change.. I decided that I wasn't going to sit on my *** for the rest of my life living off of disability (veteran) from the government. I went back to school. To the surprise of all those around me, I've become a 4.0 student. This from the kid that was on academic probation 10 years ago. I'm now getting ready to take the LSAT and apply for law school.

But this isn't about weight loss and academics is it, that's not exactly why I'm here...

I've noticed that I've become less tolerant of those that don't pull themselves up by their bootstraps and make the changes they need to bring about their own happiness. I've also noticed that the old excuses I've heard people make about their lot in life don't seem to ring true anymore. My friends that used to be with me have fallen away. I've heard through other people that some of them stopped being a part of my life because they were jealous of my own successes and didn't want to be reminded of their own shortfalls.

I'm hoping that by coming here I can get some answers to some questions I have and maybe share some experiences with other like-minded people. I don't dare tell anyone I know that I'm coming here, because I know that I would never hear the end of it and let's be honest, Objectivism is exactly held in high esteem in the public education system .. but anyways, here I am... got any coffee?

- Jack R.

Posted

Michael,

Thanks for the welcome! A nice hot cup of french roast sounds good to me.

Jack

Posted

Welcome Jack:

Thank you for your service.

Whew! I am glad that I fully read your introduction because I had to cancel the welcome Jack ad I placed in the

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Are you familiar with Rand?

Michael should be ashamed of himself, having lived in Brazil and offering you French Roast!!!! Good grief!!!

Here try these:

Once again welcome to OL.

Adam

Posted

I do not like dark roasts. My wife complains that my coffee is too red, so mine is labeled "Red Dawn."

Oh, wait! I get it! It's not all about me...

Welcome, DrJack55 and thanks for sharing the personal yarn. Nice to meet you. Please be an active participant.

I never cared much about grades, either, 2.8 or worse, then when I finished my BS and MA I was an honors student.

Mostly, school got easier, but also, maturity and focus paid off. So, I understand where you are coming from, old man.

Welcome aboard.

Posted

Hi, Jack. What is this "liberal ideology"? I grew up surrounded by "liberals," but don't know the answer to this question.

--Brant

Posted

Thanks for the warm welcome folks.

MIchael - It is interesting being about the only one in class who seems to be interested in actually doing the work and being there. Well, more for me I guess :)

Posted

Oh and BTW

My wife is one of those liberals LoL

I have to alt-tab from this forum or other Rand material when she comes around. I swear, I think it would be easier to explain surfing porn on the web over being caught on this forum :)

Posted

Oh and BTW

My wife is one of those liberals LoL

I have to alt-tab from this forum or other Rand material when she comes around. I swear, I think it would be easier to explain surfing porn on the web over being caught on this forum :)

I am a socialist, you can say you are on OL to rescue a vulnerable old lady from bad company...if your wife would believe it.

Welcome to MSKs Multifacetia Idea Palace.

Posted

My wife is one of those liberals LoL

Ah yes, the "new" liberal...intolerant, repressive, totalitarian and viciously dangerous.

I would suggest:

1) sleeping with one (1) eye open; and

2) tape on your mouth, just in case you might mutter an independent thought in the middle of the night!

Adam

Post Script:

Beware the Widow Woman from the frozen Northern Tundra...dangerously disarmingly devious...

Posted

Hi Dr Jack,

Ah.. just tell her you're slumming on the wrong side of the tracks

and infiltrated OL to learn all its dastardly designs.

Tough work, but somebody...

:)

Welcome,

Tony

Posted

Jack,

Look at this, will ya'?

I am a socialist...

Don't be too fooled, though. I suspect this is one way for Carol (her real name) to manifest her rugged individualism.

What better way than to be a sheep among a pack of wolves? A sheep in wolves' clothing, so to speak?

:smile:

Michael

Posted

My wife is one of those liberals LoL

Ah yes, the "new" liberal...intolerant, repressive, totalitarian and viciously dangerous.

I would suggest:

1) sleeping with one (1) eye open; and

2) tape on your mouth, just in case you might mutter an independent thought in the middle of the night!

Adam

Post Script:

Beware the Widow Woman from the frozen Northern Tundra...dangerously disarmingly devious...

And get rid of your parrot before he starts saying, "I swear by my life and . . . " or, "selfishness is a virtue," or, "Ayn Rand! Ayn Rand! Ayn Rand!", etc.

--Brant

do you talk in your sleep?

Posted

Jack,

Look at this, will ya'?

I am a socialist...

Don't be too fooled, though. I suspect this is one way for Carol (her real name) to manifest her rugged individualism.

What better way than to be a sheep among a pack of wolves? A sheep in wolves' clothing, so to speak?

:smile:

Michael

O well, I identify myself for convenience to a Rand-savvy audience. In my own milieu I am just a centrist like everybody else. In Randland I am more or less a wild-eyed Commie.

Posted

Well you know what they say about sheep...

Posted

MIchael - It is interesting being about the only one in class who seems to be interested in actually doing the work and being there. Well, more for me I guess :smile:

Well, that is almost a direct quote that I got. You can pick your numbers but my professors generally held that about 25% of students actually do more than assigned homework and only 25% do the assigned homework completely.

Welcomes aside, feel free to post more in other topic areas.

Best wishes.

Posted

Video exists, you put it up yourself. Even innocent cauliflowers were not safe....

There is something wrong with eating cauliflower?

Posted

Video exists, you put it up yourself. Even innocent cauliflowers were not safe....

There is something wrong with eating cauliflower?

Probably, better ask jts.

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