The Ellison Bulletin Board

Guys, I'd give up with using checks. According to hackers they can steal your money very easily these days. I know a few hackers, by the way. For that matter, I would give up on locking my doors. A hacker showed me how to pick locks and they are unbelievably simple to pick. ANY lock, even the ones ...

No shit Steve. The WBC should picket themselves, for being faux Christians. Yeah, I sink a little more each time something like this happens. It's not like I can do much about it, except to treat others like I expect to be treated, and deplore violence in any way, shape or form. That's beyond all th...

I'm sorry about that. I just have no need for any mythological books. Not only the bible, but other religions' mythologies have quite similar stories, and preach the same thing, with simple cultural differences. Yes, I have read it, as well as the mythological books of India, Japan, Greece, Rome, Wi...

I believe that all the vitriol that was spewed in the last election cycle, and before that, during the Health care debates, has shown its consequences. It may be viewed as freedom of speech, but as it is illegal to shout, "Fire!" in a crowded theatre, so should it be illegal to call for th...

It's so easy for people to get guns, because the second amendment is time and again misinterpreted. "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Do they mean people being each and every ind...

Ezra Lb. wrote:I understand we can expect ATLAS SHRUGGED on the silver screen next year. Undoubtedly this will start a new wave of Randomania. Oh god.

Kill me now... You'll probably need an ark to survive the drool!

A very teeny amount of googling came up with this: 10th February, 1996 : The IRA plants a bomb that explodes in the Docklands area of London, One man is found dead and another person has been reported missing. The bombing marks the end of a 17-month IRA ceasefire during which Irish, British and Amer...

beg pardon, most of that did not belong on this thread. It's not that it didn't belong. It's just that we've tried that approach before. Frank only listens to Human Rights Watch and Amnesty Int when they criticize Israel. ANY source should be taken with a grain of salt, until verified by several in...

But that's not the end of it...
I can't remember when the last time was that someone called me, and didn't have a computer problem that they wanted me to fix!
THAT'S the REAL kicker!

I got a phone call last evening, which, in itself is a rarity, but what nearly caused me to flip out. It was Susan Ellison, who wanted to ask me about my book/audio order. It appears that some of the stuff that is posted on the website is no longer available, and she wanted to know if I wanted subst...

Steve Evil wrote:Unca Harlan once described "The Fountainhead" as a "pretty good book"

Yeah, you probably left out part of what he said, like, "The Fountainhead is a pretty good book, written by a fifth grader or someone with equal IQ."

FrankChurch wrote:Did you know the Fountainhead is the second most sold book next to the Bible? My bile marches towards the pearly gates.

Just because two shitty books sold well doesn't make them good. It just means that they have good marketing. ESPECIALLY in this capitalist society.

swp wrote:I nominate myself for the postion of Benevolent Despot for all of the Americas, Eurasia, the Middle East, Africa and Australia.

I believe that Dick Cheney beat you to it.

As far as I'm concerned, ANYONE who goes against American Imperialism, can't be all that bad! I don't believe a word of the propaganda that the Corporate media keep trying to drill us about him, so I look for other sources. From what I can see, he has done well for his People, regardless of his myth...

Ugh, Ayn Rand... Her stuff makes me want to talk to Ralph and Earl about a Buick on the big white Comode-A-Phone.

Ayn Rand wrote FICTION. Poor fiction at that. I swear, she must have gotten paid by the word.