Andrew Ryan and Alan Greenspan were staunch objectivists. They both oversaw their domains with the dream of unfettered, free-market capitalism. Ryan is Rand's ideas personified. Greenspan was in Rand's inner circle and an important supporter of Atlas Shrugged before its publication.

The difference between Andrew Ryan and Alan Greenspan was that Ryan died on his knees espousing his objectivist beliefs while Greenspan had to prostrate himself in front of the House Oversight Committee and explain...

Played two games last night, both as Wehrmacht. Faced off against a Brit on Angoville for the first game. Incredibly frustrating. He simcitied on the left side of the map and just started to arty spam. No matter how many emplacements I blew up with shrecked, cloaked stormstroopers and sneaky, hit-and-run Pumas, he would just build more. I had a couple Panzer IVs to help out after a while, but it seemed that he had at least two 17pdrs up at a time. The storms couldn't get more than one emplacement at a time because of multiple vicars emplacements and trenched commandos.

Part of the problem was that I let him set up on the left side while I held the right side. This would have been fine if not for the arty spam. I should have gone for nebelwerfers at least or backteched for Stukas.

The second game was on Wrecked Train versus an American player. He did a WSC start and locked down the left side with two .30 cal HMGs in buildings. I locked down the middle and right...

There was a lot of hand-wringing about the appearance of the bailout plan in the House rather than consideration about its necessity. The credit market is the grease for the wheels of our economy, not just for the distant entities on Wall Street, but for the small business person on Main Street. Consumers and entrepreneurs won't be able to get loans for durable goods, like refrigerators, cars, or mortgages, even if they have good credit. Many Democrats and Republicans today shamefully demonstrated their ignorance on a very important event in our nation's history. These representatives voted with their upcoming electability rather than what was important.

As for the people who have been decrying this plan for the last two weeks, maybe they should start thinking about where loans make an effect on their own lives. I understand why people are reticent to trust the Bush Administration, but to sink our economy just to spite them isn't going to hurt them as much as its going...