Don Mertz

Objectivist, veteran, systems engineer, systems analyst, ham radio operator, daily runner. Admirer of the Founders. Lover of classical music.

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

Now if we could just get the elected officials to adhere to the Constitution they swore to uphold.

[Military.com @Militarydotcom]

[OPINION] Military Personnel Swear Allegiance to the Constitution and Serve the American People, Not One Leader or Party https://t.co/SJanuVUSHW

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

Unfortunately, those who need to read Ayn Rand are probably not able to read at that grade level or have the level of philosophical understanding required.

[Ayn Rand @AynRandOrg]

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[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

@AynRandOrg "I am. I think. I will."

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@BenBayer Among the writings and lectures of Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff, and Nathaniel Branden, there is no ambiguity with respect to an Objectivist's understanding of mysticism.

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

After 10 years as a student of Objectivism, I vote Ayn Rand the most intelligent woman of the 20th century. Her critics have: never read her works, do not understand her brilliance, or are going through life with a goal of hating the good for being the good.

[Craig Biddle @CraigBiddle]

Setting aside the fact that Rand was not a "funny Russian lady" but a serious American writer and philosopher, this is true.

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

Not sure what happened to the military in which I spent decades as a "high speed, low drag" airman, but I bet a weekly formation ruck march would go a long way in fixing the problem. https://t.co/B7W5V0mnln

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@OliLondonTV "A" is not "B", no matter how much the guy "feels" he's a girl.

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

Galt's Speech: The greatest 2-hour read....ever. I've dreamed of a U.S. President giving it as the State of the Union Address some year. Attendees would be writhing in convulsions in the aisle.

[Ayn Rand Institute @AynRandInst]

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[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

@MichaelJHurd1 It's a absolutely beautiful country. I had a memorable 3 weeks there a few years ago.

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Considering that rational people are now understanding the harm of wokeness, I put forward that DEI is more correctly called DIE since all cannot be equally miserable, poor, and stupid until all are first included.

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

A good Veterans’ Day to my comrades in arms. Not one single day of regret since I first put on a uniform 45 years ago. The experience turned me into a thinker, doer, individualist, and pursuer of excellence…not hindered by any roadblock or dilemma. "Army of One"

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

Ah, democracy. Where the majority can vote away the inalienable rights of any individual with whom they disagree.

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Here it comes.

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

@agustinavcid When one crosses a national border anywhere but at an official checkpoint (with passport in hand), one's motives are automatically suspect.

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

@ianmiles What's stopping me from dressing like this? My dignity.

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

Ayn Rand was so prophetic: "Those who refuse to recognize individual rights are necessarily obliged to seek to destroy individual intelligence." The Ayn Rand Letter, October 1972

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

@WallStreetSilv An unjustified $15/hr minimum wage (decreed by gov't) facilitates inflation and, thus, a $53 Taco Bell bill. Econ 101. Only vote for those pols whose platform calls for the separation of economy and state.

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

My interaction with people in the area leads me to conclude that the printing of diplomas is taking place 24/7 and they are handed out without justification or recognition of academic achievement.

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Translation: "We don't want citizens who can think and excel; we want subjects who obey out of stupidity".

[Don Mertz @dcmertz]

"If I were to speak your kind of language, I would say that man’s only moral commandment is: Thou shalt think. But a ‘moral commandment’ is a contradiction in terms. The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed." Ayn Rand

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@agustinavcid Any person who crosses into another country without a passport is an illegal alien...whether a Columbian crossing from Mexico or me crossing into Canada. Do not facilitate irrationality.