nathaniel brandon made a very interesting, and. today it seems painfully obvious that respect for reality was the ultimate objective this virtue. it was not one we practiced consistently. a bill for collection. that is a very important quote and fair to say the current economic agony we are currently suffering under is to a large extent -- we are all paying it. thanks very much. we will take some questions. [applause] >> thank you very much. i guess i got involved with ayn rand in the me generation which is sort of funny. rand had the institute and stuff but interested if you want to bring it up-to-date paul ryan is probably the biggest one now on the scene and confronted by his god awful plan for the budget had to review her the other day and said because the catholic bishops went up against her, saying your plan is more like ayn rand than what we want to do. it was always her contradictions, that selfishness that was the objectivism psychology movement had about her and don't care about poverty or issues and i am wondering if you