This is my first comment on Galt's Gulch. I am sure it is a given that all members here have ready AS and know a bit about Ms. Rand.

I am not an athiest, but a Christian in that I believe Jesus Christ died personally for me through crucifixion so that I may live eternally with God and not in hell.

Be that as it is, I believe the Bible is the Word of God.

That being the case, I go back to the nature of man before the "apple" and after. It has always been the sinful nature of man to want something for nothing. God doesn't work that way and actually He provides everything for nothing and you can choose to live with Him or not forever.

I take the example of Cain who killed his brother Abel. When God asked Cain about what he did and then announced Cain's punishment, Cain wanted to go without this and blamed others.

In the case of these bloggers, they are only doing that which evil can...provide something for no value. They should have been provided value for their effort, but now that they decided against doing such a thing in the name of the "public interest" as the wet nurse in Atlas II was referred to, they are getting what those who only pay for value do, nothing!

In summary, if you provide a service without seeking value from someone else, then you are providing your own value....THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID!