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John Galt Calling: Had Enough?
Canada Free Press ^ | Nov 8, 2012 | Doug Patton

Posted on 11/10/2012 7:19:10 AM PST by KeyLargo

Barack Obama has already done great damage to this country. He will do much more damage over the next four years

John Galt Calling: Had Enough?

By Doug Patton Thursday, November 8, 2012

“They believe in free stuff. We believe in free people.” - U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, 2012 vice presidential nominee

When I heard Congressman Ryan utter those words during his speech to the Republican National Convention in Tampa last summer, I thought they would define the 2012 race for the White House. No statement so clearly describes the deep division between the earners and the takers in this country as we stand on the uneasy precipice of another Obama term. As we all try to analyze the election results, it appears that “free stuff” won big.

More than half a century ago, author Ayn Rand — one of Paul Ryan’s social and political inspirations — saw the dangers of socialism in America. In her 1,100-page opus, “Atlas Shrugged,” she presciently predicted the direction of the country and the consequences inherent in that course. The book tells the story of how her protagonist, John Galt, has had enough of the leeches who will not work and the bureaucrats who cater to them. Galt recruits the brightest, most productive members of society to go on strike in order to deprive the nation’s parasites of the support they need to continue redistributing wealth they did not earn.

Now that Obama has won a second four-year term to continue his leftist agenda, one has to wonder just how many of the people who actually pay the bills in this country intend to “go John Galt.” I personally know a few.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: americans4prosperity; atlasshrugged; johngalt; kochbrothers; obama; taxes
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To: Hardraade
But it has already been overrun by people who are barely human, and without a shot fired.

But the dopes do not understand that City States have been indefensible since the invention of the canon and siege weapons. And they will not survive the economic collapse or world war that is just right around the corner. Does anyone really think the bad actors on this planet are going to be held in check by a DC establishment that has been completely compromised ? Why no major counter attack against the people who attacked and killed 4 Americans in Benghazi ?

21 posted on 11/10/2012 10:54:09 AM PST by justa-hairyape
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To: Hardraade

Live in your knees, or die on your feet. I’ve made my choice.


22 posted on 11/10/2012 11:01:04 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Donkey Odious

Share with all concerned citizens. It ties in with another op-ed. Here’s an excerpt:

“...But all the dependency champions who celebrated on Tuesday night cannot stop the coming storm. The greatest advantage Obama had going into the election was not demography but the fact that the full consequences of his statist economic policies and his pro-jihadist foreign policy have not yet been felt...”- Caroline Glick

Link to her article:http://www.israpundit.com/archives/50569


23 posted on 11/10/2012 6:20:49 PM PST by CharlesMartelsGhost
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To: Anima Mundi

Share with all concerned citizens. It ties in with another op-ed. Here’s an excerpt:

“...But all the dependency champions who celebrated on Tuesday night cannot stop the coming storm. The greatest advantage Obama had going into the election was not demography but the fact that the full consequences of his statist economic policies and his pro-jihadist foreign policy have not yet been felt...”- Caroline Glick

Link to her article:http://www.israpundit.com/archives/50569


24 posted on 11/10/2012 6:21:40 PM PST by CharlesMartelsGhost
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