Posted on 03/24/2009 1:18:16 PM PDT by Red Badger
Sometimes I feel as if God has taken Rand's Atlas Shrugged and turned into into a nonstop running play, using the United States as his grand stage (much as Rand did in her novel).
Listen to Tim Geitner today as he demands the title of economic czar of the nation:
Geithner seeks new powers over financial companies
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called on Congress Tuesday to grant him new powers to regulate huge financial companies like insurance giant AIG, whose failure would pose a grave danger to the U.S. financial system and the broader economy.
Specifically, Geithner wants powers similar to those of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which has authority to seize control of banks, take over their bad assets and sell good ones to competitors...
Now pay attention to Wesley Mouch, economic czar of Atlas Shrugs' America, and listen to him complain as Rand's "elite" discuss taking complete control of the nation's production:
'It's obvious that measures have to be taken. Drastic measures,' said James Taggart, speaking , not to Mr Thompson, but to Wesley Mouch. 'We can't let things go the way they're going much longer.' His voice was belligerent and shaky. ''Don't look at me,' snapped Wesley Mouch. 'I can't help it. I can't help if people refuse to co-operate. I'm tied. I need wider powers.'
'Go ahead, Wesley,' [Thompson] said. 'Go ahead with Number 10-289. You won't have any trouble at all.' …' If you want me to go ahead, you'll have to declare a state of total emergency.' 'I'll declare it any time you are ready.'…'
"The chief difficulty is that I am not sure whether the law actually grants us the power to put into effect certain provisions of Directive Number 10-289. I fear they might be open to challenge.'' "Oh, hell, we've passed so many emergency laws that if you hunt through them, you're sure to dig up something that will cover it."
An explanation of why this is going on, and where it will lead:
The primary motive behind the government’s scheme, which is a vast, seemingly opaque combination of the Ponzi and pyramid models, is not greed, avarice, or even the “quick buck” but rather power. As the pyramid pharaohs and Ponzis fake reality in order to steal from their duped victims, politicians strive to keep reality at bay, that is, to postpone or delay the consequences of their past and current policies. They fake reality by blaming any financial crisis on anyone but themselves, usually on “unfettered“ capitalism .
Their role as “confidence men” is to persuade everyone else of it and to call for an expansion of the scheme, to assume more powers in an attempt to correct a crisis of their own making, literally with their fingers crossed. (“I need wider powers!” demanded Wesley Mouch in Ayn Rand’s prophetic novel, Atlas Shrugged.)
So is Geithner a real-life Wesley Mouch? And is Obama really nothing more than Bernie Madoff, running the biggest Ponzi scheme in world history, one destined to destroy our wealth in one fell swoop?
Remember, in Rand's novel, the United States slips into chaos and anarchy due to the "Mouch Mentality". Are we destined for the same inglorius end?
posted by The JerseyNut | 12:12 PM
While I agree with your point, I don’t what Rand would think about wondering if God was bringing her book to life. On the other hand, I’ve always thought God has a sense of humor and maybe it would be His way of chiding Rand for her atheism.
Galt Gulch is well hidden. But I am willing to take the pledge.
Gunner
I don't know. I can't tell if we've reached critical mass yet. But we are certainly headed that way with the government we have and with immigration out of control the way it is.
Atlas Shrugged ping
Obamafascism, the new wave of the future.
I just may need to read the book again.
I bet she isn’t an atheist now.....................
I am very depressed these days. but,along with my faith, the only other thing getting me through this is my glee at all the Obama voters who will suffer along with the rest of us. Yes, some will be just fine with Obama’s socialist utopia, but many will regret it - some do already - and I will indeed say “I told you so.” They deserve what’s to come. I don’t.
I was just there (Ouray, CO) this past week on my way to Durango. Beautiful location.
Yup. Obama is Mr. Thompson and (I fear) Hillary Clinton is a female version of Floyd Ferris.
She’s Hank Reardon’s wife....................
Trust me. Rand is no longer an atheist.
Atlas Shrugged ping!
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What difference does it make? Doesn't anyone in the Rand cult have a brain of their own?
You-know-why ping.
Yes, and it’s not a cult any more than Christianity is.
But Jesus is a much more appealing character than Rand, and Christianity, in spite of its faults, has had a tremendous role in the advancement of Western civilization.
“But Jesus is a much more appealing character than Rand”
For Christians that’s true.
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