Posted on 04/13/2011 10:38:36 PM PDT by TheDingoAteMyBaby
Tomorrow's release of the movie version of "Atlas Shrugged" is focusing attention on Ayn Rand's 1957 opus and the free-market ideas it espouses. Book sales for "Atlas" have always been brisk—and all the more so in the past few years, as actual events have mirrored Rand's nightmare vision of economic collapse amid massive government expansion. Conservatives are now hailing Rand as a tea party Nostradamus, hence the timing of the movie's premiere on tax day.
When Rand created the character of Wesley Mouch, it's as though she was anticipating Barney Frank (D., Mass). Mouch is the economic czar in "Atlas Shrugged" whose every move weakens the economy, which in turn gives him the excuse to demand broader powers. Mr. Frank steered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to disaster with mandates for more lending to low-income borrowers. After Fannie and Freddie collapsed under the weight of their subprime mortgage books, Mr. Frank proclaimed last year: "The way to cure that is to give us more authority." Mouch couldn't have said it better himself.
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Thanks and done!
Gotta’ date with Mrs. panax tomorrow night for the opening.
Convincing guys is a lot easier for some reason. I can’t explain it.
Thanks for the ping. I just purchased my ticket for tomorrow night show, woohooo!
I’m thinking of going to the 10:45 AM showing here, then get a date with Mrs. rq to see it again later. Tax season makes it impossible for her to get away and I don’t want to wait.
There is a laundry list of Dimocraps that could play Wesley Mouch: Timmy Geithner, Larry Summers, Goolsby, Bernanke, Paulson, Greenspan, and I don’t care if some of them are nominally pubbies.
To have thoughts that may be true but without the knowledge of God is like having a garden without any water.
“Convincing guys is a lot easier for some reason. I can’t explain it.”
I can; But dare not publicly explain position on this subject. I intend to remain with butt attached to body.
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