Ron Paul to make acting debut in 'Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?'

Three time presidential candidate joins Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity in third installment of trilogy based on Ayn Rand's 1957 novel.

Liberal Hollywood will have to make room for a new star — right-wing politician Ron Paul.

The three-time presidential candidate will make his acting debut in "Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?," the third installment of the films based on Ayn Rand's novel.

"Atlas Shrugged is a fantastic book, but it's much more than a story — it's a philosophy," Paul told the Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news.

"It's influenced millions of people already and because of its greatness it's going to continue to influence a lot of people." The "Atlas Shrugged" movies, like the 1957 novel on which they are based, have been popular with conservative audiences. Not a surprise, since the plot involves the crash of the U.S. economy under the weight of government interference.

" Approaching collapse, the government continues to exert its brutal force against the nation's most productive," the film's synopsis reads. "While crime and fear take over the countryside, the last remaining entrepreneurs, who fuel the deteriorating economy, continue to vanish mysteriously and leave behind a wake of despair. Only one man has the answer. Some will stop at nothing to control him. Others will stop at nothing to save him.

Joining the 78-year-old Texan in the movie are fellow conservative personalities Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Paul actually has another film credit on his resume. But his appearance in the 2009 comedy "Bruno" came without his consent when he was tricked into a mock interview with Sacha Baron Cohen. Directed by James Manera and starring "Northern Exposure's" Rob Morrow, "Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?" is due out on Sept. 12.

"What the hell does that have to do with 'Atlas Shrugged?'"

Most of today's people presenting themselves as parallels to the characters of Galt's Gulch are among those described in the following or are protected from competition by them (government-linked). They're not likely to build or maintain anything like Galt's Gulch.

Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,949,129 [Democrat] 81% [Republican] 1%”

Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think)
National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
"...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."

America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the/print

The Fragmenting of the New Class Elites, or, Downward Mobility
http://volokh.com/2011/10/31/the-fragmenting-of-the-new-class-elites-or-downward-mobility/

Environmentalism and the Leisure Class
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2835601/posts

The New Upper Class and the Real Reason We Dislike Them
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2843575/posts

Are you a member of the political class?
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/are_you_a_member_of_the_politi.html

Downton’s Class System — and Ours: We have a ruling class that despises the free market and does...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3024119/posts

The War on Humans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWcEYYj_-rg

American technicians (tradesmen) did the building and most of the inventing. Foreign technicians now do the same. Most of the folks with much political influence are sitting in chairs and riding in vehicles while trying to think of ways to get more of the debt/revenues from each other.

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