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 Atlas Shrugged Part II
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The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear at the hands of the unknown.
Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to a mounting energy crisis — found abandoned among the ruins of a once productive factory, a revolutionary motor that could seemingly power the World.
But, the motor is dead… there is no one left to decipher its secret … and, someone is watching.
It’s a race against the clock to find the inventor before the motor of the World is stopped for good.
Who is John Galt?
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OK
Watched the trailer. I want to see it now.
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I have Atlas Shrugged Part I in DVD and am about halfway through the book. I'm wondering if they're going to wrap it up in Part II or spend a bit more time and finish off properly as a three part series.
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I hate Ayn Rand.
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dmaestro
06-Sep-12, 17:57
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Ayn rand tea party hero was a sociopath who admired sociopaths who she fictionalized as heroes. John Galt deserved trial and imprisonment IMO for crimes against humanity for his reckless actions and forfeiture of his wealth. Fortunately this is the election of a century we can choose either the 19th century tea party ayn rand types or the 21rst century leadership we need. Clinton laid it out well, now may the best choice win.
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That's a pretty strong statement Illi. Did you know her?
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We are going off
subject but...I like how the Dems feel rejuvenated because Clinton gave a good speech. The facts still remain. That being said I would vote for Clinton over both current candidates.
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stinky
WHY? Because he gave a good speech?
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He was actually
a decent president. Would you take Obama over Clinton?
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Softy
There were areas where he was an embarrassment too but financially I think the country did ok under him. Not counting his personal flaws I think he was ok.
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I would take Clinton (either of them) over BO in a heartbeat.
BO actively wants to destroy the country. He is working toward that goal and he surrounds himself with people of like mind.
The Clinton's are pro-Americans and patriotic. My beef with them is that they are not in agreement with my economic ideas (or vice versa more accurately). But, other than that, I think them decent Democrats and decent Americans.
I can not say the same for BO and his wrecking crew.
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... looking back, Clinton was a good prez during good times ... and I actually didn't even vote for him; that's how much I knew back then.
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Slick Willy had an easy go of things riding Reagan's coattails, the dot.com boom and had a Republican House to do the heavy lifting as he was occupied elsewhere selling missile guidance systems to the Chinese and entertaining himself.
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dmaestro
06-Sep-12, 20:39
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Bush 41 was better than his reputation when he lost to clinton. Clinton was the right choice for that decade. The claim that obama is actively bent on destroying the country is simply obama hating. A good speech by obama tonight.
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Thumper
My wife is a great admirer of Ms. Rand. She also likes the T.V. show "Law and Order" and I can't abide that either.
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Illi...anyway we could had your wife as a guest poster from time to time? She might be just our kind of gal...
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The last President she admired was Warren G. Harding.
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He was a good President. His cabinet obviously had issues...and that has left his reputation in a spoiled condition, but he was fiscally smart, cared about suffrage and human rights, was against the League of Nations...
Not bad...your wife is a smart lady.
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Illi
I've obviously heard of Rand for years. I've listened to different people pontificating about her philosophies trying to convince the listener of their own profound wisdom and economic insights but they always seemed a bit too canned in their content and delivery. A little too crib note recital and repeat.
I decided to read her work firsthand in order to pass my own judgements about her philosophies and the books she's written. Is she an entertaining author and good storyteller? What do I like and/or dislike about her ideas and points of view? Must I embrace the whole or can I pick and choose which to get behind and which to discard.
So far I haven't came to an overall conclusion about her and her work, but do find myself agreeing with some things and repulsed by others. The story telling in 'Atlas' is compelling enough but can be a bit long-winded at times, dwelling on introspection's and mental intrigues. Regardless, I'll stick with it to the end (as the author intended) in order to get my full measure of the experience.
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thumper ...
... good overview. My reading experience was quite similar.
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My experience of Ayn Rand is to read five pages and toss it across the room. I have done this four or five times.
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And I'm teasing about Mr. Harding. My wife is an admirer of GWB. Country music and all.
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Has anyone seen part 2?
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I saw it. liked it. Thought it was good. Story is not done yet.
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