Last week, while passing through Sin City (aka Washington, DC), I had the opportunity to attend a screening of Atlas Shrugged, Part One at the Heritage Foundation.
As one whose life took a remarkable turn nearly two decades ago, in part due to Atlas Shrugged, waiting for a movie version of Ayn Rand’s novel to hit the big screen has been an effort at exercising endless patience. However, that patience has paid off with this movie.
Despite the novel being published in 1957, in an era of looters seeking to devour producers—from the White House in Washington to the streets of L.A.—Atlas Shrugged is a movie that speaks to the issues of today. And, just as importantly, it is a faithful adaptation of the novel that Americans surveyed describe as the second most influential novel in their lives (after the Bible).
Following the screening, and in light of all that is going on in Madison and elsewhere, Harmon Kaslow (one of the producers) stated that he would release one of the scenes in which the heroine, Dagny Taggart, confronts the union boss.
Below, courtesy of “The Strike” Productions, Inc., is a first-look at the scene Dagny confronts the union*.
While its April 15th theatrical release is limited for the moment, according to the producers, a blockbuster weekend will see it released in more theaters quickly. So, after you’ve made the mad dash to the post office to get your tax returns filed, grab your date and be sure to see Atlas Shrugged, Part One.
*Thanks to Ben Howe for uploading the clip to Youtube.
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“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.” Thomas Paine, December 23, 1776
Ok,I have to confess. I got a little shiver up my back watching that.
Count me as one who will be buying a ticket opening day.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
LOL! You really are a good little commie,ain't ya?
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Risk your life and if you win, you can continue to work (of course I dictate the terms). Refuse and you can starve.
Perfect freedom, no pressure, your choice.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
A strong woman might say something like, "I am so confident in the integrity of the bridge, I plan to ride along with the engineer". A strong woman can listen to objections and negotiate solutions.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
A strong woman useless affirmative action hire with a liberal arts education can listen to objections and negotiate solutions.
Now, I know I’m not going to change the minds of any of the True Believers…those who read all of Reverend Al’s sermons, and say things like, “You know, global warming can mean warmer OR colder, wetter OR drier, cloudier OR sunnier, windier OR calmer, …”. Can I get an ‘amen’??
Give me a strong woman like Mother Teresa over Ayn Rand, any day. sneakypete, I hate to tell you this but that woman in the video clip is an actress. The part she is playing is a fictional character who is not based on any person who ever lived.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
A strong woman useless affirmative action hire with a liberal arts education can listen to objections and negotiate solutions.
I guess you're the kind of guy who likes to be bossed around and threatened.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand freaks in college seemed like a cult to me and would thrust this book into my hands to read. I read it and then declared it was boring fiction. I got shocked looks. They never realized reading 'Atlas Shrugged' was a work of fiction - and badly written fiction at that. They treated this work as if it was some truth revealing work of genius. I told them a work can only reveal truth if based on reality with real world models and examples.
Those Ayn Randians I am sure later went on to Wall Street Finance and trusted the theoretical models which when confronted with human nature proved to be as useless as a crystal ball was.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Give me a strong woman like Mother Teresa over Ayn Rand, any day. sneakypete, I hate to tell you this but that woman in the video clip is an actress.
WOW! I am shocked! You actually recognized reality! Did it hurt?
Give me a strong woman like Mother Teresa
I never once doubted you would prefer a slave working for free for her massa (da Pope)over a free woman. Freedom scares you and you need a system to hide behind.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
I guess you're the kind of guy who likes to be bossed around and threatened.
"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." George Orwell - author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984' and a proud, life long socialist.
Armed workers would make short work of scum like the fictional boss represented in the movie clip.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
I never once doubted you would prefer a slave working for free for her massa (da Pope)over a free woman. Freedom scares you and you need a system to hide behind.
How much did your mother charge you for her breast milk?
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Those Ayn Randians I am sure later went on to Wall Street Finance and trusted the theoretical models which when confronted with human nature proved to be as useless as a crystal ball was.
Darned people have often foiled the perfect theory.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
You think you describing a strong woman/person, but what you are really describing is the typical dithering useless affirmative action executives I have come across who simply have no ability to make a decision and stand by it ( such as the Kenyan White House resident).
Now, I know I’m not going to change the minds of any of the True Believers…those who read all of Reverend Al’s sermons, and say things like, “You know, global warming can mean warmer OR colder, wetter OR drier, cloudier OR sunnier, windier OR calmer, …”. Can I get an ‘amen’??
You think you describing a strong woman/person, but what you are really describing is the typical dithering useless affirmative action executives I have come across who simply have no ability to make a decision and stand by it ( such as the Kenyan White House resident).
What I am describing is the reason Japanese car makers earned a reputation for quality and value and American auto manufacturers ended up on life support.
You and George W. share the same view of what an executive should be.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
I never once doubted you would prefer a slave working for free for her massa (da Pope)over a free woman. Freedom scares you and you need a system to hide behind.
Mother Teresa was not forced to become a nun, she chose it. She was not ordered to what became her life work by the pope, it was her own vision. She chose her work, founded her order, chose what to wear, secured her own financing, built her own successful organization within the church, not by order of the church.
She is the definition of a strong woman.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
They never realized reading 'Atlas Shrugged' was a work of fiction - and badly written fiction at that.
Expected reaction from you. While the character are fictional characters,the book is based on the Soviet system of mass enslavement,and the message is to fight it and stay free. Which is why you will always hate it. I seriously doubt you will ever be able to face the basic truth that you are a natural slave and independence and individual freedoms scare you.
They treated this work as if it was some truth revealing work of genius.
Any Rand grew up in the system you admire,and exposed it's evils and the potential it has to take over the world thanks to non-thinking sheeple like you.
Her book awakened many curious young minds and put your sense on well-being in danger.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Armed workers would make short work of scum like the fictional boss represented in the movie clip.
"Workers ob de wurld,arize!"
"No peas,no ju-ztize!"
"We iz da wurld......
We iz da peep-pulls!"
Sing is Jesse!
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Any Rand grew up in the system you admire,and exposed it's evils and the potential it has to take over the world thanks to non-thinking sheeple like you.
Her book awakened many curious young minds and put your sense on well-being in danger.
Only if one's sense of well being is symbolized by that great nation of Somalia.
How much did your mother charge you for her breast milk?
Logic will always be a mystery to you,won't it,Buckwheat?
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Mother Teresa was not forced to become a nun, she chose it. She was not ordered to what became her life work by the pope, it was her own vision.
BullBarack! She was brainwashed from the time she was a child to become a nun,and lacked the intelligence and the imagination to break free from her chains.
She chose her work, founded her order, chose what to wear,
Yup,designed her own nun-wear line of Catholic Burkas,huh?
secured her own financing,
Yeah,because the Catholic Church begs for money,they don't give it away.
built her own successful organization within the church, not by order of the church.
Calling you a fucking idiot is bragging on you. You really ain't that sharp if you don't think she did like she was told.
She is the definition of a strong woman.
No doubt that is true in commie world. The one-eyed man is a king in the land of the blind.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
Any Rand grew up in the system you admire,and exposed it's evils and the potential it has to take over the world thanks to non-thinking sheeple like you.
Ayn Rand worshipped a child raping murdering serial killer. She was a kook.
Orwell was the real deal, his '1984" and "Animal Farm" make Rand's crap look like - well - crap.
I just quickly read the Rand biography I linked. She was in all intents and purposes a Nazi. Same ideology. The Nazis assumed that after they did all their programs a natural order of supermen and subhumans who serve them would emerge withoout need to use force any longer.
She, like Hitler, whose ideology she shared, was also addicted to amphetamines so the visions were similar.
She even had the same need for devotion that Hitler demanded of his stooges:
Anybody in her circle who disagreed with her was subjected to a show trial in front of the whole group in which they would be required to repent or face expulsion. Her secretary, Barbara Weiss, said: "I came to look on her as a killer of people." The workings of her cult exposed the hollowness of Rand's claims to venerate free thinking and individualism. Her message was, think freely, as long as it leads you into total agreement with me.
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
Ayn Rand stated that the "only human relationships worth having are based on the exchange of dollars" so I ask you again, how much did your mother charge you for her breast milk, pete?
"Keep Your Goddamn Government Hands Off My Medicare!" - Various Tea Party signs.
The one-eyed man is a king in the land of the blind.
I guess that makes you blind.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
Her message was, think freely, as long as it leads you into total agreement with me.
Funny how all this free thinking leads to intolerance.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
...so I ask you again, how much did your mother charge you for her breast milk, pete?
Or his wife for sex.
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your conditions which you simply take for granted you owe to the efforts of men who are better than you. Ludwig von Mises in a letter to Ayn Rand
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
how much did your mother charge you for her breast milk, pete?
Nothing. I was a bottle baby.
"I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago." (Sarah Palin,Dec 2009) ************************************ DID Palin say or write these things or not? (Me) I don't know or F ing care. (Mad Dog posted on 2009-12-26 16:36:33 ET,post # 105 http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=5510&Disp=114#C114)
