Sunday, March 01, 2009
Great minds think alike
The "time to re-read Atlas Shrugged" movement -- mentioned here almost a month ago -- is taking off (see the picture). No doubt all our regular readers have a copy by now, but you can amuse yourself by following its march up the Amazon rankings here
6 Comments:
By 
, at
Sun Mar 01, 09:22:00 AM:
TH,
When are you going to go John Galt and stop going into the office on Saturday?
JLW III
By 
TigerHawk, at
Sun Mar 01, 09:25:00 AM:
I'm working all day today, too, and probably much of the night. I'm still in the denial phase. You know, when Dagny Taggart was struggling to save the Rio Norte line by building it with Rearden Metal?
The thing about recessions is that lots of people lose their jobs, but the people who keep them work much harder for a lot less money.
By smitty1e, at
Sun Mar 01, 02:05:00 PM:
Shorter:
The Road to Serfdom.
Better analysis, without Rand's tedious atheism and sadly distorted concept of sexuality.
By Larry Sheldon, at
Sun Mar 01, 02:11:00 PM:
The book seems to have slid to #57.
But I would again like to seize the opportunity to make a recommendation, or three.
Read "Anthem", "We the Living", "Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged", in that order.
Read "1984", and "Brave New World".
(Seems like there is another one in this group, but my failing mind won't fetch it up.)
Watch the movie "THX 1138".
Rethink the choices you made in November.
By , at
Sun Mar 01, 02:15:00 PM:
Be quiet, or the government won't even let you keep that much. After all, as the president made quite clear the other evening, it's the government's money, not yours.
And, as long as we're on the subject of work, don't be too effective in your efforts, or else it'll become time to implement Directive Number 10-289.
"Freedom has been given a chance and has failed. Therefore, more stringent controls are necessary."
By , at
Mon Mar 02, 04:14:00 PM:
Add Fahrenheit 451 to the list, both the print and the earlier film.
Can't have the peasants learn from the past, always forward to hope and CHANGE..
Al from Chgo
