Posted on 05/24/2011 11:50:58 AM PDT by FreeKeys
You've sent me emails in the past, commenting on my appearances on CNBC's Kudlow Report, my columns for the Wall Street Journal, National Review, SmartMoney or TheStreet.com, my Krugman Truth Squad column, or my blog The Conspiracy to Keep You Poor & Stupid. Want a free signed copy? Skip to the bottom of this message to see how you can get one. I Am John Galt is a hymn to free men, free minds and free markets. It's a loving look at the heroes who are living those values and moving the world forward. It's also a crushing no-holds-barred indictment of the parasites who are trying to destroy our world of freedom and prosperity.
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Well, we are all Going Galt in one way or another, we will be forced into it by economic collapse. The next recession is just gathering storm right now, set off perhaps by European failures.
Here’s my book on going galt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX-zTTgB-hE
I like Don Luskin, but I don’t like his casting very much in some cases. I’ll probably still read the book though.
It looks good to those of us who trust real engineers more than fictitious ones. Thanks.
GALT/Rearden, '12
Regarding TJ....
He instituted a personal responsibility system at Cypress Semiconductor.
Anyone late in signing off on documents gets their pay check stopped.
So TJ goes off to Tokyo with his VP's annual review docs on his desk.
Pay check stopped, credit card maxed out....mortgage payment not made....and stuck in Tokyo sans funds.
Funny, a couple of years ago I told him he should go for the John Galt part in the movie. I like his screen presence and pleasant, but authoritative way of speaking. He thanked me graciously.
Alan Greenspan is dead on.
Luskin is very good on Kudlow’s show IMO - just a little ting of sarcasm when necessary and is very authoritative indeed. Great command of his material.
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