Posted on 07/25/2011 7:22:50 AM PDT by FreedomPoster
If it had been a scene in “Atlas Shrugged,” the guy would have disappeared into the secrecy of Colorado with a shadowy figure who we would later learn to be John Galt. In real life, the story will probably be more complex. But I wonder how long it’s going to be before businesspeople really do start walking away and deciding it’s not worth doing business in America today. Or it it already happening and we just don’t know it?
The man you see in the picture at the right is named Ronnie Bryant. He operates coal mines in Alabama. I’d never heard of him until this morning, but after what I saw and heard from him, I’d say he’s a bit like a southern version of Ellis Wyatt from Ayn Rand’s novel. What I saw made an impression on me.
(Excerpt) Read more at davidmcelroy.org ...
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Nahhhhh, I’d leave him alone...We know what’s going on...No need to disrespect whatever privacy they are trying to achieve...
I am now looking for this to be a bumper sticker for my car....
Good time for a discussion of individual Liberty.
My neighbors hate that I work on my own vehicles (shovel my own snow, cut my own lawn, etc.). I really have no idea exactly what their problems are, but after 40 years they have really pissed me off.
I will look into that...lol. Not trying to make too light of it though because I think you have a valid point about where things are headed. It doesn’t look good. Rush played this clip today on his show..so it’s going viral.
You have freepmail.
Rent “The Fountainhead” from Netflix. It’s another Rand novel. It stars Gary Cooper. Pretty good movie (book is better).
What clip?
Did already, thank you!! Loved it.
"Send the link to Drudge. I already sent it once, but maybe if enough of us do it then DR will pick it up."Good luck with that. In case you hadn't noticed Drudge is kinda green and this is coal we're talking about...
“What clip?”
The audio of this ‘John Galt’ dude in Alabama that this thread is all about....lol. If you haven’t listened to it yet, do so.... it is remarkable. He has this mine in Alabama that he is just going to close because he is tired of the enviromentalists, the EPA, government regulations,etc. etc. etc. He could employ about 150 to 200 people but the marxists just won’t leave him alone. It’s become impossible.
What Rand called "The Aristocracy of Pull."
Beverly Hills High School has a working oil derrick on campus.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=1942646&page=1
Then activist Erin Brockovich got involved.
I did not post this trying to be funny.
He has air Force 1 that he is wearing out.
You got that right. The fools do not even know that they are condeming themselves to death by starvation by what they are advocating. But then again, if they had the intelligence to get in out of the rain, they would not be fools.
You should see the regulations that are on the Florida farrmers now. I don’t see how they manage to stay in business.
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