Posted on 02/11/2020 3:40:35 PM PST by dynachrome
Sometimes, life really does imitate art. Recent actions by certain members of the Democratic Party remind me of scenes in Ayn Rand’s most famous novel, “Atlas Shrugged.”
Take the impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives two months ago. It was as blatantly a kangaroo court as Hank Rearden’s trial in “Atlas.” Rearden had zero chance of being found “not guilty.” Same with President Donald Trump.
I mean, what chance did he have of not being impeached when the Democrats refused to identify the accuser, denied the accused’s right to have counsel cross-examine prosecution witnesses, and didn’t allow any witnesses to testify for the defendant? The good news is that Trump, like Rearden, gained public sympathy, because fair-minded people could see that the whole thing was rigged.
Then there was Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s petulant, childish gesture of ripping up her copy of the State of the Union address on national television. It reminded me of when Mr. Thompson, the head of state in “Atlas Shrugged,” said after hearing John Galt’s three-hour radio address to the nation, “It wasn’t real, was it?”
Like Thompson, Pelosi had a desperate desire to deny reality.
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ping?
Who is John Galt?
She certainly would. We have people that make Groota look like a sweet little Girl Scout.
Pelosi said President Trump was welcome to prove his innocence. That says it all.
You are guilty under “woke” laws.
Atlas ping.
Yeah, 40 lashes and off to the re-education camp for me.
“The beatings will continue until morale improves”.
I can’t quite picture Trump sitting down to dinner in Galt’s Gulch with Hugh Akston and the boys. He is much more the Hank Reardon and Wyatt Ellis type. Fighting to the very end, because there is no “magic motor” that allows him to be above it all.
I could definitely picture Trump giving Dagny that rich, profane tongue lashing that Midas Mulligan gave her for entering the Gulch via the back door when her plane crashed.
Yep.
I like the sentiment, but that'll get you locked up nowadayze.
I see him as a sort of Francisco d'Anconia - dynamiting the whole thing and putting "Brother, you asked for it" up in lights on the side of Trump Tower alongside a rude, one-fingered gesture.
Good point, all except pining after one girl for his whole life. :D
There’s a street named after him in Omaha, Nebraska. Home of Omaha Steaks. Maybe he’s a jolly rancher?
ragnar danneskjold could be it, draining the swamp
When I would walk to the chain link surrounding our compound at work, to meet with a visitor, I would carry a banana, If I had one.
Then make some remark about the limited imagination of our overseers. Or ask if they had some peanuts to swap.
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