Holy. Shit.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/04/opening_of_atlas_shrugged_meet.htmlYes, they devoted a good portion of their Metro section to this piece of shit movie.
The film version of Ayn Rand's epic "Atlas Shrugged" met the high expectations of those who saw it opening night Friday.
"The parallels in the book and what's happened since (President Barack) Obama came into office are startling," said Ken Zadar of Strongsville, who along with his wife and another couple saw the movie. "The government is suppressing us."
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Kim Gallagher of Kent loved the book, and the movie.
"Considering the book was written in 1957, it was good that we had to wait until 2011 to get this picture out," she said. "Government intervention in 1960 would not have been understood or recognized by people back then. What we see happening today makes this movie more relevant."
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"People are seeing reflections of what Rand wrote about," Frost said, though he cautioned that the story has more extreme examples than exist today.
"I don't believe the American people would ever let it get as far as Rand portrays," he said. "We're seeing the electorate pushing back."
The book has also had support from the political left in terms of individual rights, but is often hated for its rejection of social programs and of any responsibility of the successful to help the unsuccessful -- Rand calls for people to take responsibility for themselves and likens a government taxing someone to help another to theft.
BUT WAIT. THERE'S MORE!
Ayn Rand, the late author of "Atlas Shrugged" and another major novel called "The Fountainhead," created a philosophy she termed Objectivism.
Her philosophy called for very limited government, with nothing beyond courts, police and national defense to protect individual rights and to prevent violence and theft. The state should have no role in the economy.
Rand believed in individuals living for themselves -- taking responsibility for themselves, with no responsibility to help others, and others having no responsibility to help them. The author of "The Virtue of Selfishness," she rejected all social programs and believed that people should always act in their self-interest.
People should have the freedom to do whatever they want to make themselves happy, so long as they do not interfere with the rights of others.
Rand also believed in reason as the only legitimate way to approach the world. An atheist, she rejected faith, along with decisions driven by emotion and hopes.
-- Patrick O'Donnell
REALLY?? REALLY??Wow. Just. Wow.
Think I'm going to start my own newsrag called
The Plain LIE. I'll tell people what they want to hear, I'll make shit up, I'll lie my ass off and make millions.
Oh wait, Rupert Murdoch already has the market cornered . . .
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