Who is John Galt?

Actually it is the new 5 year plan - not 100 days.

I just ordered a "Who is John Galt" t-shirt...and at $25, I'm sure it wasn't "at cost".

When The Obamination starts banning books under the "fairness doctrine" I'm sure it'll be one of the first to go.

Sadly too close to the truth to be funny!

OK, I'm going to get offensive here, so I apologize in advance & remember- it's merely a joke from a typical white person

Obama- "Read my lips: No New Profits for American enterprise of any sort under my new plan to balance the budget, reduce fuel costs across the board, create more streamlined government programs for the disenfranchised classes & immigrants, and universal health care for all. No, really; read my lips- there was room enough to have it tattooed on there."

Sadly, I have a union indoctrinated brother who almost has a coronary whenever he hears the word profits, and would vote for him if this were true. I always tell him wages should also be value neutral -he never gets wise!

Alan - You mocked a political candidate's physical features! Dirty racist! I'll bet you voted for that chimp-eared Texan in the last election, didn't you?

Alan - I thought Obama was only half black.

wow...did I just actually post that?

No Margin, no motive. Might as well stay home. Or invest overseas.

I'm hardly an objectivist, but I suspect it will become very popular if the Obamanation gets his ham-handed mits on the presidency. Ann Rand's most paranoid fantasy come true, with her predicted results.

You know, most people who think this way are nuts. Absolutely certifiable. On medication, medical supervision, and just plain crazy. However, we are assured that Barack Obama is sane. So, in order to give him the "gravitas" he so lacks and to avoid confusion or people thinking the contrary, maybe we should call him Barack "Who's sane" Obama.

I wish this were even dimly funny. I"m sorry to say its far too accurate to be funny (though I am not speaking derisively, just bitterly). Did anyone see the poll where ONLY a slim majority (52-53%, if memory serves) were against nationalizing the industry? That, to me, is the scary part. If it were the ravings of one spoiled socialist, we would be in no danger. But the epicenter of this country has shifted so far, and jealousy/hatred of wealth or ability has so embittered this country, that many people actually believe it is evil for some people to make more than others, or that there exists such a thing as natural merit. Ironically, I am looking to get a job overseas teaching, so I am not myself at the top of the food chain, but I respect those who ARE. I fear this country's traditional love of a "mobile/flexible inequality", or that is to say meritocracy, is fast changing. I miss the 80's. Sorry, this was way more maudlin and dramatic than I intended, its just very sobering. Truly sad, considering I am not quite 25 and can see the shift as being palpable. Whats ironic is that based on my tax bracket and present socio-economic status, I would have a lot "gain" (heavy sarcasm quotes) by his social programs......until such time as I began to succeed on my own merits, at which point I would be the next to be cannibalized for the "greater good" (a phrase I despise, for it always implies coercion and doesn't really exist). Godspeed to the Hank Reardens of the world......with men like Obama and women like Maxine Waters in power, they will need all our strength. End of rant.

Loki - speaking from experience, I can give you this condolence. Considering what the public schools are cranking out these days, all you have to do to succeed wildly at your job is show up when you're scheduled, arrive on time, and don't leave early.

Considering how few people actually DO the jobs they were hired for, simply being reliable puts you ahead of 95% of other people.

>Actually it is the new 5 year plan - not 100 days.

Which is my the faux-Socialist Realism of his posters -- the head tilt seeing days in the future that only he and his believers can see -- freaks me out. Why to lefty posters always have the people looking oblique to the viewer, as though someone passed gas and no one wants to admit it? His posters look like they should be tauting the sucess of the latest 5 year plan.

As for oil, yes, the reason for the run up in prices is uncertainty. One way to reduce that uncertainty is to announce more drilling and that the government will release regulations on shale oil. Oil is not going back to $20/bl and no one thinks the days of $1.10 regular gas are coming back. But it would give us breathing time until new systems (hydrogen, biofuel, electric cars) come on line.

So DRILL NOW DRILL HERE!