Last week, while passing through Sin City (aka Washington, DC), I had the opportunity to attend a screening of Atlas Shrugged, Part One at the Heritage Foundation.
As one whose life took a remarkable turn nearly two decades ago, in part due to Atlas Shrugged, waiting for a movie version of Ayn Rand’s novel to hit the big screen has been an effort at exercising endless patience. However, that patience has paid off with this movie.
Despite the novel being published in 1957, in an era of looters seeking to devour producers—from the White House in Washington to the streets of L.A.—Atlas Shrugged is a movie that speaks to the issues of today. And, just as importantly, it is a faithful adaptation of the novel that Americans surveyed describe as the second most influential novel in their lives (after the Bible).
Following the screening, and in light of all that is going on in Madison and elsewhere, Harmon Kaslow (one of the producers) stated that he would release one of the scenes in which the heroine, Dagny Taggart, confronts the union boss.
Below, courtesy of “The Strike” Productions, Inc., is a first-look at the scene Dagny confronts the union*.
While its April 15th theatrical release is limited for the moment, according to the producers, a blockbuster weekend will see it released in more theaters quickly. So, after you’ve made the mad dash to the post office to get your tax returns filed, grab your date and be sure to see Atlas Shrugged, Part One.
*Thanks to Ben Howe for uploading the clip to Youtube.
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“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.” Thomas Paine, December 23, 1776
A strong woman might say something like, "I am so confident in the integrity of the bridge, I plan to ride along with the engineer". A strong woman can listen to objections and negotiate solutions.
Give me a strong woman like Mother Teresa over Ayn Rand, any day. sneakypete, I hate to tell you this but that woman in the video clip is an actress. The part she is playing is a fictional character who is not based on any person who ever lived.
Give me a strong woman like Mother Teresa over Ayn Rand, any day. sneakypete, I hate to tell you this but that woman in the video clip is an actress.
WOW! I am shocked! You actually recognized reality! Did it hurt?
Give me a strong woman like Mother Teresa
I never once doubted you would prefer a slave working for free for her massa (da Pope)over a free woman. Freedom scares you and you need a system to hide behind.
I never once doubted you would prefer a slave working for free for her massa (da Pope)over a free woman. Freedom scares you and you need a system to hide behind.
Mother Teresa was not forced to become a nun, she chose it. She was not ordered to what became her life work by the pope, it was her own vision. She chose her work, founded her order, chose what to wear, secured her own financing, built her own successful organization within the church, not by order of the church.
Mother Teresa was not forced to become a nun, she chose it. She was not ordered to what became her life work by the pope, it was her own vision.
BullBarack! She was brainwashed from the time she was a child to become a nun,and lacked the intelligence and the imagination to break free from her chains.
She chose her work, founded her order, chose what to wear,
Yup,designed her own nun-wear line of Catholic Burkas,huh?
secured her own financing,
Yeah,because the Catholic Church begs for money,they don't give it away.
built her own successful organization within the church, not by order of the church.
Calling you a fucking idiot is bragging on you. You really ain't that sharp if you don't think she did like she was told.
She is the definition of a strong woman.
No doubt that is true in commie world. The one-eyed man is a king in the land of the blind.
