Well, upon reflection, it is again eerie to draw parallels between our current state of affairs under the Obama administration and the progressive decline of the fictional collectivist society represented in Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". Industries being forced into slavery, or taken over outright [[nationalized) and the castigation, by the state, of individual liberty and its' expression wherever it appears. Pretend capitalists [[second handers) replacing true individualist/capitalists and failing miserably in the attempt.

So, where are we heading in this context? Is Atlas going to shrug? Is he already? Will we start over like a Phoenix rising from the ashes [[as in John Galt's utopian capitalist enclave coming out of hiding)...vis a vis a landslide political reversal towards conservatism in 2010 and 2012? Could this painful process have been avoided, or was it inevitable at some point [[and when was that tipping point)? Will conservatives of the recent past find themselves in the position of Dagney Taggert, desperately trying in vain to save that which can't be saved?