wonder no more as we are in the process of joining them.

What I am saying is that the movie release, in the theather, was not allowed in areas where the 1% lived. Here, in Albany, NY, where there is a huge amount of liberals, the movie ran for 3 weeks, even though they sold very few tickets.

At the time, I was in S.C., Hilton Head, and they had a terrible movie, showing in 3 theathers, but would not show Atlas Shrugged, even though there is a huge base of people that live the ideals who live there. When I asked the independent theather why they were not showing it, I was told they were asked not to.

They did not elaberate as to who asked them not to, but I can guess.

I saw this video early on in the gulch.... he gets emotional, but his employee seem a bit lost. :(

ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I turned 10 in '76... my Dad took me to the Schwinn shop in town and I got my first new bike for my birthday..(I always had hand me downs from my sisters', which were hand me downs from neighbors, church etc... banana seat bikes lol).. Mine was the Bicentennial, red, white and blue one too! I rode the shit out of that thing for a decade. ALL over town. I really wanted the boy version but my Dad put his foot down, so I had the girl one. (which probably saved me from painful situations many times over).

We can't have a Lord of the Flies society. We should give into the system, equally, to support common good, but equally is the key word. If I were one of the 1%, I would not want to have to pay more than the bottom 1% pays, but that is not how it works. There are so many loop holes in tax law that the top 1% pays less than the bottom 1%.

I know this to be fact. I have seen things I can't talk about, because of non-disclosure, and it is scary how little is paid by the 1%. On everything they own, from the companies they own and run, to the money they don't pay the illegal help.

Enjoy :)

I didn't get a Schwinn either. It was 1976 and the parents thought it would be a good idea if my bike was the red, white and blue with stars and stripes 10 speed. Oh well, it had 10 speeds...

Thank you all. Most of all the comments made me really hungry, as did the pictures. Friday night will now be either Clam Linguini or Cioppino at Sage's in Redmond WA. Sage's is a little Italian Restaurant owned and operated by a Greek Chef that does all his own cooking, with a Spanish (Spain) Waitress and an Armenian Waiter. They all speak with their own accents and the service and food is excellent.

You have wrong information regarding Rand..As well your arguments are suspiciously prog talking points. Rand paid into Social Security. Every senior is required to sign up for Medicare. There is nothing immoral in trying to get back some of your money that you were forced to pay to the government. Nowhere in any writing of Rand will you find she said you should not "help" the less fortunate. She was very clear that the government should not be in the business of wealth transfer. That is completely separate concept. Your last statement makes no sense. There are three installments of the movie. One, Two, and now three are widely available for anyone with internet to watch. They are not free however. That is how capitalism works.

I do not understand objectivism, you are buying into a false narrative.
No one should be FORCED to 'help' the "less fortunate'.. by the way, the term 'less fortunate' is emotional hog wash. If you WANT to help someone, then help them, no one is going to stop you, but don't attempt to FORCE me to do the same. I will determine if and when I want to 'help' someone on my own terms. THAT is FREEDOM.
Myth! Ayn Rand did not need gov help in the end. (another false narrative). She did receive social security, like every other American who reaches a certain age... why shouldn't she? She paid loads into the system throughout her successful life. She never sanctioned government theft of her earnings and she was only getting some of her own money back. Stop believing all the lies out there.

What does 'nice' have to do with anything? Everyone is entitled to "nice" things just because they exist?
And now your responding to your own comments with "I see your point" and "I feel your pain"??
I call troll!

Exercise is free...and planting a garden is nearly free as well... canning veggies is cheaper than buying them also... make an effort for the betterment of your OWN existence.

(the NSA needed your password)

Value for value... Your rode an A=A bike. :)

Okay..ya beat me. lol

There's poor people at Disney Land? I can't afford to go there...it's outrageous...plus, all those annoying people mingling around... NOT the happiest place on earth.

My friends and I swapped parts. My bike went from blue to red to red & blue, foot brake, to hand brake, to New Departure foot brake to painted fenders to chrome fenders and then I got a drivers license.

At who's expense? I don't want you providing mine and I don't want to provide yours. They ARE available to everyone.. once you earn them. You're ruining my post with your moochy attitude. Move along, son.

Amazing video... did you hear his voice quiver the deeper he got into the meeting? Passion like that is touching - and refreshing - to experience.

What is nice is when you can buy new, instead of having to keep fixing the old broken stuff you have. I am dealing with that right now. It is nice to have the knowledge on how to fix things, but I would much rather just buy new, if I could afford to. I don't have a smart phone, just a basic phone. I wish I had a smart phone. I see the drug addicts on my street and they all have them. I hate it. I see your point.
I feel your pain

What's humorous is that most shellfish, including lobster, used to be regarded as "trash" only fit for consumption by the poor. Of course that was when the poor had to labor just to get the basics, and the methods of grubbing for those foods looked unclean.

Yep :)

I think my story defined my use of poor. Depression poor. My dad says, about his childhood, "we were poor we just didn't know it. Everybody we knew was." My grandparents had no indoor plumbing until my dad became an adult and paid to have it put in for them.