Hello WorleyFE (Frank),
It can be very dangerous speaking out as you have and as so many here have. If you are a public figure with an audience, sometimes that can work to your benefit. Keep up the good fight!
Carpe diem,
O.A.

Me too. But if I disappear, I'm sure someone will let you know.

Its not, the invitation is extended across all of the Americas

Thanks for posting my article here. As someone mentioned below, I hope its not the last you hear of me either. Best.

Sorry; one more thought- perhaps it could be scheduled for 9/12/14, the day AS3 hits the theaters?

Your post really spoke to me. In my humble opinion, Objectivism really is not about wealth or even skills,but in doing the best you can for yourself and your family, supporting individual freedom and accepting reality for what it is. Love your attitude! Hold your head high

Why limit it to Puerto Rico? Imagine what it would be like if producers across the US shrugged on the same day (9/2/14)

let people know. and follow through....This is instigated by what is happening in PR, to remind you. I think it is a difficult decision for employees to make. Entrepreneurs are already under siege. It's a brave and heroic step to take, especially depending on how many employees you have.

yes, I read your post with interest. Doctors are doing it as well. Quiet decisions can eventually have an impact, one of the problems I see politically, is that like-minded individuals aren't great at mobilizing their actions. the small vocal minority argument...

This will go like a lead balloon! I would be shocked if anyone actually closes and even more shocked, if anyone does and if any media reports on it or anyone even notices.

This is amazing. Can't wait to see the result. Whatever happens, it will no doubt be quite unlike any other event.

Awesome. I'm not a small business owner, but I'm in.

I agree wholeheartedly, but isn't it funny that when the government speaks, many follow without question. What happened to the individual?

Me either!

much as I absolute agree with business owners shutting down I think the prospect of that happening is a pipe dream. I encountered primarily doctors in the 1980's who closed their businesses as doctors and opened dry cleaning stores and this took place throughout the country. back then most were baby doctors because the insurance got out of hand. today doctors have a much greater reason to walk but they don't for the most part because they are close to retirement. that is the case with many people who are still in business and in their 70's. the problem the government will ultimately experience is no new blood taking over those companies or starting new companies. at that point the country closes up. all that will be left will be people escaping on drugs as is happening at this time just like the Russians who have been escaping with vodka today and it has been going on for a long time.

Oh, to be clear, she had no problem with freedom - just me clarifying what kind of Democrat I am, not commenting on Ayn's beliefs.

I am perhaps the most pitiful addition to the movement in the history of the effort.
Broken, injured, slow, scattered, I am almost everything Ayn Rand did not admire. A JFK Democrat who believes in free speech (including for Republicans), free press (Including for FOX News), freedom of religion (Including for Christian fundamentalists), freedom of expression (including for the Tea Party Movement), and equal rights (including for white males). I am none of the above (well, part white and definitely male).

My business consists of a few customers rarely seen. I barely earn enough for my lunch.

My "business" will be closed and I'll say why as well. It's the most I can do though I would never be invited to Galt's Gulch (nor am I owed a place).

Keep speaking up, each of you, about what you believe in. DO find a way to make the day public. DO consider the consequences (CHOOSE what you do, don't just go along and then be surprised by the results - Ayn did not teach blind following or careless planning).

In my old job, telling them I was taking the day off for that reason would have brought me up for review, and I was and am still too cowardly to risk that. But now I run my own business (ethics can be very expensive), and it's my choice.

Choose.

This is refreshing... Great post Kh... I realize more every day how shrugging was the RIGHT decision.

CG, why can't you stand that argument? It's at the core of Atlas Shrugged. How, other than violent resistance, are producers, especially producers of "amazing value" going to fight a manifestly corrupt and unjust system if they do not shrug? What's your suggestion? Are you waiting for the day when looters and parasites recognize their own immortality and "let" producers keep what they produce? We'll all be pushing up daisies long before that happens.

Happy to join in. Anyone else? Mind, I am more or less "shrugging in plain sight" at present and have been for a long time.

A general strike. We haven't seen that in decades.

The government can safely ignore 5 or 10 protesters. It cannot ignore 5 million or ten million. Large numbers of aroused organized citizens can topple governments. .That's why we should go on strike on the same day.