Timely exchange from the 55 year-old pages of Atlas Shrugged
“He didn't invent iron ore and blast furnaces, did he?”
“Who?”
“Rearden. He didn't invent smelting and chemistry and air compression. He couldn't have invented his Metal but for thousands and thousands of other people. His Metal! Why does he think it's his? Why does he think it's his invention? Everybody uses the work of everybody else. Nobody ever invents anything.”
She said, puzzled, “But the iron ore and all those other things were there all the time. Why didn't anybody else make that Metal, but Mr. Rearden did?”
Interesting that everybody was so excited and willing to read 25,000 pages of Sarah Palin’s e-mails, but nobody could find the time to read 2,500 pages of the healthcare reform bill.
BAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.
Overheard.
Applauding.
