New to the Gulch, but I would say that Doug Casey might be a good candidate for the modern day Galt. If you look at what he's done in Argentina with La Estancia de Cafayate there in Salta, his unflinching views on personal liberty and the immorality of government (taxation, redistribution, punishing success etc), I think a very strong case could be made for Mr. Casey.

I would just like to put this out there - if there is a 'John Galt' out there who will take some to the Gulch, please, please take me!

You do not connect John Adams and Ayn Rand -- they voted .

Probably. .The second most dangerous word in our vocabulary.

I tend to agree with the essence of what you say here. I also do not think Iraq was about our moral right to help men, but we do have that right. I also think that we had the moral right to go into Kuwait and that we did go there for the right reasons and then had we chosen to go into Iraq at that time it would have been right to do so. The people there wanted our help, we did not owe them nor was it our duty but was our right had we so chosen. Ron Paul talks as if that is not a right, that it should not be done. That to me is Isolationism, and to some it is not. This the agreement to disagree with some.

You seem to make the assumption that any of these wars or "interventions" is about helping people become free. People who 1. Did not fight for themselves to become free...2. Have a religious and social ideology that scorns freedom...and 3. Did not ASK for you to come make them free, probably will not remain free. Freedom has ONE required ingredient..PEOPLE MUST WANT IT for THEMSELVES. Otherwise, we are no better than the democrat shoving Obama care down our throat for "our own good." No better than seat belt and helmet laws "for our own good." Minimum wage for "our own good." etc. Sorry, it isn't even moral, much less a duty.

Watch out for PETB --
People for the Ethical
Treatment of Bugs .

John Galt never became a politician -- who says only a politician can make a change ??

We DO HAVE the moral right to help men's freedom -- what we do NOT HAVE is a moral duty to do so .

Adams was (I have not yet checked) probably referring to legislative matters, NOT, to a choice of President . Ayn Rand voted for Richard Nixon, in order to counter the mob vote . Also, as Ayn Rand frequently stated -- Politics are the last consequence of ideas, not, the beginning fundamental .
(Don't place the cart, BEFORE the horse)

Unfortunately, in this case I think it sort of is. One more vote for Johnson is one less vote for Romney, and if Obama beats Romney by 1 vote and I voted for the thrid party I would feel somewhat responsible.

QUIT BLANKING OUT! It does not do you any good.

Thank you! If i could give yo more likes I would! YOU DESERVE THEM for your REASON!

No its a vote for obama and if a is a
Obama=BAD
Bad=Socialism
and I dont see Bad=good any time soon.

Romney and Obama are basically the same. One will spend us into oblivion a year or two faster, that's all.

Two sides of the same coin.

One other item I feel of importance to add to my other response. I do not believe the answer lies in politicians, but in the people who vote for and support them. We have to stay vigilant and boot out our guy if he is not doing the work we want done. While I like Bachmann and Santorium I dont hesitate to toss them if they dont make smaller government happen. The people have to wake up and be John Gault themselves. This will force politicians to address the issues and shrink the government. People have to do it, each and every one of us or we will not turn it around.
Anyone who does not go to caucus meetings and local town hall meetings to get to konw the local reps, state reps and federal reps is not doing their job and potentially allowing the reps for them to sit down and not perform the tasks they need to in order to shrink the scope of government.

Alan West is probably one of my Favorite people in the washington seen. My preference for president was 1) Rick Sanatorium and 2) Michele Bachmann and then 3rd would be Mitt Romney but in my view he is far below the other two. Its a much better option than either of the guys we had in the last election.

I appreciate that. I have reposted the headline as "Steve Jobs and the Gulch" if you'd like to comment.

We can agree to disagree on that one. I wont agrue the point as Ron Paul Supporters tend to be blind to this fact, or perhaps I am blind to your arguments but I have found such debates to be completely fruitless and ultimately of no consequence, so I just agree to disagree.

It's a little bug. We're working on it.

Ron is not an isolationist. Anyone who believes in trade with ANYONE, peace talks with Iran, no sanctions, etc...is not an isolationist. He simply is a NON-Interventionist. Meaning we have no right to go to other countries and kill people to further our political and monetary influence. War should only be used in self defense, not monetary or religious offense.
So the charge of isolationist is not at all correct.

Im writing in Ron Paul. I am not sure, however, if he is Galt or Reardon. The message of reforming the party vice breaking it is more in line with Dagny and Reardon. However it appears Pauls supporters understand that the only way for a party to correct itself is to let it fail on its own.

So a third party vote is a vote for communism? speaking of a mongreling philosophy

I would like to nominate DAVID WALKER. He is an independent. He is offering solutions for the terrible state of American economics.