Rush, on OWS and antagonism against the 1%:

It seems to me that if we’re going to start hating people, we’re looking in the wrong direction. Will somebody explain to me where is the valor in sitting on your butt taking money from other people?

I love his assumption that those are two distinct categories.

For all of her faults, what I like about Ayn Rand is how she used large chunks of Atlas Shrugged to highlight the flaws in this assumption. The book, like the world, is full of wealthy looters.

See, Rush assumes the 1% is mostly Hank Reardens. I say a plurality, if not a majority, are James Taggarts.

In addition, Rush, like most Wesley Mouches, pictures himself as a beleagured John Galt. This is understandable; many drug-addicts suffer from persecutory delusions.

(Source: mediamatters.org)