The Liberty Papers notices The White House appropriating some “Going Galt” phrasing. (Well, what did you expect? Were you awake at all during the campaign, when Barack “Moderate to Conservative Bipartisan” Obama was selling his snake oil?)
If only we could somehow generate electricity via Orwell’s spinning in his grave… a Galt machine for our brave new world. 
Edward Cline notes the left-wing reaction to all this and offers some excellent advice:
One point of this commentary is to reveal the scope of hostility that exists in our culture to individualism, capitalism, freedom, and “the rich” — and to the mind. Another is to prepare those who would argue in defense of those things for the levels of ignorance and species of malice they will encounter, not only in people they might personally engage in argument, but in politicians, academics, and the news media.
The thing to remember is that reason and reality is on our side. Most of our opponents and enemies know it. They are not the ones who need convincing or any kind of rational guidance. Beware especially of the ones who claim it is your duty to convince them. These creatures’ minds are the truly truncated. Let reality be their ultimate persuader.
