Sainted Mother:<\/b> Do you know Ann Rand’s Atlas<\/i>?
\nMe:<\/b> You mean Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged<\/i>?
\nSainted Mother:<\/b> Yes. Does it predict what’s happening now? They mentioned it on Fox News.
\nMe:<\/b> Well, yeah, sort of.
\nSainted Mother:<\/b> I’d like to read that.
\nMe:<\/b> pauses<\/i>. It’s over 1000 pages.
\nSainted Mother:<\/b> A thousand pages?
\nMe:<\/b> Yeah.
\nSainted Mother:<\/b> pauses<\/i> Maybe not.
\nMe:<\/b> You were expecting 160 pages?
\nSainted Mother:<\/b> Well…<\/p>\n
On the other hand, it’s still longer than the omnibus spending measures passing through Congress.<\/p>\n
Or at least the last one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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