when john galt let the economic world, he became an agent for the rally of capitalism. that's what john allison is now doing to the bb&t foundation he is anti-programs that doesn't university threat bb in seize the footprint of the south to teach them round of capitalism were a signed reading is "atlas shrugged." he is doing the work. [applause] the last rand character everyone i want to talk about, i'm talking about a villain, back to the "the fountainhead." the main villa was ellsworth to let it is a socialist was a scheming dwarf. he was a newspaper columnist who used his columns to tell lies and manipulate. you guessed i'm talking about paul krugman. back to the you can't make up stuff, the analogy between them are so striking it's just downright eerie. they are both socialist. he says quote i am an unabashed fan of the welfare state which i regard as the most decent social punishment yet devised. he advocates state that offers anyone who is underpaid additional income. he hates rich people. krugman wants wrote that rich people must be defenders of the downtrodden. o

she is john galt retired. he left the economic world he began an agent for the model the of capitalism and that is what john is now doing through the bb&t foundation. she is a endowing programs that dozens of universities throughout the footprint in the south to teach the morality of capitalism where a sign reading is atlas shrugged. so he was doing the work. [applause] the last ayn rand character in the real world and then in - note to talk about a villain, back to everybody remembers in the fund had the name of dillinger was ellsworth tooley, a socialist, a dwarf, newspaper columnist who used his column to tell lies and manipulate. you guessed it, i'm talking about paul krugman. [laughter] now back to the you can't make up stuff, the analogy between krugman and toohey, i'm going to quote krugman here he says i'm an unabashed defender of the state i regard as the most decent arrangement yet and he advocates a state that offers everyone who's underpaid additional income she and toohey both hate rich people and

john galt disowned him. he him.ow at the climax of "atlas shrugged" when the world finally totally goes down the drain, the climactic scene is when the government, having expropriated dr. stadler's work, this weapon almost accidentally detonate and dr. stadler's presence in the description of his death at the hands of his weapon is the science in a berkeley created one of the moving passages in "atlas shrugged." alan greenspan is dr. robert stadler. he is the most because he knew better. it is one thing to make these mistakes out of ignorance or peer power less like arnie frank did. alan greenspan knew better. alan greenspan for 30 years was a close associate of -- apostle of ayn rand. he was with ayn rand the day she died in 1982. best friends forever. he had no excuses. he knew better. when he first went to washington in 1976, as president gerald ford's chairman of the council on economic advisers, ayn rand and her husband frank o'connor were right there in the white house as he was sworn in by gerald ford. why di

she is john galt retired. n he left the economic world he began an agent for the model the of capitalism and that is what john is now doing through the bb&t foundation. she is a endowing programs that dozens of universities throughout the footprint in the south to teach the morality of capitalism where a sign reading is atlas shrugged. so he was doing the work. [applause] the last ayn rand character in the real world and then in - note to talk about a villain, back to everybody remembers in the fund had the name of dillinger was ellsworth tooley, a socialist, a dwarf, newspaper columnist who used his column to tell lies and manipulate. you guessed it, i'm talking about paul krugman. [laughter] now back to the you can't make up stuff, the analogy between krugman and toohey, i'm going to quote krugman here he says i'm an unabashed defender of the state i regard as the most decent arrangement yet and he advocates a state that offers everyone who's underpaid additional income she and toohey both hate rich people an

>> host: john galt picture. ann coulter, when was that picture of you taken? since it was in the book of the picture of my brother at the party, it was probably a few years after law school. but that's in vail. [laughter] isn't that hilarious? >> host: next call comes from chuck in fullerton, california. hi, chuck. >> caller: hello. hello, ann. i just want you to know i love you, but i would like to know what i would have to say to get you to change the emphasis of the agendas that you work on away from the ones that your followers would be trying to influence the government to initiate force toward those agenda items where your followers wouldn't have to influence the government to initiate force? >> host: chuck, could you give an example of what you mean by that? expwhrk it would be very wonderful to cut taxes. that does not require the initiation of force. but if you want to continue to try to stop that 25-year -- [inaudible] >> host: chuck? >> guest: oh, good. it's not just my audio this time. >> host: no, i'm not sure. apologize, i'm not sure why he cut o

don luskin on his book, "i am john galt." and the roosevelt reading festival at 10:40 eastern with james mcgregor burns and historians michael and susan dunn. >> dr. martin luther king was not a president of the united states, at no time in his life did he hold public office. he was not a hero of foreign wars, he never had much money. and while he lived, he was reviled at least as much as he was celebrated. by his own account, he was a man frequently racked with doubt, a man not without flaws, a man who like mosess before him more than once questioned why he had been chosen for so arduous a task. the task of leading a people to freedom. the task of healing the festering wounds of a nation's original sin. >> watch this entire event, the groundbreaking of the martin luther king jr. memorial at the c-span video library. and now nearly five years later, the memorial will be dedicate inside washington, d.c. this sunday live on c-span. and during this week we'll have coverage of other events surrounding the dedication on the c-span

at 9:45 you'll hear from don luskin on his book "i am john galt" which profiles individuals who symbolized characters by ayn rand. and later, james mcgregor burns talks at the 2011 roosevelt reading festival from the fdr presidential library and be museum in hyde park, new york. booktv in prime time all this month on c-span2. ♪ [background sounds] >> notice the color of the bourbon. that pretty amber color that you see is all coming from the char on the inside of the barrel. this char is where bourbon gets all of its color and a lot of its flavor. currently, they've discovered over 200 chemical flavors just in the oak and the char from the barrel. >> this weekend we highlight frankfurt, kentucky, on booktv and american history tv. throughout the weekend look for the history and literary life of kentucky's state capital on booktv on c-span2, vice, violence, corruption and urban renewal. douglas boyd on frankfurt's crawfish bottom, and be kent masterson brown on the life of soldier john porter. and on american history tv on one of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition. for m