Daylight AtheismOriginally posted on Atlas Shrugged: Horseshoe Theory.
Cherryl Taggart: Oh whatever shall I do!
Cobra Commander: Blast! And who are you interrupting me while I’m busy counting my reward money?
Cherryl Taggart: I’m Jim Taggart’s wife, but I’ve recently learned he’s not the man he’s not the man I thought he was!
Cobra Commander: I’m assuming you’re some relation to that insufferable woman, why aren’t you bothering her about this?
Cherryl Taggart: I went to apologize to Dagny, it is true, because she showed what a relationship expert she was when she admitted on live television that she carried out a clandestine affair with a colleague and business partner, which you would think might cause people to raise all sorts of moral and ethical questions about her and provide lots of fodder for her enemies to use against her regardless of how proud she was.
Cobra Commander: If you make me lose count of my money and I have to start over…
Cherryl Taggart: But I am still at a loss for what to do! And Dagny told me you were a good sounding board for ideas.
Cobra Commander: How would she even know where to find my hidden base!?
Cherryl Taggart: She had a Mr. Eddie Williams track you down, apparently he spent a lot of time in your torture chambers before he escaped and remembered the way?
Cobra Commander: And he’ll be spending a lot more time there in the future…
Cherryl Taggart: But whatever shall I do about my husband! I thought that I fell in love with a man who was really good at business, but he’s not really good at business! Even though the entire economy is completely collapsing around us and all the railroads are going out of business yet his is still managing to succeed based on strong market presence and his and his employees skills at negotiating deals and managing government contracts, those aren’t the right kind of business skills!
Cobra Commander: WHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT.
Cherryl Taggart: I thought we had a mutual love and interest! Him a love for business and not actually for me in any appreciable or measurable way in comparison, and my love of properly respecting how great he was at business and serving my duty of never demanding anything of him or actually having a relationship because he would be so busy with business!
Cobra Commander: I hate you so much right now.
Cherryl Taggart: Oh I am just a helpless woman! Helpless to fall in love with a man only to find out he’s a… a…
Cobra Commander: I swear if you don’t actually use a curse word right now…
Cherryl Taggart: A moocher! The most vile thing a person could be!
Cobra Commander: Alright that’s it, into the dungeon with you.
Cherryl Taggart: No, I shall take my own life!
Cobra Commander: Quite the drama queen. I’ll be sure to have a guard keep an eye on you. People die in my dungeon only when I say they do. Guards, take her away!
Cherryl Taggart: You must heed my warning! Watch out for James Taggart! He’s the greatest villain there ever was! Someone who is not actually as good at their job as they pretend to be!
Cobra Commander: Now, back to my money… wait… what count was I on… Damnit!
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