Atlas Shrugged: Job Creators<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Yes yes, just have to go through the formality of you swearing your eternal allegiance to me and then go turn in your paperwork with Sheela in HR.
\nPhilip Rearden:<\/b> Oh, ah\u2026 I thought that would be a lot more difficult. I wasn\u2019t able to get a job with my brother earlier.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Wait a second\u2026 let me see your resume there\u2026 Your brother wouldn\u2019t happen to be Hank Rearden would he?
\nPhilip Rearden:<\/b> Oh yes sir! The wonderful brilliant industrialist who I sponge off of while seeking the approval of.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> And if I were to torture you would that make him unhappy in any way?
\nPhilip Rearden:<\/b> Oh no sir, even though he inexplicably still keeps paying for my lifestyle despite stating open contempt for me, I\u2019m relatively sure the only thing that has kept him from murdering me himself is that I\u2019m such a lowly worm that I\u2019m far beneath his attention and effort to be worth the act.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Ah what a shame. Still, we can always do with some more grunts.
\nPhilip Rearden:<\/b> But isn\u2019t that hard on you, having to just create another job out of the ether?
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Not\u2026 really how job creation works. Think you might have been listening to your brother a little much there. Markets drive job creation. Companies that need to produce more goods to satisfy market needs need more personnel to perform the work. And currently with the world collapsing all around us and rioting and looting on the increase there\u2019s plenty of need for a ruthless terrorist organization like Cobra, so plenty of space to toss in some fresh meat to the grinder.
\nPhilip Rearden:<\/b> Well I\u2019m afraid that a simpleton like me couldn\u2019t quite follow all of that, but I can bring to the job influence I wield with people in Washington.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Wonderful, you know even if you yourself aren\u2019t terribly useful in an operational capacity I\u2019m sure we can make use of that. Just hop on down to the supply and you\u2019ll be fitted up for a jumpsuit, helmet and balaclava. Again, after you can give me a good Hail Cobra.
\nPhilip Rearden:<\/b> HAIL COBRA!
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> There we are down the hall on your left then. Now send the next one in would you Sheela?
\nThe Wet Nurse:<\/b> Sir I\u2019ve come to throw myself on your feet, groveling for\u2026
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Yes yes, it\u2026 says here your name is Tony?
\nThe Wet Nurse:<\/b> Oh I\u2019m sorry most magnanimous great and exhaustive Sir but yes I\u2026
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Do shut up.
\nThe Wet Nurse:<\/b> Yes sir, at once sir, feel free to beat me up if I\u2019m annoying you.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Noted, I\u2019ll have you flogged a bit later. Alright, it says\u2026 you currently work for\u2026 Rearden hmm? Quite the lot of you today.
\nThe Wet Nurse:<\/b> Thank you for the beating sir, I\u2019m sure a worthless worm like me will be entirely deserving of it. But not so much as worked for as supervised even though I realize now that anyone as weak and pathetic as I and the people I supported had no right to\u2026
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Yes yes, no need to go on I\u2019ll just go ahead and double up the flogging.
\nThe Wet Nurse:<\/b> Thank you sir.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> In any case you\u2019re certainly welcome aboard, just give me a good hearty Hail Cobra and swear your fealty to me.
\nThe Wet Nurse:<\/b> HAIL COBRA! Also I\u2019d like to once again thank you for\u2026
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Yes yes, triple the floggings. Now head on down the hall turn in your paperwork, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll figure it out.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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