[foxpaws]

It is pretty cool having the fields nearby - heck - when I drive to work I drive through fields that are really being worked right now - I think every week a new rig pops up and another set of wells go in...

lendaddy - Rand could have used many symbols for freedom - eagles - in the west wild horses equate to freedom, heck even a drilling rig would have been appropriate - she very specifically chose the dollar sign to rise over the rubble of the cross for a good reason - the symbolism at the end of the book means a lot - and she obviously wanted to get across a very specific point.

azasadny - many people go through far more than what Rand did in Russia and continue to believe in God - God rewards sacrifice - that is antithesis to her objectivism creed - she just replaces God with her own god (the god of self).