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XCowboy2
Joined: August 15, 2006
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Name: Richard
Welcome to my channel!

My videos are meant to educate, entertain and foster discussion of Ayn Rand's work and her philosophy of Objectivism.

I'm 39, and a long time student of the philosophy. I'm from Dallas originally (hence the "ex" in my screen name) but I live in NY now. I'm a writer and composer. I wrote book, music and lyrics for an adaptation of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" that was premiered in CT a while back, and I just completed a 2-act farce that takes place the weekend of the Kennedy Assassination. As a composer, my vocal compositions are being performed by classical groups fairly often.

I had never tried my hand at film editing before these YouTube videos. I find I enjoy the craft of it a lot. I post as often as I can so please have patience- these videos take a lot of time!

Please comment and rate- that's the only value I ask in return for the work- just to know that I've engaged another's mind in appreciation of these ideas and ideals. Morally, I ask that my subscribers and viewers purchase Rand's novels and non-fiction themselves and view this channel as merely an ongoing discussion and exploration of those works we all legitimately own. If you would like to show apprciation, please donate on my behalf to the Ayn Rand Institute by visiting www.aynrand.org. Thank you!
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XCowboy2 uploaded a new video (3 months ago)
"EVASION" & "CHARACTER CREATION"

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"FREE WILL"

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FORCE
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"THE STANDARD OF MORALITY"

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Playlists
This is John Galt Speaking
16 videos
ORIGINAL SERIES #1-17
1st drafts of Galt speech episodes - Final versions to follow
Skyscraper Songs
2 videos
Skyscraper Songs 2 Videos
2 videos- Songs #1-3
This is John Galt Speaking 2.0
6 videos
FINAL VERSIONS of all John Galt videos - More to come

Original series (#1-17) can be found abovel
The John Galt Oath Challenge
2:22
NOTE: IGNORE THE DEADLINE- this is now an ongoing, open ended challenge. Whatever ...
1 year ago 8,363 views XCowboy2
"This is John Galt speaking" #5
9:50
"FREE WILL" Second edition (v 2.0) of an ongoing project to visualize Galt's Sp...
4 months ago 3,942 views XCowboy2
"This is John Galt speaking" #4
8:41
"THE STANDARD OF MORALITY" Second edition (v 2.0) of an ongoing project to visu...
6 months ago 5,050 views XCowboy2
"This is John Galt Speaking" #3
3:12
"EXISTENCE EXISTS" Second edition (v 2.0) of an ongoing project to visualize Ga...
6 months ago 5,002 views XCowboy2
"This is John Galt Speaking" #2
8:42
"THEME AND VARIATION" Second edition (v 2.0) of an ongoing project to visualize...
7 months ago 9,463 views XCowboy2
"This is John Galt Speaking" #1
8:02
"THIS IS JOHN GALT SPEAKING" Second edition (v 2.0) of an ongoing project to vi...
8 months ago 19,929 views XCowboy2
"This is John Galt speaking..." PART SEVENTEEN
5:49
PARADISE LOST Seventeenth section of an ongoing project to explore Galt's Speech ...
9 months ago 6,983 views XCowboy2
"This is John Galt speaking..." PART SIXTEEN
4:53
THE SCARECROW Sixteenth section of an ongoing project to explore Galt's Speech fr...
9 months ago 4,587 views XCowboy2
"This is John Galt speaking..." PART FIFTEEN
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THE MYSTICS Fifteenth section of an ongoing project to explore Galt's Speech from...
1 year ago 9,147 views XCowboy2
Channel Comments (318)
bigboss686 (15 hours ago)
thank you again for your excellent work
1RationalMind (4 days ago)
I await the release of episode 7 with great anticipation!

Thank you once again, good sir- for the effort you invest in these wonderful videos!
jethrothelaw (5 days ago)
Wow man you have great videos, almost breath taking. Keep up the hard work
FurryAR (1 week ago)
My only complaint with the style of the Galt speech videos is that they almost uniformly illustrate the foibles of religious doctrines with exempla from Christianity and Islam, without addressing the different but equally harmful ideologies of other popular faiths (Hinduism, Buddhism, taoism etc.) The target of reproach is, I thought , mysticism and denigration of both this world and human nature.
cccochise (1 week ago)
I think this is the best presentation on you tube. excellent work! Even though I am partial to AYN RAND's work I am especially dran in by the meaning of galts speach. You can listen to it a hundred times and still see different things in it every time. yor videos give it another level. Its obvious that you have put together things that you love, or have great meaning to you. When people do things they love or truly believe in. It is no mistake that it produces excellence. I will continue to listen and watch on a regular basis. Thank you.
academiccuriosity (2 weeks ago)
As everyone has already said, thanks for adding these videos. They're superb.
ZackServo (2 weeks ago)
awesome! I can't wait to see the 7th video.
XCowboy2 (3 weeks ago)
Hello everyone - got my software working and back to work on #7 tonight!
XCowboy2 (3 weeks ago)
Ok- back from the wedding- rested after finishing the play- ready to get back to work on the series- but my editing software is being glitchy!! Grr!!! I'm working on it.
toweringQ2FL400 (4 weeks ago)
Hats off to you. My own work is never finished, merely abandoned. I must study your method.
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