Poor Eddie.
I still expect to find him out here in the desert, crying.
I'd like to think that Dagny sent a plane back for him after all he had done for her, but her hands were full with Rearden and Galt.
However, TB, you know more than Willers did about how, why and what was going on. Instead of looting vessels - you raid liberals of their cherished ideals. You infuriate them to the point of hysterics and your rational based arguments seem to leave them outgunned.
I've got my Ayn Rand Sampler and her book of Letters, which is an interesting read, and one of my astute relatives recently pointed me to this site - which appears pretty cool.