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Media Advisory: April 1st, 2003
For Immediate Release CAC Announces ‘Monster Truck’ Effort to Bring Capitalism to the Masses
"The material abundance and individual freedom that is the hallmark of capitalism rests on upon the ethics of self-interest, but today perhaps no code of morality is more misunderstood and maligned," says Nicholas Provenzo, CAC chairman. "For over four years, the Center has helped policymakers, the judiciary and the public understand the case for rational-self interest that underlies capitalism. As aggressive intellectual activists, we are always looking for new vehicles to transmit our message to the public. In this case, we specifically found such a vehicle in the form of a monster truck." “CAC often has to contend with the fact that friendly, yet rival Objectivist groups, such as the Ayn Rand Institute, have a larger budget for non-dairy coffee creamer than what CAC is able to spend on its entire operation,” says Provenzo. “Despite our groundbreaking legal advocacy with the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and US Supreme Court, our activism defending the rights of producers before the Congress, and our many appearances in newspapers, TV, and radio, it was clear to us that we weren’t grabbing as much attention as, for example, when the mail-room guy at ARI writes an op-ed commemorating a federal holiday that is printed in the Duluth Weekly-Grocer Supplement.” “Clearly, we needed something to differentiate ourselves from rival groups, and that obviously was a monster truck,” says Provenzo. “We’re tough competitors and we’re not going to take being stuck forever on page two of Betsy Speicher’s CyberNet lying down.” “You’ll know Objectivism is winning when we drive over your dumb ass with our monster truck,” says Provenzo. “Given the Center’s financial constraints, we’re not quite able to afford a paint job yet, but it's amazing how much truck can be had for $475, including the 38" Ground Hawg's the previous owner left in the bed,” says Provenzo. “This gem's body was made from 5 different trucks. It burns a little oil, but everything runs and it only needs a brake job and new exhaust system to pass state inspection.” “That’s better then my own car,” says Provenzo. " ' 76 was a real good year, for both America and Ford trucks. And little else speaks to the principle of individual rights like a jacked-up 1976 3/4 ton Highboy." Skip Oliva, a senior policy fellow with the Center is eager to get behind the wheel of the Center’s new monster truck. “With a STATS-390, T-18 with creeper, Dana 24 transfer case, Dana 60's w/ 4:11's at both ends and no lift, this monster truck is going to do a lot to communicate the Center’s advocacy of reason and individual rights to the people of America. I expect this truck will especially resonate with the youth of America,” says Oliva. “I plan to drive this truck during my tour of the US Circuit Courts of Appeal, and whenever the Center files an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court, so I’m sure we will attract a lot of attention," says Oliva. "That can only help us compete for the dollars that go to other public policy groups, but that don’t have a monster truck.” In response to criticism that the Center’s monster tuck is not actually a monster truck, but just an elevated truck, Provenzo said that he was going to focus strictly on the positive. “To the Center’s competitors: stand by. The Center is muscling for rank, and bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse will impale you, and flail you, with monster truck force.” # # # The mission of the Center for the Advancement of Capitalism is to present to policymakers, the judiciary and the public analyses to assist in the identification and protection of the individual rights of the American people. The Center undertakes projects and activities central to a moral defense of laissez-faire capitalism. Copyright © 2003
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