Saturday, July 31, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Check out latest infomercial
White House Infomercial?
I am sure it is as useful as these products....
Or this..........
Is it as embarrassing for the President to join the ranks of infomercial spokesmen?
Is he now on par with George Foreman? William Shatner? Will he start selling Jello Pudding Pops?
I am sure it is as useful as these products....
Or this..........
Is it as embarrassing for the President to join the ranks of infomercial spokesmen?
Is he now on par with George Foreman? William Shatner? Will he start selling Jello Pudding Pops?
VAVirtucon Points Out More On Climate Gate
One would think that after the numerous findings and reports of data fudging and other shenanigans the folks at East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit would know better than this (Steve Goddard at WUWT):
Why is it that post facto adjustments always seem to be upwards in later years, and downwards in earlier years? This whole global temperature business looks like a complete joke to me.
Did they really think we wouldn’t notice? See the whole post here or here
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Avoid Arthritis ! ! ! Get Drunk
If Granny is hittin' the sauce, it may be under "Doctor's Orders"Drinking alcohol can not only ease the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis it appears to reduce disease severity too, research suggests, according to the BBC.
They found that patients who had drunk alcohol most frequently experienced less joint pain and swelling.
Previous studies have shown that alcohol may reduce the risk of developing the disease in the first place.
Give Granny a hand, Click here
Different Incarnations.....
And the singers previous incarnation......
The members of Flogging Molly include Dave King, Bridget Regan,Dennis Casey,Nathen Maxwell,Bob Schmidt,George Schwindt,& Matt Hensley.
Prior to forming Flogging Molly, Dublin born Dave King was the vocalist for heavy metal band Fastway featuring guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke of Motörhead and bassist Pete Way of UFO in the early to mid '80s.
Barnicle says that Obama might get tough questions on "The View"
He might be right.
It is true that the view has thrown softball questions at most Dem's, but I think that the White House press corp kinda resembles something else these days.....
Barney Frank caused a scene
Don't Mess With My Senior Discount ! ! !
Maybe Congress needs another raise?
Maybe Congress needs another raise?
Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank caused a scene when he demanded a
$1 senior discount
on his ferry fare to Fire Island.... last Friday. Frank was turned down by ticket clerks at the dock in Sayville because he didn't have the required Suffolk County Senior Citizens ID. A witness reports, "Frank made such a drama over the senior rate that I contemplated offering him the dollar to cool down the situation."
See more here
Jon Stewart Again.....
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Obama:Out ofTouch
Golf? Arugula? Bar Harbor?
7 vacations in 18 months?
7 vacations in 18 months?
"We are not that far removed...."
He made over $5,000,000 last year. His net worth is over $7,000,000
Prez a no-show for Scouts
President Barack Obama, the honorary chairman of the Boy Scouts of America, will not speak in-person before the group on Wednesday at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia, as part of the organization's 100th anniversary celebration. However, the president is sending a videotaped message to the scouts for Wednesday, the same day he will be in Manhattan to tape an appearance for ABC TV’s talk show “The View.”
Bob Dries, chairman of national news and media at the Boy Scouts of America Jamboree – a gathering that happens every four years and attracts thousands of scouts from around the world .The organization was told on Monday that the president had scheduling conflicts and would not be speaking in-person at the week-long event.
The BSA had scheduled its Wednesday arena program to include remarks by the president at 11 a.m. in front of the more than 45,000 scouts who will be in attendance.
Monday, July 26, 2010
NSFW. Cover your kids ears. UNF**K The Gulf
They sound like they are in NYC at 3AM in the morning
Yeah, the money goes to charities that want to clean up the Gulf. Sure it does.... Yeah, Greenpeace and Earth Justice.
See more here
Oil Spill Charity "F-Bomb-A-Thon" from UnF--kTheGulf.com on Vimeo.
But it’s not political, it’s environmental. It’s charity. Right. The funds go to one of four non-profit groups with no political motivation at all ......Yeah, the money goes to charities that want to clean up the Gulf. Sure it does.... Yeah, Greenpeace and Earth Justice.
See more here
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Update on Los Zetas. Didn't think so........
As I said....I am doubtful of the reliability of these stories....
Bob Owens over at Big Government writes...........
My curiosity got the better of me, and so I called the Laredo Police Department, and had a delightful chat with the acting watch commander, Sgt. Perez.
Sgt. Perez informed me that I was her seventh caller about this claim since she came on duty this afternoon. She stipulated two things that blows holes in the invasion claim.
1. The location of the alleged invasion is outside of their city-limits jurisdiction, so they would not be involved, and;
2. while they would not be involved in any law enforcement response outside of their jurisdiction, they work closely with the county sheriff’s office and would know if such an event is occurring.
She also provided me the number of the Sheriff’s Department. The deputy that answered the phone there was less bemused, having also dealt with this rumor multiple times in a short amount of time. She also told me that there was no invasion and no law enforcement siege, and that deputies were continuing normal operations.
Don’t believe the hype.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
I will have to take their word
A Sinner in the Hands of an Angry BlogJoy McCann
Did Los Zetas take over 2 ranches in Texas?
I am doubtful of the reliability of these stories....
First one reported this "The bloodbath continues along our southern border and now word is coming in that Los Zetas, the highly trained killers formerly with the Gulf Cartel, have crossed into the United States and taken over at least two ranches in the Laredo, Texas area. I am receiving word that the owners of the ranches have evacuated without being harmed. The source is law enforcement in the area"
It is all over the net, but that doesn't make it true
The Houston Chronicle is reporting fighting just across the border
Kimberly Dvorak is reporting it too. She states she has 2 sources in the Laredo PD.
Left Coast Reb has a map.
Local law enforcement was bombarded with calls from across the country Saturday asking about a report that the Zetas had taken over two ranches off Mines Road, according to the Laredo Morning Times
But officials with the Laredo Police Department, Webb County Sheriff’s Department and Border Patrol said they knew nothing about such an incident, while Erik Vasys, an FBI spokesman in San Antonio, said the agency does not comment on rumors.
The report, which spread like wildfire among blogs Saturday afternoon, appears to have initially been posted on a blog called Diggers Realm.
The blogger wrote that he got a tip from a San Diego, Calif., minuteman named Jeff Schwilk, who said that the Zetas, former enforcers of the Gulf Cartel, had crossed into the United States and taken over two ranches off Mines Road, about 10 miles northwest of Interstate 35.
A Monacan "Journey" thru Crozet
Bob serves up some of his artwork from 1993. You can see it in Crozet. You can see some more here
Wanna celebrate the President's Birthday? Cough up $30K
MICHAEL SNEED Sun-Times Columnist hears real estate mogul Neil Bluhm is tossing a private birthday party here for President Obama, who turns 49 on Aug. 4. • The shocker: The dinner invite to the Barack bash at Bluhm's home requires a $30,000 donation to the Democratic National Committee!
FET Marines in Afghanistan
Female Engagement Team with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment touring northern Marjah to engage with local Afghanistan citizens. Produced by Sgt. Heidi Agostini. Soundbites from Sgt. Guadalupe Rodriquez and Lance Cpl. Kathryn Mannion
A great insight by Morgan Freeman
Emitting more wisdom in one minute than some jokers have in 18 months, or are likely to obtain in a full four years, according to Smitty. He got clip over at Maggie's Farm
Friday, July 23, 2010
If you are underemployed, and have to scale back on necessities.........
Herbert Dreiseitl's water sculpture Would you take your family out to a Broadway Show???
Well it seems that in Michigan, the government of Ann Arbor is doing just about that.
"The debate in Ann Arbor, where firefighters are being laid off due to a multimillion dollar budget deficit, is over an $850,000 piece of art.
That's how much the city has agreed to pay German artist Herbert Dreiseitl for a three-piece water sculpture that would go in front of the new police and courts building right by the City Hall..........."See more here
In our family there is always a debate between "What we have to have" and "What we would like to have". When markets crash it changes priorities.
We have to have food, shelter, communication.
We must have an oven, but do we have to have a Kenmore Elite Stainless Steel 30" Freestanding Natural Gas Range 7754 for almost $2K or do we have to have a Kenmore Ultra SilverSteel™ 30" Freestanding Electric Range 9433 for under $600.Do we need firemen or a water sculpture?
The choice is obvious.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
This is just too silly to be true.
I don't believe it.
I can't imagine that Al Gore is this stupid.
I can't imagine that Al Gore is this stupid.
The ENQUIRER recently uncovered allegations from two other massage therapists.
The first incident allegedly took place at a Beverly Hills luxury hotel when Gore, 62, was in Hollywood to attend the Oscars in 2007.
The second reportedly occurred a year later at a hotel in Tokyo.
A Beverly Hills hotel source told The ENQUIRER:
"The therapist claimed that when they were alone, Gore shrugged off a towel and stood naked in front of her.
"He pointed at his erect penis and ordered her, 'Take care of THIS.'"
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Choose wisely, Disagree with Lindsey Graham
“What’s in Elena Kagan’s heart is that of a good person who adopts a philosophy I disagree with,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C said. “She will serve this nation honorably, and it would not have been someone I would have chosen, but the person who did choose, President Obama, I think chose wisely.”
Does Graham realize that he sounds like an idiot?
"I disagree with."
"I think he chose wisely"
So Lindsey, are you saying that it is a wise choice to disagree with you?
Cow Manure Down on the Farm.
The Farm Team is a grassroots organization established in 2008 to recruit, develop, and elect women to public office.It has a blog. The latest post is titled...
Wittman for Congress makes sexist remarks about female opponent, Krystal Ball.
It's opening paragraph states...
Recently, a spokesperson for Congressman Rob Wittman of the 1st District of Virginia made a controversial statement about his opponent, Krystal Ball. In referring to Mrs. Ball, the Wittman campaign described her as “cute” stating, “As cute as our opponent may think she is…”
That headline is the biggest load of Cow Manure in Virginia. No sensible person would think that that comment had ANYTHING to do with her sex. It had to do with her "cute" ad. It is cute, or funny. As in the adjective meaning affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious.
Wittman for Congress makes sexist remarks about female opponent, Krystal Ball.
It's opening paragraph states...
Recently, a spokesperson for Congressman Rob Wittman of the 1st District of Virginia made a controversial statement about his opponent, Krystal Ball. In referring to Mrs. Ball, the Wittman campaign described her as “cute” stating, “As cute as our opponent may think she is…”
That headline is the biggest load of Cow Manure in Virginia. No sensible person would think that that comment had ANYTHING to do with her sex. It had to do with her "cute" ad. It is cute, or funny. As in the adjective meaning affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious.
Is the youth actually Michael Moore?
Big Hollywood is saying that it might very well be him.
Either way, the young man is getting an education.
Flashback: Milton Friedman Schools a Young Michael Moore
Little something from the late 1970s, which means Moore is somewhere in his early to mid-twenties. At first you won’t believe that’s him, but hang in there. He’s much younger and thinner (weren’t we all), so you have too look and watch closely. After a while, the eyes, gestures, double talk, appeals to emotionalism and complete inability to understand or respect logic and facts will start to look familiar. The debate is an interesting time capsule of a time when the Left pretended to be worried about auto safety. Today Moore and his liberal friends want us all driving one of these deathtraps down the freeway amongst semi-trucks and all the big limos transporting environmentalists like Al Gore to Earth Day ceremonies. 
The Smart Car
We’ll take the Ford Pinto with or without the $13 gizmo any day.
The Smart Car
How about the world's cheapest, the Tato Nano
Ice-T gets collared
Ice-T just blasted the cop who arrested him this morning in New York City -- calling the officer a "punk b*tch rookie cop" who "made the arrest of his bullsh*t career today." according to TMZ.
According to T's Twitter, the officer told him, "I know who you are and I don't give a f*ck!"
Want to be totally offended? NSFW. Listen to one of Ice-T's hits....
Every time he is on TV as an NYPD Detective, it is like a spit in the eye from Hollywood.
A Brit's View of a Mosque at Ground Zero.
Pat Condell on Ground Zero mosque: "Is it possible to be astonished, but not surprised?" He is rough on the religion of Islam. Many can disagree. What is your thought?
Definite Racism in Arizona..........
A woman says people are the wrong color to be Americans. There should be outrage. People should be denouncing this woman. It should be on the networks........
But it won't be. Watch and see why.
H/T LCReb
But it won't be. Watch and see why.
H/T LCReb
Alleged "Journalists" plot to avoid news
It was the moment of greatest peril for then-Sen. Barack Obama’s political career. In the heat of the presidential campaign, videos surfaced of Obama’s pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, angrily denouncing whites, the U.S. government and America itself. Obama had once bragged of his closeness to Wright. Now the black nationalist preacher’s rhetoric was threatening to torpedo Obama’s campaign.
The crisis reached a howling pitch in mid-April, 2008, at an ABC News debate moderated by Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos. Gibson asked Obama why it had taken him so long – nearly a year since Wright’s remarks became public – to dissociate himself from them. Stephanopoulos asked, “Do you think Reverend Wright loves America as much as you do?”
Watching this all at home were members of Journolist, a listserv comprised of several hundred liberal journalists, as well as like-minded professors and activists. The tough questioning from the ABC anchors left many of them outraged. “George [Stephanopoulos],” fumed Richard Kim of the Nation, is “being a disgusting little rat snake.”
Others went further. According to records obtained by The Daily Caller, at several points during the 2008 presidential campaign a group of liberal journalists took radical steps to protect their favored candidate. Employees of news organizations including Time, Politico, the Huffington Post, the Baltimore Sun, the Guardian, Salon and the New Republic participated in outpourings of anger over how Obama had been treated in the media, and in some cases plotted to fix the damage. In one instance, Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent urged his colleagues to deflect attention from Obama’s relationship with Wright by changing the subject. Pick one of Obama’s conservative critics, Ackerman wrote, “Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares — and call them racists.”
The crisis reached a howling pitch in mid-April, 2008, at an ABC News debate moderated by Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos. Gibson asked Obama why it had taken him so long – nearly a year since Wright’s remarks became public – to dissociate himself from them. Stephanopoulos asked, “Do you think Reverend Wright loves America as much as you do?”
Watching this all at home were members of Journolist, a listserv comprised of several hundred liberal journalists, as well as like-minded professors and activists. The tough questioning from the ABC anchors left many of them outraged. “George [Stephanopoulos],” fumed Richard Kim of the Nation, is “being a disgusting little rat snake.”
Others went further. According to records obtained by The Daily Caller, at several points during the 2008 presidential campaign a group of liberal journalists took radical steps to protect their favored candidate. Employees of news organizations including Time, Politico, the Huffington Post, the Baltimore Sun, the Guardian, Salon and the New Republic participated in outpourings of anger over how Obama had been treated in the media, and in some cases plotted to fix the damage. In one instance, Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent urged his colleagues to deflect attention from Obama’s relationship with Wright by changing the subject. Pick one of Obama’s conservative critics, Ackerman wrote, “Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares — and call them racists.”
Glenn Beck calls out the Center for American Progress
He asks........
Do you know this man? The liberal think tank Center for American Progress created a video holding this man up as proof that Tea Parties accept racists in their ranks. In this video, Glenn Beck exposes how the Center for American Progress edited out the fact that the Tea Party members ridiculed, harassed and berated this guy and did not accept him at all.
Did a Tea Party person say the President "would be fetching coffee" or doesn't have a "Negro dialect? Oh no, that was 2 Dems
Do you know this man? The liberal think tank Center for American Progress created a video holding this man up as proof that Tea Parties accept racists in their ranks. In this video, Glenn Beck exposes how the Center for American Progress edited out the fact that the Tea Party members ridiculed, harassed and berated this guy and did not accept him at all.
Did a Tea Party person say the President "would be fetching coffee" or doesn't have a "Negro dialect? Oh no, that was 2 Dems
Monday, July 19, 2010
Zsa Zsa Gabor gets a new Hip
Zsa Zsa Gabor underwent successful surgery Monday to replace the hip she broke over the weekend when she fell out of bed at her Bel-Air home.
The 93-year-old actress was in surgery for 3 1/2 hours at Ronald Reagan UCLA medical center. In a telephone call, he said she was in recovery and he was waiting to see her.
Her surgeon was happy with everything and there were no problems.See more here
U.S. Authorities Shut Down WordPress Host With 73,000 Blogs
Torrent Freak is reporting....
After the U.S. Government took action against several sites connected to movie streaming recently, nerves are jangling over the possibility that this is just the beginning of a wider crackdown. Now it appears that a free blogging platform has been taken down by its hosting provider on orders from the U.S. authorities on grounds of “a history of abuse”. More than 73,000 blogs are out of action as a result.............
......according to the owner of a free WordPress platform[Blogetery.com] which hosts more than 73,000 blogs, his network of sites has been completely shut down on the orders of the authorities.
They had previously reported....
As part of a new initiative cracking down on Internet piracy and counterfeiting, yesterday the U.S. government took action against nine web portals suspected of streaming of first-run movies. Not only were domain names targeted, but assets seized from bank, PayPal and other accounts. One site, NinjaVideo, was warned by TorrentFreak months ago they were being watched.
We're trying to resolve the situation.
You can find details in this thread on webhostingtalk forum.
H/T MindnumbedRobot
After the U.S. Government took action against several sites connected to movie streaming recently, nerves are jangling over the possibility that this is just the beginning of a wider crackdown. Now it appears that a free blogging platform has been taken down by its hosting provider on orders from the U.S. authorities on grounds of “a history of abuse”. More than 73,000 blogs are out of action as a result.............
......according to the owner of a free WordPress platform[Blogetery.com] which hosts more than 73,000 blogs, his network of sites has been completely shut down on the orders of the authorities.
They had previously reported....
As part of a new initiative cracking down on Internet piracy and counterfeiting, yesterday the U.S. government took action against nine web portals suspected of streaming of first-run movies. Not only were domain names targeted, but assets seized from bank, PayPal and other accounts. One site, NinjaVideo, was warned by TorrentFreak months ago they were being watched.
If you click on Blogetry.com blogs, you will get a message...
After being BurstNet customer for 7 months our server was terminated without any notification or explanation.We're trying to resolve the situation.
You can find details in this thread on webhostingtalk forum.
This was posted on some domains....
H/T MindnumbedRobot
Two Sides to Gaza? Maybe......
The following are comments we are used to seeing about Gaza
“are no building materials allowed into Gaza”
the BBC TV world news headlines again lead with a report about how “devastated the economy in Gaza is,”
Western journalists who write stories about “starvation” in Gaza and compare it to a “concentration camp”
Sky News reported today “The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire.”
These are part of the reasons for the Turkish "Peace Flotilla"
See related posts here, here , here, and here
We are told that the Israelis are causing all this.
Well how do they explain these photos from Gaza?
AL-DEIRA HOTEL in Gaza. How was it built?
Market in Gaza. Starvation?
Gaza Bakery
New Olympic size pool in Gaza.Concentration camp?
Brand New Gaza Mall. Dire Situation?
No one doubts that there are poor sections of Gaza. No one doubts that there are dire situations. But we must remember what Mike Pence said about Gaza.
Gaza is controlled by a terrorist organization known as Hamas. Hamas used Gaza as a launching pad for thousands of rockets that killed innocent civilians in Israel. Israel responded with military force and has instituted a blockade that has saved lives in Gaza and in Israel. And there’s no humanitarian crisis. Ten thousand tons of food and medical supplies are transferred into Gaza every single week.
H/T Real Revo
“are no building materials allowed into Gaza”
the BBC TV world news headlines again lead with a report about how “devastated the economy in Gaza is,”
Western journalists who write stories about “starvation” in Gaza and compare it to a “concentration camp”
Sky News reported today “The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire.”
These are part of the reasons for the Turkish "Peace Flotilla"
See related posts here, here , here, and here
We are told that the Israelis are causing all this.
Well how do they explain these photos from Gaza?
AL-DEIRA HOTEL in Gaza. How was it built?
Market in Gaza. Starvation?
Gaza Bakery
New Olympic size pool in Gaza.Concentration camp?
Brand New Gaza Mall. Dire Situation?No one doubts that there are poor sections of Gaza. No one doubts that there are dire situations. But we must remember what Mike Pence said about Gaza.
Gaza is controlled by a terrorist organization known as Hamas. Hamas used Gaza as a launching pad for thousands of rockets that killed innocent civilians in Israel. Israel responded with military force and has instituted a blockade that has saved lives in Gaza and in Israel. And there’s no humanitarian crisis. Ten thousand tons of food and medical supplies are transferred into Gaza every single week.
MAYBE THE TURKISH FLOTILLAS ARE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION?
In Turkey, life expectancy is 72.23 and infant mortality is 24.84 per 1,000 births.
In Gaza, life expectancy is 73.68 and infant mortality is 17.71 per 1,000 births.
Turkey has a literacy rate of 88.7% while in Gaza it is 91.9%. (It is much lower in Egypt and other Arab countries where Israel did not establish colleges and universities in the 1970s and 1980s.)
Gaza’s GDP is almost as high as Turkey’s and much, much higher than most of Africa that gets 1,000th of the aid per capita that Gaza gets from the West.
(Source for above info: CIA World Factbook)
World hunger organizations report that 10-15 million children below the age of 5 die each year, and 50,000 people die daily. One-third of all deaths in the world are due to poverty.
While famine kills millions of children in Africa, India, and elsewhere, life expectancy for Gaza Arabs, at 72 years, is nearly five years higher than the world average. In Swaziland, for example, life expectancy is less than 40 years, and it is 42 years in Zambia..........
As the correspondent for one of Japan’s biggest newspapers said to me last week, “Gaza and the West Bank are the only places in the world where I have seen refugees drive Mercedes.”See more hereH/T Real Revo
NAACP Hypocrisy???
Acting or reacting because of a person's race or religion is completely wrong.
The idiots who had pictures of Bush and Obama as Hitlers are equally wrong. The idiots who are opposed to either man because of their race are equally wrong.
Oppose them both because of their actions.
Oppose them both because of the stupid things they say.
Bob Schieffer spoke with the head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous, and one of the leaders of the Tea Party, David Webb on the NAACP's racism charges against elements of the Tea Party.
I wonder if Mr. Jealous is about to denounce Ms.Sherrod?
H/T Breitbart
The idiots who had pictures of Bush and Obama as Hitlers are equally wrong. The idiots who are opposed to either man because of their race are equally wrong.
Oppose them both because of their actions.
Oppose them both because of the stupid things they say.
Bob Schieffer spoke with the head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous, and one of the leaders of the Tea Party, David Webb on the NAACP's racism charges against elements of the Tea Party.
I wonder if Mr. Jealous is about to denounce Ms.Sherrod?
H/T Breitbart
Bob Scheiffer was out to lunch.......
Actually he said he was "on vacation"
He had not heard about the New Black Panther Party and the whistle-blower because he was on vacation.......
He had not heard about the New Black Panther Party and the whistle-blower because he was on vacation.......
The Taxman Cometh.......
The Wall St.Journal States..........
National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson, who operates inside the IRS, highlighted the agency's new mission in her annual report to Congress........
.........the agency is now responsible for "the most extensive social benefit program the IRS has been asked to implement in recent history." And without "sufficient funding" it won't be able to discharge these new duties...........
Ms. Olson also exposed a damaging provision that she estimates will hit some 30 million sole proprietorships and subchapter S corporations, two million farms and one million charities and other tax-exempt organizations. Prior to ObamaCare, businesses only had to tell the IRS the value of services they purchase. But starting in 2013 they will also have to report the value of goods they buy from a single vendor that total more than $600 annually—including office supplies and the like........
........Democrats snuck in this obligation to narrow the mythical "tax gap" of unreported business income, but Ms. Olson says that the tracking costs for small businesses will be "disproportionate as compared with any resulting improvement in tax compliance." Job creation, here we come . . . at least for the accountants who will attempt to comply with a vast new 1099 reporting burden.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
"Who is John Galt?"
"Who is John Galt?"
John Galt is a character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. Although he is absent from much of the text, he is the subject of the novel's often repeated question
"Who is John Galt?"
and the quest to discover the answer.
As the plot unfolds, Galt is acknowledged to be a creator and inventor who symbolizes the power of the individual capitalist. He serves as an idealistic counterpoint to the social and economic structure depicted in the novel. The depiction portrays a society based on oppressive bureaucratic functionaries and a culture that embraces the stifling mediocrity and egalitarianism of socialistic idealism. In this popular mass ideology, the industrialists of America were a metaphorical Atlas of Greek mythology, holding up the world, whom Galt convinces to "shrug," by refusing to lend their productive genius to the regime any longer.(Stolen from Wiki)
John Galt is a character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. Although he is absent from much of the text, he is the subject of the novel's often repeated question"Who is John Galt?"
and the quest to discover the answer.
H/T to Rightside for pic
Double Dose of Newsbusted
I was away last week, so I missed the last two Newsbusted's
Friday's
Tuesday's
Friday's
Tuesday's
More Shameless Plugging
The Other McCain's Rule 5 Sunday
I was on vacation, so no Rule 5 entry this week for me
Stacy had his own entry I think
Erathosthenes Likes baseball
Mind Numbed Robot Celebrated Cracking The Technorati Top 100 with a beer
Pirate's Cove's Pin-up
Stacy had his own entry I think
Erathosthenes Likes baseball
Mind Numbed Robot Celebrated Cracking The Technorati Top 100 with a beer
Pirate's Cove's Pin-up
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