Telluride

Hi, everyone;

I don't have time to visit TFP as often as I'd like to, but I wanted to stop by to wish you all a Merry Christmas.

I'm guessing that Santa Claus won't be bringing me exactly what I want this year (Alicia Silverstone and a 2004 Ford Lightning), but I will get to spend time with friends and family members that I don't see very often...and I'm pretty sure that I will score some cool CD's, DVD's, books and X-Box games.

I hope my fellow TFPers have a great day, enjoy the company of their loved ones, and get all the presents they were hoping for.

Galt

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CoachAlan

Who is John Galt?

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Bill O'Rights

John Galt Blvd.
That's the Street that Omaha Steaks is on.
Really. Just check any one of the 15 flyers that they must have sent you this year.

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"Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus

It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

MSD

This question now available in T-Shirt form:
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This: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charact...gged#John_Galt Should give you a decent answer.

Stare At The Sun

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
- John Galt

CoachAlan

I know darn well who John Galt is. That book was life-altering for me. Thanks for the link, by the way. Maybe I shall pick up that shirt, and on alternate days wear a "Yossarian lives!" shirt. That will really confuse my friends.

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keyshawn

ahh, I never had the chance to read the book [perhaps I will eventually, but it's not exactly on in the front of my queue..], but I actually didn't know who he was until the fall, when the College Republicans (I assume to appeal to the libertarian kids) put fliers around campus exclaiming "Who is John Galt ?".

cya,
will.

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Stare At The Sun

It should be at the front of your queue. It will change your life.

filtherton

I got halfway through that book and then decided i had better things to do.

uncle phil

reading fountainhead and atlas shrugged every few years has kept me on an even keel for a loong time...

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We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ngdawg

Define 'even'....

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MSD

I think I prefer The Fountainhead to Atlas Shrugged, but I'm due for a reread of both soon.

Telluride

Here's another good web site: John Galt Gifts.

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CoachAlan

I'm diggin' the Rearden Steel money clip. No surprise that it's sold out.

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