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Dawson Leery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 09:23 PM
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Poll question: Which statement offers the best description of John Galt.
For those who are not away of who John Galt is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galt

Statement 1:
John Galt is a symbol of the omnipotent, divinely gifted individual who is being suppressed by the lowly masses.

Statement 2:
I am John Galt. (identify yourself)

Statement 3:
John Galt is David Koch. John Galt is Lloyd Blankfein. John Galt is Ken Lay. John Galt is John Rockefeller.
John Galt is Andrew Carnegie. John Galt is Jay Gould. John Galt is a self-centered teabagger.
John Galt is the typical ruthless bastard, a thief, who got ahead by stepping over the working class, stole food from the mouths of working class children, and cut corners at every turn.

Statement 4:
John Galt is the Ted Bundy of the business world.

Statement 5:
Both statements number 3 and number 4 are true.
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geckosfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 09:24 PM
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1. Nonsense. No sense.
Edited on Tue Apr-12-11 09:25 PM by geckosfeet
John Galt is a fictional character in a third rate novel by a third rate author.
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 09:27 PM
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2. third rate author?
I wouldn't rate her that highly.
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quiller4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 11:10 PM
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9. I agree. I've read better crafted fiction written by high school students.
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Dawson Leery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 09:27 PM
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3. We know that he is a fictional character.
At the same time, people with this character's traits do exist in the world we live in. Example: Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs believes that he is doing "God's Work".
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 10:28 PM
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8. And worse than option 5.
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 09:31 PM
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I'm assuming this is an Ayn Rand reference (after reading the responses so far)
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 09:31 PM
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4. john galt is ayn rand's daddy.
and so many people had a punishing, unfeeling, mean, harsh asshole for a father.
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 09:34 PM
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5. John Galt was a immature self-centered crybaby,
who used people.
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 09:35 PM
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6. Who is John Galt?............
who cares?

No disrespect intended to the OP, I'm just really tired of this John Galt/Ubermensch bullshit.
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bluerum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 09:41 PM
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7. Seconded.
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