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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 09:33 PM
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Ayn Randians are insane.
Man Scrawls World’s Biggest Message with a GPS ‘Pen’



One man drove 12,238 miles and across 30 states in the U.S. to scrawl a message that could only be viewed using Google Earth. His big shoutout: "Read Ayn Rand."

Nick Newcomen did a road trip over 30 days that covered stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. First, he identified on a map the route he would need to drive to spell out the message. He put a GPS device in his car to trace the route he would follow. Then, he hit the road.

"The main reason I did it is because I am an Ayn Rand fan," he says. "In my opinion if more people would read her books and take her ideas seriously, the country and world would be a better place - freer, more prosperous and we would have a more optimistic view of the future."

http://gizmodo.com/5611713/man-scrawls-worlds-biggest-message-with-a-gps-pen

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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 09:45 PM
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1. My first question: How old is this pimple on the ass of humanity?
My second question: How long has he been unemployed?
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Make7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 09:47 PM
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2. Too bad he couldn't use that GPS to find "Galt's Gulch". ( n/t )
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mikeSchmuckabee Donating Member (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 09:48 PM
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3. I wonder if he drove any taxpayer built roads.
Or just roark approved john galt tollroads.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 10:06 PM
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8. He was certainly using taxpayer funded satellites
GPS is a triumph of government ingenuity in solving large problems.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 09:48 PM
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4. He's an idiot for thinking Ayn Rand has anything useful to say,
and an even bigger idiot for wasting that much time and effort on such an abysmally stupid project. He probably thinks he's a real John Galt kinda guy.

:eyes:
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sfwriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 09:54 PM
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5. What a creative and ironic use of our public roads...
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chollybocker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 10:02 PM
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6. It's like a giant teabagger sign.
No capital N... and yet... consistently so.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 10:04 PM
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7. Here's another message for him. "GET A LIFE"
And it didn't take me 30 days or cost a drop of gas.
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lunasun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 12:06 AM
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9. My question is how many people did he run over while
doing this? I already know he did not care if he did.
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pansypoo53219 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 12:09 AM
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10. i tried.
i think i gave up on the 2nd paragraph. and i read a lot of crap. but not that bad.
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breadandwine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-13-10 03:24 AM
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11. Rand was a public admirer of serial killers because of their individuality.
Edited on Fri Aug-13-10 03:26 AM by breadandwine


Imagine what a lost opportunity this guy was. With all that time he spent he could have instead done something productive:

Take Sharon Angle's advice and go bump off Democratic office holders.

Definitely, he and Sharon should get together and "start looking toward those second amendment remedies..." as she put it about how to deal with Democrats in Congress if the GOP doesn't win. Birds of a feather flock together.


http://www.slate.com/id/2233966


http://www.alternet.org/books/145819/ayn_rand%2C_hugely_popular_author_and_inspiration_to_right-wing_leaders%2C_was_a_big_admirer_of_serial_killer_?page=entire



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