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1 posted on 07/01/2012 1:16:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I guess my idea to create a pirate fleet named Danneskjold Repossessions is out.


2 posted on 07/01/2012 1:18:14 PM PDT by mnehring
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Steve Perlman founded Rearden LLC, a San Francisco tech incubator, in 1999, naming the company after his favorite Rand character.

What an odd city for a fan of Atlas Shrugged to set up shop.

That city has to be the most oppressive city in the country, very much like the United States as portrayed in the novel.

3 posted on 07/01/2012 1:23:46 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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Well it is San Francisco... the could go for the gay version and call the business “Harry Rearden”
7 posted on 07/01/2012 1:43:10 PM PDT by tophat9000 (American is Barack Oaken)
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To: stylecouncilor

Rand ping....


8 posted on 07/01/2012 1:57:05 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: ADemocratNoMore; Aggie Mama; alarm rider; alexander_busek; AlligatorEyes; AmericanGirlRising; ...

Trivial, but humorous.


10 posted on 07/01/2012 2:07:50 PM PDT by Publius (Leadershiup starts with getting off the couch.)
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Why would they even consider ceding rights to any company from the People’s State of California?


12 posted on 07/01/2012 3:17:08 PM PDT by Hoodat (“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy.” - John Marshall)
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...and on a completely self-serving tangent, meet Dagny (kennel name "Encore Who Is Dagny Taggart" (although her demeanor reminds more than one person of "The Church Lady")

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13 posted on 07/01/2012 4:11:56 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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Steve Perlman founded Rearden LLC, a San Francisco tech incubator, in 1999, naming the company after his favorite Rand character. Rearden Commerce, a web-based concierge service that offers customers the "Rearden Personal Assistant," helps organize travel plans and links to many travel vendors.

Uh, then they don't have the same name. The mere fact that the company names share a word doesn't make them the same names.

14 posted on 07/01/2012 10:13:31 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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