Pic: My JHNGALT License Plate. The Only Way to Go Galt!
So I received a call a few weeks ago from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation regarding my “JhnGalt” vanity license plate. The official asked if I had ordered a vanity license plate. I replied, “Yes.”
Then, she asked me, “Who is John Galt?” I almost burst out laughing hysterically.
I replied, “a character from a book.” She asked what book? I replied “Atlas Shrugged.” The mischief this license plate will create has already begun. Every time someone pulls up behind me, they will ask themselves, “Who is John Galt?” If a police officer ever pulls me over, and asks me, “Sir, who is John Galt?” I may need to call one of my attorney friends to get me out of involuntary commitment due to my inability to stop laughing.
Oh well. Who is John Galt?
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about 10 months ago
I’d like to do a “who is” on that.
about 10 months ago
Sweet!
about 10 months ago
While I admire the wit, isn’t a John Galt license plate an oxymoron?
about 10 months ago
I drove behind a car last week in one of the bluest sections of Boston with a “Who is John Galt” bumper sticker. Its spreading!
about 10 months ago
Pleeeese don’t put that plate on a Prius!
about 10 months ago
You can always get a license plate holder that says “Who is” at the top. I saw somebody else with something similar. Was fairly amusing.
about 10 months ago
Heh. That’s pretty good.
But instead of just saying ‘a character in a book’, maybe you should come up with a simple one or two sentence explanation for the uninformed who will ask you about it.
about 10 months ago
Haha! I love it…unfortunately the clueless will more than likely remain clueless. If John Galt isn’t a reality tv star, or celebrity, most people won’t think twice about “Who is John Galt?”. And that’s a crying shame.
about 10 months ago
I have a “Who is John Galt?” sticker on my car window….
about 10 months ago
bash-2.05$ whois johngalt.com
about 10 months ago
I will bet that the DOT will eventually take it back, once those dolts connect the esteemed Mr. Galt with the insightful Mrs. Rand. Reason? To have such a plate you must be a hater or a racist… of course.
about 10 months ago
I’ve stopped caring about who John Galt is and started looking for where he moved to.
about 10 months ago
Going John Galt is not an option for most people. As the economy tumbles, millions of us will find themselves in Galts Gulch.
about 10 months ago
Please go Galt! For real. Go take all your collective brilliance and business acumen and move to Utopistan and show us all how to create the perfect tax-free, gubmint free conservative world.
Go… now. Please.
about 10 months ago
Why can’t you Go Galt? Who is stopping you?
Find a remote place, maybe in a developing nation with no national income tax where they have lots of land. Incorporate your Gulch and make your own little world.
That’s what America’s founders did. You do emulate the founding fathers don’t you? Or are you just all talk?
about 10 months ago
That’s why I plan to retire to Texas. ;^)
about 10 months ago
Shorter Jeff: “I disagree with you, therefore you should STFU.”
about 10 months ago
Violating the property rights of Ayn Rand? Are we animals?
about 10 months ago
I love it!
As to inquiries from the uninformed, you can always suggest they google the phrase. They’ll see “meaning” as one of the options they can select, which takes them to the Wiki entry.
about 10 months ago
Wow. Who knew “going Galt” would mean giving the state an extra $20 for a goofy license plate? Laughable.
about 10 months ago
I love it!! My favorite author [besides myself
] is Ayn Rand and my favorite thing is VNTY PL8S, as you can tell from my website. What do I tell people about “Atlas Shrugged”? “It really gets going after the first 1,000 pages…LOL.”
about 1 month ago
Love it! Ordered mine today, would upload a pic but I don’t have that option. “Go Galt” on the traditional Tx plate, with the state outline as the space b/t the o G. Now .. where did you get that frame?? My 1st pick was denied by the state (Nfidel) they said it was offensive. To whom, jihadists? Whatever. I may still appeal it, but this was my 2nd. It has the potential to at least introduce the herd to Objectivism. The idea is far from dead! Thanks for the post. I’m just going to tell the uninformed that ask that Going Galt is the answer to a government that has gotten too big and too corrupt and that they should research it as it can not be summed up neatly in a 10 second conversation.
about 10 months ago
That is a very good point SC Mike, though I think a license plate is much more effective than a bumper sticker to spread the gospel of Galt.
about 10 months ago
http://gifts.cafepress.com/item/who-is-john-galt-license-plate-frame/261229800
about 10 months ago
Good point. Just let us know if you get any static from using the plate…
about 10 months ago
No thanks Jeff. How about ou go live somewhere that has a nice big mommy government to take care of you.
The difference being is that we small government types have nowhere to go, and you do.
So this whole thing would be simpler if you statists shuffled off to Germany or whatnot.
about 10 months ago
Already there . . . http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/10/revenues-in-free-fall.html
We’re hiring few people and we’re recognizing less income. We will not be slaves of the State!!
about 10 months ago
What Jeff seems not to realize is that millions of us have “gone Galt” already, without packing a single box. It’s easy to refuse to participate, especially when policy makers and regulators offer such a wide variety of disincentives to participation.
Each person who trims his business organization; who cuts back his billable hours; who goes on a lengthy sabbatical — all of these people add up. Just ask the guys at IRS who don’t have any receipts to count up.
Sorry, Jeff, but you can’t kill an idea. We can easily withdraw from the economy without ever leaving our homes or communities.