Who is John Galt?

...some asshole.

Naming anything the John Galt Corporation raises my hackles. Ayn Rand and objectivism disgusts me. It's always disturbed me that a few very decent, compassionate friends of mine swear that they enjoyed Atlas Shrugged. It's too overt and arrogant of a name to be that of a real front for a conspiracy, but then again, some of these bastards are so hubristic that they might believe that no one is clever enough to discern any significance to the name or that it would be a great double fake-out.

Why bother? The whole nation is being stolen out from under our noses.

Bldblg has a post on the inherent silliness of a conspiracy. The real conspiracy is that to some people who respect objectivism probably believe that 9/11 means quick profit.

The New York Times has the John Galt Corporation connected to the Gambino crime family. I wouldn't be surprised if the firm has closer ties to Bernard Kerik and Rudolph Giuliani. Kerik already has been inferred to have taken bribes from New Jersey construction firms.