Dean Kamen: Inventor, Iconoclast

After reading this piece about Dean Kamen in the Christian Science Monitor I’ve decided that it doesn’t really matter to me what Ginger turns out to be: Mr. Kamen is one cool guy. For example, he has apparently seceded from the Union (and done so with great style):

He’s even bought his own island, North Dumpling, in Long Island Sound. When New York officials wouldn’t let him build a windmill there to power his home, he declared that North Dumpling had seceded from the Union and proclaimed himself “Lord Dumpling.” The island has its own currency and a navy – an amphibious vehicle dubbed “Old Aluminumsides.”

I love this stuff.

Hat tip to Free-Market.Net’s Freedom News

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