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Virginia man founds "new" country in Africa
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:21 pm
Washington Post story
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Jeremiah Heaton was playing with his daughter in their Abingdon, Va., home last winter when she asked whether she could be a real princess.
Heaton, a father of three who works in the mining industry, didn’t want to make any false promises to Emily, then 6, who was “big on being a princess.” But he still said yes.
“As a parent you sometimes go down paths you never thought you would,” Heaton said.
Within months, Heaton was journeying through the desolate southern stretches of Egypt and into an unclaimed 800-square-mile patch of arid desert. There, on June 16 — Emily’s seventh birthday — he planted a blue flag with four stars and a crown on a rocky hill. The area, a sandy expanse sitting along the Sudanese border, morphed from what locals call Bir Tawil into what Heaton and his family call the “Kingdom of North Sudan.”
There, Heaton is the self-described king and Emily is his princess.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:22 pm to Ryne Sandberg
I saw this on twitter yesterday. I don't see it ending well for him. And his kids are going to be assholes when they grow up.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:22 pm to Ryne Sandberg
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There, Heaton is the self-described king and Emily is his princess.
Nice.
..but she wouldn't want to live there.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:23 pm to Ryne Sandberg
and thus, the third great war began...
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:23 pm to Ryne Sandberg
She'll never find a man that's good enough.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:23 pm to Ryne Sandberg
I wonder if Egypt or The Sudan will issue an official response. Will anyone recognize or contest the claim?
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:23 pm to Ryne Sandberg
Just tell your daughter no, you pussy.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:23 pm to Ryne Sandberg
dude needs a better antiperspirant if he is going to be King.
But awesome for him.
But awesome for him.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:24 pm to Ryne Sandberg
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morphed from what locals call Bir Tawil
Screw those Pee ons
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into what Heaton and his family call the “Kingdom of North Sudan.”
Well he is the King after all.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:25 pm to Napoleon
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dude needs a better antiperspirant if he is going to be King.
exactly what I was thinking.
I'm all for loving your kids, but this seems to be going a bit too far
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:25 pm to Ryne Sandberg
She's princess of what amounts to a hill in one of the shittiest parts of the world. Congratulations.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:25 pm to 12
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Just tell your daughter no, you pussy.
Like Arnold telling the little girl no in Kindergarten Cop lol when she wants to be a princess
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:25 pm to Ryne Sandberg
dude fails for not naming it Kingdom of Zamunda
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:26 pm to ProjectP2294
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And his kids are going to be assholes when they grow up.
haha, kids in the NOVA area are already assholes grown
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:27 pm to Rouge
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dude fails for not naming it Kingdom of Zamunda
This.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:27 pm to Napoleon
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Heaton, who ran for Congress out of Virginia’s 9th district in 2012 and lost, plans to reach out to the African Union for assistance in formally establishing the Kingdom of North Sudan and said that he is confident they will welcome him. Representatives from the Egyptian and Sudanese embassies in Washington did not respond to requests for comment Saturday.
If it's all sand and rock with no people, they may possibly let it go.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:29 pm to Rouge
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dude fails for not naming it Kingdom of Zamunda
The OT should start a Kickstater to go capture North Sudan and call it Zamunda.
Get the OB on board to be the Military. But don't tell the poli-board they would ruin it.
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:30 pm to Napoleon
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Heaton, who ran for Congress out of Virginia’s 9th district in 2012 and lost,
Knew he had to be a politician. Who else would takeover part of an impoverished nation, declare himself King, and try to convince everyone he "did it for the children"?
Posted on 7/14/14 at 2:30 pm to Ryne Sandberg
Like someone said, just put up a flag in your backyard and tell your little darling she's princess of the Kingdom of 123 Spoiled Brat Drive or whatever the frick....
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