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Title: Robber Barons
Post by: Hap on June 11, 2008, 10:32:21 AM
Who are they?  Do we need them?  Regardless of your answer, what are you going to do about it?


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Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: ZetaNine on June 11, 2008, 11:10:48 AM
Kudos.

This made me laugh out loud.........and I'm a tough audience...
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: midnight Target on June 11, 2008, 11:22:11 AM
Teddy was the best liberal we've ever elected.
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: storch on June 11, 2008, 11:25:13 AM
teddy was amongst the worst presidents ever elected.
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: SkyRock on June 11, 2008, 11:30:12 AM
Reguardless, he had balls.  He got shot once, and his speech papers were so thick it stopped the bullet.  He went ahead with his speech. 

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refteddy.html


  :lol
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: SteveBailey on June 11, 2008, 01:35:14 PM
his speech papers were so thick it stopped the bullet. 

 

no it didn't
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: slipknot on June 11, 2008, 01:37:18 PM
Reguardless, he had balls.  He got shot once, and his speech papers were so thick it stopped the bullet.  He went ahead with his speech. 

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refteddy.html


  :lol

That's great. 50 cent got shot 8 times. Still went ahead with the rapping.

Maybe we should elect him king.
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: SkyRock on June 11, 2008, 01:41:53 PM
no it didn't
correct, it slowed it down so it didnt kill him.  It went through his speech papers and gave him a flesh wound.   :aok
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: CAP1 on June 12, 2008, 04:40:46 PM
That's great. 50 cent got shot 8 times. Still went ahead with the rapping.

Maybe we should elect him king.

guess someone forgot the 9th round :furious
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: Meatwad on June 12, 2008, 09:02:51 PM
I thought the thread was named "rubber bacons"
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: Nwbie on June 13, 2008, 02:54:20 PM
I thought the thread was named "rubber bacons"


UUUUMMMMM   Bacon
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: Holden McGroin on June 13, 2008, 03:07:21 PM
That's great. 50 cent got shot 8 times. Still went ahead with the rapping.

Maybe we should elect him king.

2 things wrong with your suggestion:

Teddy was not elected in the campaign in which he was shot.

and 'you don't vote for kings.'
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: storch on June 13, 2008, 03:13:41 PM
the robber barons of roosevelt's eras did far more good than harm to the nation.  one of those players from that time was henry morrison flagler.  he was one of the founders of standard oil of ohio and the the person who was the intellect behind the meteoric rise of that company, the embodiment person for whom the sherman anti trust act was written.  his lasting legacy is the east coast of the state of florida and the florida keys.  with his own money he singlehandedly built the florida east coast railway making the developement of south florida and the florida keys possible.  he also brought in many workers from the bahamas and cuba to perform the difficult work of building the overseas railway.  many of those workers remained in keys and in miami making south florida the vibrant and diverse community it is today,  thank you mr flagler I'm glad you were able to do such great things.
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: Bones on June 13, 2008, 03:15:51 PM
2 things wrong with your suggestion:

Teddy was not elected in the campaign in which he was shot.

and 'you don't vote for kings.'

Let's do not muddy up the waters with trivial things, such as facts.

Seems to be a severely polarizing subject though.
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: lasersailor184 on June 13, 2008, 04:04:49 PM
the robber barons of roosevelt's eras did far more good than harm to the nation.  one of those players from that time was henry morrison flagler.  he was one of the founders of standard oil of ohio and the the person who was the intellect behind the meteoric rise of that company, the embodiment person for whom the sherman anti trust act was written.  his lasting legacy is the east coast of the state of florida and the florida keys.  with his own money he singlehandedly built the florida east coast railway making the developement of south florida and the florida keys possible.  he also brought in many workers from the bahamas and cuba to perform the difficult work of building the overseas railway.  many of those workers remained in keys and in miami making south florida the vibrant and diverse community it is today,  thank you mr flagler I'm glad you were able to do such great things.

Yup.  And some people still believe that FDR was one of the greatest things to happen to this country. 


You can lead them to logic, but you can't make them think.
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: Hap on June 14, 2008, 12:34:59 AM
the robber barons of roosevelt's eras did far more good than harm to the nation.  one of those players from that time was henry morrison flagler.  he was one of the founders of standard oil of ohio and the the person who was the intellect behind the meteoric rise of that company, the embodiment person for whom the sherman anti trust act was written.  his lasting legacy is the east coast of the state of florida and the florida keys.  with his own money he singlehandedly built the florida east coast railway making the developement of south florida and the florida keys possible.  he also brought in many workers from the bahamas and cuba to perform the difficult work of building the overseas railway.  many of those workers remained in keys and in miami making south florida the vibrant and diverse community it is today,  thank you mr flagler I'm glad you were able to do such great things.

Storch, thanks!  Easy to come off with a flip answer.  Thanks for not doing so.  I've not my own mind made up, or what to do. 
Title: Re: Robber Barons
Post by: SKYGUNS on June 14, 2008, 02:22:20 AM
lol u mean like rockefeller and andrew?