The men who built america

**DarkFriday** · 11-11-2012, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by stripes

when rockerfeller passed vanderbilt as the richest guy, his net worth =225billion in todays $ i think they said.

**stripes** · 11-11-2012, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by SIPAWITZ

just dvr'd it thanksfootball rules on sundays

november is college football only, too early for nfl.

**xyster** · 11-11-2012, 02:21 PM

will watch..on a seperate note i hate how history channel always seems to know what happened two or three million years ago

they hate religion

**JJR** · 11-11-2012, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by newcastlefan

back then the Republican Party was called the Democratic Party.

Heh. A couple of weeks ago Dawg was all "OMG guise, sometimes the south votes democrat, look at this chart of past presidential elections!" And I was all "Heh."

True story.

**stripes** · 11-11-2012, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by xyster

will watch..on a seperate note i hate how history channel always seems to know what happened two or three million years agothey hate religion

they know the 4.5 billion yr history of the earth & its many many climate changes which included no ice at the poles many times for millions of years at a time. they also know of the next coming ice age which nobody can deny.

**stripes** · 11-11-2012, 02:38 PM

rockerfellers fueds with the railroad guys vanderbilt & scott.& right now carneigies fued with rockerfeller are great stories...

**Mur** · 11-11-2012, 02:54 PM

Great series. Like the theme song.

**Onion** · 11-11-2012, 03:01 PM

Will they talk about Henry Ford's dislike of the Jews?

**TonyJax** · 11-11-2012, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by Onion

Will they talk about Henry Ford's dislike of the Jews?

A lot of people disliked the Jews back then and now.

**Onion** · 11-11-2012, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by TonyJax

A lot of people disliked the Jews back then and now.

True but will they bring it up?

**stripes** · 11-11-2012, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by Onion

True but will they bring it up?

they might if its subject worthy...

**stripes** · 11-11-2012, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by TonyJax

A lot of people disliked the Jews back then and now.

like europe then & now

**Scott** · 11-11-2012, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by Onion

Will they talk about Henry Ford's dislike of the Jews?

They never touched on Nikola Tesla's fondness for the cock so probably not.

**stripes** · 11-11-2012, 05:32 PM

the battles back then between the titans of industry are awesome stories, edison & jp morgan vs george westinghouse & edisons apprentice tesla was awesome also. jp almost lost his shirt betting on edison

**stripes** · 11-11-2012, 05:39 PM

jeeezass fuckin christ jp morgan was the biggest fuckin crook in US history, he ended up fuckin tesla, westinghouse, & even his partner edison, he fucking stole patents, squeezed everyone out & built general electric, the fuckin onions on that guy, dikhed. i'm pulling my millions out of morgan chase tomorrow morning in protest.

**PI Nate** · 11-11-2012, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by stripes

ia awesome as fuck on the history channel, running thro until the 8pm final tonight...interesting shit on vanderbilt, rockerfeller, carneigie, etc etc with commentary by rich business guys of today.its very well done & even motivational seeing what those guys were up gainst building their respective businesses.they run thro henry ford in the final tonight.

they were some ruthless mofo's!!!

**stripes** · 11-11-2012, 07:14 PM

carnegie sold his US steel to bring his net worth to $380billion in todays dollars...bill gates = about $50 billion

**stripes** · 11-11-2012, 07:34 PM

henry ford was a hero of the people at the time, fought the monopolies, paid workers twice the goin rate & helped standardize the 8hr workday vs the 12-18.