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Cirque du So-What

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2. Yeah? Well...
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 07:35 AM
Mar 2012

RawMoney would have given government subsidies to Edison in order to prop up his egotistical, hare-brained scheme for transmitting electric power on DC lines - a horribly inefficient system that wouldn't have been able to move electricity more than a few miles from the generating station, thereby assuring that electricity would only benefit wealthy customers and never be available to the masses. I stand by this assessment, as I believe it's much more in line with actual events from that era, with RawMoney's penchant for government welfare to corporations and looking out for the 1%.

As an aside...did you know that Edison actually sent a traveling sideshow on the road which electrocuted dogs and other animals with AC to demonstrate the dangers of the Westinghouse/Tesla system? Adverts from the time advised against 'getting Westinghoused' with AC. Edison also provided the design for the first electric chair as part of this campaign to discredit George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla out of greed and boundless ego.

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A stupid idiot at that madokie Mar 2012 #1
He got his money the old fashioned way-he inherited it. hobbit709 Mar 2012 #3
Yeah? Well... Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #2
Ho Boy! bongbong Mar 2012 #6
Ever hear of a transformer? Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #7
Wiki? bongbong Mar 2012 #9
You think those who live for keeping Wikipedia accurate would stand for false information? Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #10
asdf bongbong Mar 2012 #11
asdf Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #14
Have a nice day bongbong Mar 2012 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #13
asdf bongbong Mar 2012 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #17
A joke? bongbong Mar 2012 #18
He's not stupid enough to actually believe that. surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #4
Romney would have fought against the switchover from whale oil to electricity. onenote Mar 2012 #5
+1 Johonny Mar 2012 #19
It still fits into his overall campaign theme: Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #8
Efficiency Good Only Part Of the Time erpowers Mar 2012 #12
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