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kentuck

(115,370 posts) Wed Dec 24, 2014, 06:28 PM Dec 2014

If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today... [View all]

...he would say that we need to bust up a few trusts, once again.

And he would start with the media conglomerates. Perhaps start with FOX and MSNBC and Comcast and Direct TV. They should be broken up into smaller but fairer portions.

Then, he would take on the defense industry. The defense contractors would also be broken up. We would still get what we need for defense but not decided by a few contractors. They would compete for defense dollars - not automatically handed to them on a silver plate...

If Teddy were alive...

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If Teddy Roosevelt were alive today... [View all] kentuck Dec 2014 OP

If he were alive, he'd be skinned alive by the media... First Speaker Dec 2014 #1

Ha, I love your last two sentences. WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2014 #15

These: elleng Dec 2014 #2

It's ironic that there is a rational use of the word "trust" that can be applied to our media ... Scuba Dec 2014 #3

This is why we have no honesty, objectivity or unbiased reporting. They have a corporate agenda. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #10

Perhaps Sherman A1 Dec 2014 #4

If Teddy were alive... NobodyHere Dec 2014 #5

... he would be 156 years old. By far the oldest human alive today!! madinmaryland Dec 2014 #6

Then we could talk about him on Bullmoose Underground NightWatcher Dec 2014 #7

Rofl!!! calimary Dec 2014 #13

He'd be deemed a socialist - TBF Dec 2014 #8

You're probably right... kentuck Dec 2014 #9

and kick out the lobbyist riverbendviewgal Dec 2014 #11

In 2003 nichomachus Dec 2014 #12

Teddy is my second favorite Republican after Lincoln. totodeinhere Dec 2014 #14