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HoneyBadger

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9. I think for Ford it went beyond just business
Tue Jan 3, 2017, 07:23 PM
Jan 2017

from PBS

In 1918, Henry Ford purchased his hometown newspaper, The Dearborn Independent. A year and a half later, he began publishing a series of articles that claimed a vast Jewish conspiracy was infecting America. The series ran in the following 91 issues. Ford bound the articles into four volumes titled "The International Jew," and distributed half a million copies to his vast network of dealerships and subscribers. The rhetoric was not unusual for its content, as much as its scope. As one of the most famous men in America, Henry Ford legitimized ideas that otherwise may have been given little authority.

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This is smoke and mirrors. They are still moving small car production to Mexico. CentralMass Jan 2017 #1
Of course it is. But instead of looking at the small picture, push back with the big picture onenote Jan 2017 #6
I wont be buying a Ford. CentralMass Jan 2017 #10
smoke, mirrors and running out the clock is all the GOP has. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2017 #12
Ford supported the Nazis HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #2
Oh for god's sake that was 80 years ago and Henry Ford died in 1947 60 years ago. doc03 Jan 2017 #5
Ford shareholder here, but not to such an extent that the day-to-day news affects my life. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #14
Ford also supported the Communists in the Soviet Union gladium et scutum Jan 2017 #7
I think for Ford it went beyond just business HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #9
Indeed it did, and this is well known. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #16
If you get right down to it the 1% has no allegiance to anything doc03 Jan 2017 #18
Ford's anti semitism is well known gladium et scutum Jan 2017 #20
Let me add this, Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #3
the ex has a lot of ford stock. mopinko Jan 2017 #4
absolutely - it's the only sane play 0rganism Jan 2017 #8
178,000 new jobs last month SCantiGOP Jan 2017 #11
Oh, don't worry about finding that. I can pull up ALL those BLS unemployment threads. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #17
Just wait until Dump & Co screw up healthcare. roamer65 Jan 2017 #19
Obama should be thanking the unions mercuryblues Jan 2017 #13
s/b response mehrrh Jan 2017 #15
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