FORGED BY FIRE! DARE GREATLY . . . THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA! VANDERBILT, ROCKEFELLER, CARNEGIE, J.P. MORGAN: (1) U.S. STEEL; (2) GENERAL ELECTRIC; (3) STANDARD OIL . . . BIG TIME MONOPOLIES. THREE TITANS GOT TOGETHER TO PROTECT CORPORATE AMERICA, AND BOUGHT THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES, EACH GIVING MCKINLEY, BECAUSE THEY FEARED, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANT, WHO CALLED OUT THE THREE RICHEST MEN IN THE COUNTRY . . . CARNEGIE, MORGAN, AND ROCKEFELLER!!!!! ON TOP OF EACH MAN, GIVING MCKINLEY, $250,000, WHICH IN TODAY'S TERMS, WOULD BE, I BELIEVE, SOMEWHERE AROUND $3,000,000. ON TOP OF THAT, THEY STARTED A FEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST THEIR EMPLOYEES, SAYING IF BRYANT WON, THEY DIDN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT SHOWING UP FOR WORK! AND EVEN DIRTIER THAN THAT, THE TITANS, HAD MEN, STANDING AT THE POLLING PLACES, TAKING NOTE OF WHO VOTED FOR THIS CANDIDATE OR THAT! HOWEVER, 90% OF THE PEOPLE, DID SHOW UP TO VOTE! THAT WAS THE 1896 ELECTIONS . . . WE HAVE AS MUCH AT STAKE THIS ELECTION TOO! SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES, THEY WERE DEALING WITH, BACK IN 1896, WITH THESE THREE MEN, EVEN OWNING AND CONTROLLING MORE MONEY, THAN THE ONE PERCENT, IN THIS GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR! TEDDY ROOSEVELT, FROM THE SAME WEALTHY FAMILIES, THAT RAN IN THE CIRCLES, WITH THESE MEN, DECIDED TO GO INTO POLITICS, RATHER THAN BEING AN INDUSTRIALIST. TEDDY WANTED TO APPEAL, MORE TO THE POPULISTS, THROWING OFF THE FANCY, NEW YORK CLOTHING, TAKING UP MORE THE MOUNTAIN MAN TYPE, ALSO JOINING THE MILITARY, GOING TO FIGHT IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WARS. ROOSEVELT WAS FOR THE COMMON MAN; THEREFORE, WHEN MCKINLEY, WAS UP FOR RE-ELECTION AGAIN, THE TITANS OF INDUSTRY, PULLED SOME STRINGS, WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND GOT, MCKINLEY TO NAME, ROOSEVELT, AS HIS VICE PRESIDENT, THINKING HE WOULD GO THE WAY OF ALL V.P.'S, AND BASICALLY, MARGINALIZE HIM, AS A FUTURE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, A DISGRUNTLED WORKER, IN ONE OF THE TITAN'S CORPORATIONS, LOST HIS JOB, AND FURIOUS, THAT, MCKINLEY, REPRESENTING THE GOVERNMENT, AND SEEING THAT HE HAD TOO COZY A RELATIONSHIP WITH INDUSTRY AND BIG BUSINESS, HE SHOT MCKINLEY, AND, AS ALL PLANS OF MICE AND MEN, ROOSEVELT, WHOM THE THREE BUSINESS MOGULS, WHO KNEW, TEDDY COULD NOT BE BOUGHT OR BRIBED, WAS NOW, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BRINGING ABOUT THEIR BIGGEST FEARS! ROOSEVELT, WENT AFTER CORPORATE GREED AND BIG BUSINESS MONOPOLIES . . . WITH GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS GOING AFTER ROCKEFELLER, STANDARD OIL, FOR ANTI-TRUST VIOLATIONS, AND DEREGULATED THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY! ROCKEFELLER, AVOIDED THE GOVERNMENT SUBPOENA'S FOR 4 MONTHS, RUNNING ACROSS THE NATION, EAST TO WEST AND NORTH TO SOUTH . . . FINALLY, HIS FIRST GRANDCHILD WAS BORN, AND HE TURNED AROUND AND WENT HOME, PUTTING FAMILY ABOVE HIS BUSINESS! AT THE SAME TIME, ROCKEFELLER WAS BEING TRIED BY THE GOVERNMENT UNDER ROOSEVELT, HENRY FORD, SUED THE A.L.A.M., OR THE AUTO MANUFACTURERS, WHO REFUSED TO LET FORD DEVELOP AND SELL HIS AFFORDABLE CARS, TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. THE AUTO MANUFACTURERS, SAID THAT, FORD, OWED THEM ROYALTIES ON EACH CAR HE MADE, FOR PATENT VIOLATIONS! FORD DEFIED, THE AUTO MANUFACTURERS, WHILE THE LAWSUIT WAS PENDING, AND STARTED TO MANUFACTURE HIS MODEL T FORDS, HE CREATED THE ASSEMBLY LINE, PAID HIS WORKERS, $5 A DAY, RATHER THAN THE $1 TO $2 DOLLARS THE INDUSTRIALISTS WERE PAYING THEIR WORKERS. FORD BELIEVED THAT, YOU COULD SUCCEED, HAVING INTEGRITY AND HONESTY, RATHER THAN CRUSHING WORKERS, TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS. EVENTUALLY, THE MODERN BUSINESS MEN, WERE BORN . . . ROCKEFELLER'S MONOPOLY, THAT HE RUTHLESSLY, ACQUIRED, DEVOURING SMALLER COMPETITION! THE GOVERNMENT FORCED THE MONOPOLY TO BREAK INTO 34 DIFFERENT COMPANIES . . . HOWEVER, CARNEGIE, WHO SOLD U.S. STEEL TO J.P. MORGAN, FOR $480 MILLION, THEN THE RICHEST MAN IN AMERICA, WAS REPLACED BY ROCKEFELLER, WHO, PURCHASED STOCK IN EXXON, TEXACO, SHELL, ETC., ENDING UP WITH A PERSONAL FORTUNE OF $650 BILLION! FORD ALSO WON HIS LAWSUIT, AGAINST THE AUTO MANUFACTURERS, WITH HIS VISION, OF MAKING THE AUTOMOBILE, AFFORDABLE TO ALL AMERICANS, SELLING THE MODEL T, FOR A MERE $800 PER MONTH! AN INTERESTING SIDE NOTE, FORD, WHO HAD NEVER RACED A CAR BEFORE, CHALLENGED THE FASTEST MAN ON EARTH, IN A CAR RACE, AND HE WON, EARNING THE FAME, TO BROKER A DEAL, FOR $750,000 LOAN TO START HIS AUTO MANUFACTURING FACTORY! THE FORD MODEL OF BUSINESS, PAYING WORKERS MORE MONEY, ALSO GETTING MORE WORK FROM THEM, STARTED THE MODERN ASSEMBLY LINE, BETTER PAY, THE 40 DAY WORK WEEK, AND ISSUED IN A NEW ERA OF A PROSPEROUS MIDDLE CLASS, WITH HERSHEY USING THE ASSEMBLY LINE TO MAKE CHOCOLATES, TWO GUYS, HARLEY AND DAVIDSON, PUTTING AN ELECTRONIC MOTOR ON A BICYCLE, EVOLVING INTO THE HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES, MAKE UP, THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY ONLY BEEN USED BY HOLLYWOOD, WAS NOW BEING MARKETED AND SOLD, TO ALL AMERICAN WOMEN! AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS, PUSHED, AMERICA INTO, THE MOST PROSPEROUS NATION ON EARTH, THAT ENDED UP, BEING USED, IN OUR WAR EFFORTS AND PROTECTING ALLIES, WORLD WIDE! ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT, CARNEGIE, JUST BEFORE HE SOLD, U.S. STEEL, TO MORGAN, WHO HAD BEEN WORKING WITH CHARLES SWABB, CARNEGIE'S SECOND IN COMMAND, USING HIM TO APPROACH CARNEGIE ABOUT PURCHASING HIS BIG BUSINESS. WHILE OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE, CHARLES, ASKED HIM WHAT HE WOULD SELL THE STEEL COMPANY FOR . . . AND IT WAS INTERESTING, HE GAVE HIM A QUOTE, FROM, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANT, ABOUT, USING THEIR MONEY TO HELP THE COMMON MAN, AND SWABB, USED THAT STATEMENT, TO SELL CARNEGIE, TELLING HIM, THAT IF HE WERE TO SELL U.S. STEEL, HE COULD DO EXACTLY WHAT BRYANT SAID, USE HIS MONEY TO HELP AND BUILD THE NATION AND ITS PEOPLE. I AM CONNECTING THE DOTS, BUT, JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THE SUPER 8 MOTEL, WHERE I HAVE BEEN HOLED UP, BEING ON MY DEATH BED, BUT GRATEFUL, TO BE SICK ENOUGH TO WATCH THIS AMAZING HISTORY, OF THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA . . . THERE IS THE HOCKIDAY MUSEUM, AND IT IS HOUSED IN A "CARNEGIE" BUILDING. I WOULD VENTURE A GUESS, THAT THE CARNEGIE FOUNDATION, BECAME OF THE LARGEST PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD OR AT LEAST THE UNITED STATES. SO, BERNIE SANDERS, SOME OF YOU POPULISTS, WHO HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT CORPORATE AMERICA, WHAT YOU SAY MATTERS! SO, WHILE, CARNEGIE, BRIBED OR HELPED BUY A PRESIDENT, HE WAS ACTUALLY VERY SWAYED BY, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANT, SPEAKING UP FOR THE SMALL GUY WITHOUT A VOICE! BOTH CARNEGIE AND ROCKEFELLER, STARTED OUT, FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AND MADE FORTUNES, EMPIRES, BUT AT LEAST ONE OF THE TITANS OF AMERICA, TURNED AROUND, AND DONATED HIS FORTUNE TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THE AVERAGE MEN! POSSIBLY MORE REWARDING THAN MAKING ALL THE MONEY HE DID! IF AMERICA, IS TO THRIVE AGAIN, WE MUST HAVE A THRIVING MIDDLE CLASS AGAIN! NOT A SMALL ELITE UPPER CLASS AND THE POOR . . . THAT WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER, MAKE AMERICA THE PROSPEROUS COUNTRY, IT HAD BEEN, WITH THE ADVENT AND CREATION OF A MORE FAIR, RELATIONSHIP, BETWEEN UPPER MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS. FORD, SAID THAT WHILE HE PAID, HIS WORKERS, 2 AND A HALF TIMES THE AVERAGE PAY FOR THE DAY, HE ALSO GOT BETTER AND MORE WORK FROM HIS LOYAL WORKERS! THINK WAGE EQUALITY . . . WHEN THE MIDDLE CLASS THRIVES, AMERICA THRIVES! VOTE WELL! BE INSPIRED, YOU NEVER KNOW, WHO IS LISTENING, IN THE ENEMIES CAMP! AND IT IS INTERESTING, THAT THE MODEL T FORD, USED, U.S. STEEL TO MAKE HIS CARS, STANDARD OIL TO RUN HIS CARS, AND FORD'S ASSEMBLY LINES AND FACTORIES, WERE LIGHTED AND RUN BY GENERAL ELECTRIC ENERGY! BECAUSE OF THESE MEN, AMERICA BECAME A WORLD POWER! KISSES, WITH PRIDE! SIDE BAR: J.P. MORGAN BAILED OUT THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, IN AN ACT OF NATIONALISM! J.P. MORGAN, WHO NOW OWNED U.S. STEEL AND GENERAL ELECTRIC, WORKED WITH ROCKEFELLER, TO CUT THE 55 MILES BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEAN, MAKING THE MIRACLE OF THE PANAMA CANAL! FUCKING AMAZING! IT WAS ALSO INTERESTING, THAT, BOTH DONALD TRUMP AND CARLI FIORNA MODERATED SOME OF THE HISTORY CHANNEL PROGRAM, ON THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA! AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL!