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New HISTORY CHANNEL Series 'The Men Who Built America' to Premiere Tuesday, October 16
TV By the Numbers ^ | September 5th, 2012 | Sara Bibel

Posted on 09/17/2012 12:23:22 PM PDT by kingattax

Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, Henry Ford. Their names are synonymous with innovation, big business and the American Dream. They built empires. They created incredible advances in technology. They changed the world.

HISTORY chronicles the lives of these visionary men in THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA, an eight-hour event series premiering Tuesday, October 16 at 9 p.m. on HISTORY Channel.

THE MEN WHO BUILT AMERICA chronicles how these five self-made men shaped the future of this country, transforming the U.S. into a global superpower in a span of just 50 years, and how they affected the lives of every person in the world.

Vanderbilt was one of the first to see how railroads could change how goods are shipped, creating the model for our modern railroads. Carnegie created the process for mass-producing steel, which allowed large buildings to become a reality. Rockefeller discovered a way to refine oil that set the worldwide standard. Morgan created the modern financial system. Ford made the car accessible to the masses.

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KEYWORDS: america; economy; pioneers; webuiltit
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America was built by capitalists with vision and guts -- not by government bureaucrats who never created anything but want to control everything.
1 posted on 09/17/2012 12:23:25 PM PDT by kingattax
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To: kingattax

Oh my. A series that actually celebrates capitalists.


2 posted on 09/17/2012 12:27:26 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: kingattax
Had the pleasure to visit the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan this past July.

Henry Ford was, by far, a visionary on the level of Ben Franklin.

3 posted on 09/17/2012 12:27:47 PM PDT by alisasny (If you cant afford 10 bucks per month to save your own daughters ovary then vote OBAMA.)
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To: kingattax

Looking forward to it.

Sadly, in today’s times, these same visionaries would be vilified.

Any wonder why we’re lacking in new risk takers like these men?


4 posted on 09/17/2012 12:28:10 PM PDT by SueRae (See it? Hell, I can TASTE November from my house!)
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To: kingattax

Granted. However, you will see freed blacks, Irishmen, Chinese ‘coolies’, Swedes, et al as the NPR/History channel’s vision of who built this country. They will all shown to be oppressed by the evil White Capitalist.


5 posted on 09/17/2012 12:28:59 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: kingattax

Can you imagine the Occupadoes meeting one of these men?


6 posted on 09/17/2012 12:31:32 PM PDT by theDentist (FYBO/FUBO; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: kingattax

Nonsense. We all know that Harriet Tubman built America.


7 posted on 09/17/2012 12:35:24 PM PDT by Salvey
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To: kingattax

Followed, no doubt, by a rebuttal from Obama:

“THEY DIDN’T BUILD THAT!”


8 posted on 09/17/2012 12:37:37 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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My goodness, a show on the History Channel about ....... History???

What a change from the current programming of Hog Men, Bog Men, Log Men, Alien Astronauts, Alien Pawn Stars, Alien Dumpster Divers, and all those other inspiring true tales of history.

9 posted on 09/17/2012 12:44:25 PM PDT by Eric Pode of Croydon
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All of them pawnshop owners, pickers, restorers, truck drivers or gator hunters no doubt.


10 posted on 09/17/2012 12:45:40 PM PDT by Delhi Rebels (There was a row in Silver Street - the regiments was out.)
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I have a feeling they will be portrayed as rapers and pillagers of goddess Gaia who contributed to deforestation and global climate change.


11 posted on 09/17/2012 12:47:45 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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Do you actually think this proven leftist branch of the MSM is going to NOT trash capitalism

Did you see their last POS. “America: the story of us”?

Expect it as an October surprise for the regime


12 posted on 09/17/2012 12:49:35 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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My goodness, a show on the History Channel about ....... History???

I'm shocked too. You either get some insipid reality show or if they get remotely close to history, its to do one of two things: (1) to either claim that ancient civilizations were visited by aliens or (2) to "prove" that Christ was a mortal man and that the early Christian church was very intolerant.

13 posted on 09/17/2012 12:49:47 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon

Alien Dumpster Divers. Obama?


14 posted on 09/17/2012 12:52:28 PM PDT by liberty or death
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Don’t count on it being much celebration. From the trailer on last couple of days they are going to be ruthless Bad Guys.


15 posted on 09/17/2012 12:53:03 PM PDT by X-spurt (It is truly time for ON YOUR FEET or on your knees)
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To: kingattax

Can soneone tell me WHAT HAPPENED to the “History Channel”?


16 posted on 09/17/2012 12:59:17 PM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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I guess it isn’t the “Hitler Channel” anymore.


17 posted on 09/17/2012 1:00:02 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

You Didn’t Build That! - DJ Obama (Music Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI5MbJMhEDY


18 posted on 09/17/2012 1:01:32 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: kingattax

Capitalists Are Evil - another Obama campaign ad


19 posted on 09/17/2012 1:02:23 PM PDT by Lexington Green (Will Black voters choose their party over their God?)
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To: kingattax

Well that would be FDR, with a little help from LBJ.

They “built that”.


20 posted on 09/17/2012 1:03:29 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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