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Wed Feb-25-09 12:30 PM
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| America invented the automobile? |
| ErinBerin84
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Wed Feb-25-09 12:31 PM
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| 1. yeah, there were a few threads on that one last night. |
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Wed Feb-25-09 12:31 PM
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| 2. ..bit a clunker then.... |
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Wed Feb-25-09 12:32 PM
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| 3. Mass production of.... |
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Wed Feb-25-09 12:34 PM
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| 4. And besides, maybe a heavier concentration on mass transit in its many forms |
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Wed Feb-25-09 12:34 PM
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Wed Feb-25-09 12:34 PM
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| 6. As a commodity for Joe Average, yeah. |
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Thanks to Henry Ford.
Yes, Benz & Daimler invented the thing.
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Wed Feb-25-09 12:35 PM
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| 7. Just the mass produced version of it for the common man. |
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As opposed to the luxury that it initially was.
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Wed Feb-25-09 12:37 PM
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| 8. America invented the mass-produced automobile. Karl Benz invented an artisan toy for the rich. |
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Edited on Wed Feb-25-09 12:37 PM by Occam Bandage
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Wed Feb-25-09 12:38 PM
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| 9. Forget truth, this is political correctness. Fox News questioned it and that will cost them. |
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Wed Feb-25-09 12:49 PM
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| 10. No, Obama was wrong on that one. |
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As you posted, Karl Benz invented the first combustible engine to be used in an automobile. Henry Ford did invent the assembly line concept though, making it possible to mass produce his Ford T and making it possible for the average person to own a car.
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