100 years ago today

[Little-Acorn]

100 years ago today, on June 16, 1911, four companies merged together in New York to form a new company, and adopted the name "Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation".

Thirteen years later they changed the name to International Business Machines, or IBM.

 

[steveox]

100 years ago today Liberalism didnt excist in Government yet. And the Media was honest, fair and balanced.

 

[Walter]

And the Media was honest, fair and balanced.

LOL. May I quote

If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.
~Author unknown, commonly attributed to Mark Twain or Thomas Jefferson

 

[bododie]

Hey, didn't some Republican do something 100 years ago today that PFOS could "compare" to something a dem is being condemned for today?

 

[PLC1]

A lot has changed in the past century. This is from a little bit longer ago than that, but not much:

The average life expectancy was 47 years.

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!

The average wage in 1907 was 22 cents per hour.

Ah, yes, the good old days!

 

[Rick]

Also about a hundred years ago was the birth of "progressivism" - the roots of most of the problems in our country today. Since the word "liberal", itself hijacked by the left long ago, has come into such disrepute, some leftwingers are trying to revive "progressive" to describe themselves. "Progress" in their mind is the endless growth of taxes, regulations, and everything else about the state.

 

[Hobo1]

100 years ago today, on June 16, 1911, four companies merged together in New York to form a new company, and adopted the name "Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation".

Thirteen years later they changed the name to International Business Machines, or IBM.

So what?

 

[steveox]

100 years ago there were no...
Sales Taxes
School Taxes
Liquor Taxes
Luxury Taxes
Excise Taxes
Property Taes
Cigarette Taxes
Medicare Taxes
Inventory Taxes
Real Estate Taxes
Well Permit Taxes
Fuel Permit Taxes
Inheritance Taxes
Road Usage Taxes
CDL license Taxes
Death Taxes
Dog License Taxes
State Income Taxes
Food License Taxes
Vehicle Sales Taxes
Gross Receipts Taxes
Social Security Taxes
Service Charge Taxes
Fishing License Taxes
Building Permit Taxes
IRS Interest Charges Taxes
Hunting License Taxes
Marriage License Taxes
Marriage Penalty Taxes
Corporate Income Taxes
Personal Property Taxes
Accounts Receivable Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Taxes
Workers Compensation Taxes
Watercraft Registration Taxes
Telephone Usage Charge Taxes
Telephone Federal Excise Taxes
Telephone State and Local Taxes
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Taxes
Gasoline Taxes (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Utility Taxes Vehicle License Registration Tax Taxes
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Taxes

Don’t forget federal Income Taxes

 

[Gipper]

100 years ago there were no...
Sales Taxes
School Taxes
Liquor Taxes
Luxury Taxes
Excise Taxes
Property Taes
Cigarette Taxes
Medicare Taxes
Inventory Taxes
Real Estate Taxes
Well Permit Taxes
Fuel Permit Taxes
Inheritance Taxes
Road Usage Taxes
CDL license Taxes
Death Taxes
Dog License Taxes
State Income Taxes
Food License Taxes
Vehicle Sales Taxes
Gross Receipts Taxes
Social Security Taxes
Service Charge Taxes
Fishing License Taxes
Building Permit Taxes
IRS Interest Charges Taxes
Hunting License Taxes
Marriage License Taxes
Marriage Penalty Taxes
Corporate Income Taxes
Personal Property Taxes
Accounts Receivable Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Taxes
Workers Compensation Taxes
Watercraft Registration Taxes
Telephone Usage Charge Taxes
Telephone Federal Excise Taxes
Telephone State and Local Taxes
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Taxes
Gasoline Taxes (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Utility Taxes Vehicle License Registration Tax Taxes
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Taxes

Don’t forget federal Income Taxes

If that is correct, how in the world did our nation ever survive?

 

[steveox]

It might not survive much longer cause the dollar could colapse anytime.

 

[Hobo1]

If that is correct, how in the world did our nation ever survive?

Less intrusive, in-your-face, government. Then you had liberty and freedom. Now you've got Big Brother and Taxes!

 

[pocketfullofshells]

Hey, didn't some Republican do something 100 years ago today that PFOS could "compare" to something a dem is being condemned for today?

I could, but I could also point out things they have done in the last few months or year ...

 

[TruthSeeker]

I could, but I could also point out things they have done in the last few months or year ...

.........and completely ignore all of the scandals and indiscretions and lies perpetrated by the Democrats, or make lame excuses for them.

 

[Stalin]

IBM was the subject of a long anti-trust suit.

I was in the computer industry for 30 years ( 1972 - 2005 ) and they had a policy of driving competitors out of business by selling items below cost until there was no opposition, especially in the mid-range minicomputer field, then raising the price.

Last time I looked, their profit was bigger than the turnover of Microsoft.

IBM is also famous, or notorious, depending on how much you gained ( or most probably lost) a few years ago, for the invention of the finance swap in 1981

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swap_(finance)

Comrade Stalin

 

[pocketfullofshells]

.........and completely ignore all of the scandals and indiscretions and lies perpetrated by the Democrats, or make lame excuses for them.

sorry I guess I thought dirty texts and no actual sex was not as bad as banging hookers while married...