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calimary

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21. That is a FABULOUS idea!!!

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 06:29 PM

Aug 2014

Wow - they could have a series that ran on Labor Day, or throughout Labor Day Weekend. And the bumpers could all be quotes from various authors and labor leaders like Upton Sinclair, Ralph Chaplin, John Steinbeck, Cesar Chavez, Walter Reuther, FDR, and more. Hell, even quotes from Henry Ford, regarding the idea he promoted that involved paying his employees enough so that they could afford to buy the stuff he had them manufacturing.

TERRIFIC idea!

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Dear History Channel: [View all] Brigid Aug 2014 OP

Any more it will be about aliens or ghosts or some fucking reality shit. nt Logical Aug 2014 #1

It used to be Staph Aug 2014 #2

We called it The Hitler Channel or The Hirohito Channel. Manifestor_of_Light Aug 2014 #3

Can't wait until I don't have to see Houdini commercials anymore. louis-t Aug 2014 #4

I've seen them too. Brigid Aug 2014 #7

Looking forward to the mini-series though Doctor_J Aug 2014 #32

I remember when the History Channel did history. hifiguy Aug 2014 #5

TLC should renamed TTC Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2014 #18

Or TFS Warpy Aug 2014 #25

Yes...instead of rednecks and alligators. Historic NY Aug 2014 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Aug 2014 #6

I know. cilla4progress Aug 2014 #8

Even "Black Blizzard," one of the best things they've done, Warpy Aug 2014 #9

Their Bible shite is just that: Shite. Brigid Aug 2014 #10

Exactly, it's all hogwash produced by morons for morons Warpy Aug 2014 #12

Black Blizzard was excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!! SamKnause Aug 2014 #15

The corporations that run this country... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #11

They have a thing about the True History of the Hillbilly Drale Aug 2014 #13

Yep, "Hillbilly: The Real Story." Brigid Aug 2014 #14

add the ilgwu to that list (triangle, anyone?) niyad Aug 2014 #16

Yep. Like I said . . . Brigid Aug 2014 #19

Sadly, they're too busy airing alien abduction shows. BTW, who will the first bagger be catbyte Aug 2014 #17

I like Hell On Wheels rickyhall Aug 2014 #20

That is a FABULOUS idea!!! calimary Aug 2014 #21

And more great ideas! Brigid Aug 2014 #22

Love the idea hifiguy Aug 2014 #31

Well, it's not like it's a People's History channel. The big 6 media giant History channel. valerief Aug 2014 #23

It's going to be Pawn Stars all day Chisox08 Aug 2014 #24

Are there any documented incidents regarding labor unions and ufos? aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #26

I thought I'd help you out kentauros Aug 2014 #28

John Sayles' movie "Matewan," or Barbara Kopple's documentaries Tanuki Aug 2014 #29

I find your post fascinating and deserving of a thread of its own aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #30