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Were Kerry's Ancestors Drug Runners?
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http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Forbes_family
The Forbes family of China and Boston, of which US Senator John Forbes Kerry and John Murray Forbes are members, amassed a huge fortune in the China trade, initially trading North American furs and manufactured goods for tea and other goods from China.
Forbes also made a considerable fortune smuggling opium during the Opium Wars. The British wanted to keep a monopoly on supplying the Chinese with opium grown in India. However, during the Opium Wars the British ships were prevented from delivering their cargoes of opium and American ship owners such as Forbes, who could sail the final miles, made great amounts of money delivering the cargoes for the British. Forbes family members later engaged in other merchant banking and railroad investment projects around the world.
Very interesting Article.
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Did it mention the Bush families business dealings with Nazi Germany?
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I heard that W's great, great, great, great grandson will illegally invade Proxima Centauri.
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It certainly is a sad commentary on American life that we have two multi-millionaires who were Skull & Bones members running for President, competing to be the "representative of the people." Both of these guys are the hereditary overclass, for sure.
"Man from Hope" these guys are not.
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If they were drug runners, how is it relevant?
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Originally posted by Logic:
Did it mention the Bush families business dealings with Nazi Germany?
And recently (the 90's) with Bin Ladin family.
That's quit a record.
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Originally posted by Dakar:
If they were drug runners, how is it relevant?
Not much relevance but it's kind of interesting how his family got their money.
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in a new book by Kitty Kelly, laura bush delt weed during the lean times
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The rich are cheap. That's how they got rich.
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Originally posted by typoon:
Not much relevance but it's kind of interesting how his family got their money.
I can understand that, given your position, but it holds very little meaning to me.
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Originally posted by Dakar:
I can understand that, given your position, but it holds very little meaning to me.
That's fine. I just found this an interesting article.
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