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Old 26 May 2008, 07:03 PM
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Icon81 Henry Ford deathbed quote

Comment: THE FOLLOWING QUOTE IS CIRCULATING AND DESPITE A COMPHREHENSIVE
SEARCH I CANNOT DETERMINE THE VERACITY
i don't deny it is possible but it is a little to neat and therefore am
inclined to think it is "improbable"

The only hope
for mankind is
for the oil
to run out.

Henry Ford on his death bed...
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Old 26 May 2008, 07:05 PM
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First of all, Henry Ford suffered a number of strokes in the years preceding his death, and his mental faculties had declined significantly by the time he passed away. Secondly, his only recorded words at his deathbed were complaints that he didn't feel well.

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First of all, Henry Ford suffered a number of strokes in the years preceding his death, and his mental faculties had declined significantly by the time he passed away. Secondly, his only recorded words at his deathbed were complaints that he didn't feel well.

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Obviously those complaints and the strokes were just a cover story and show the success of the oil conspiracy at suppressing the truth. The tapes of Henry Ford real death speech are on the shelf between the 300 mpg engine and the alien bodies at Area 51. That's the super-secret Area 51, not the one that everyone knows about.
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Old 26 May 2008, 09:22 PM
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That's the super-secret Area 51, not the one that everyone knows about.
All the military do to keep something deniable is to change the number as soon as conspiracy theorists identify something. A prime example is the stealth fighter. This was known to conspiracy theorists and others as the F19, which resulted in senior USAF officers giving statements that the F19 didn't exist, only to release details later of the F117 (a number which if it had been legitimate would have meant it being developed pre-Vietnam)
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