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518 - Benjamin Beast Butler

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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I'm a Drink Irish Musketeer. I've Been There, Done That.

In 18 58, he's state senator, and state starts seceding from the union after lincoln gets elected. He says that the state militia should be called up cause, you know, we're going to war. And then he tells the governor they need, they're ging to need heavy coats for the winter. It cost 20 thousand dollars altogether. A middlesex woollen mills company got the contract. And benjamin happened to be a stockholder, and he got a dividend, ot 31 % off. That a 20 ken. Some would call it a conflict of interest. Another would call it shrewd capitalist. M call America is just american. Is just

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