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Sun Jan-23-11 11:54 AM
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| 109. Or appoint labor union busters to the National Labor Relations Board to build unions! |
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That's the ticket!
He hasn't done that, but that makes just as much sense as appointing a job destroyer to a Presidential board to create jobs.
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| -Senator Sanders: Obama's jobs panel head closed 25 U.S. plants and outsourced thousands of jobs. |
Better Believe It |
Jan-22-11 05:19 PM |
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Recommend!!! n/t |
RKP5637 |
Jan-22-11 05:21 PM |
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Immelt is a nod... |
onpatrol98 |
Jan-23-11 07:58 AM |
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Not thousands. Tens of thousands. Hujndreds of thousands. |
SharonAnn |
Jan-23-11 01:17 PM |
#134 |
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"only Nixon could go to China"? |
hedgehog |
Jan-22-11 05:23 PM |
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Fukitol. At the point of being done with it all. |
golddigger |
Jan-22-11 05:23 PM |
#3 |
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At least he's not from Goldman Sachs! |
Echotrail |
Jan-22-11 09:49 PM |
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That's his next job. |
Fuddnik |
Jan-23-11 12:13 AM |
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Or rather the Corporate States of America |
molly77 |
Jan-23-11 05:30 AM |
#54 |
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+1 |
davidwparker |
Jan-23-11 12:12 PM |
#115 |
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Obama has all the power Bush swiped plus the precedent of being unimpeachable. |
aquart |
Jan-23-11 12:54 PM |
#129 |
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Presidents are window dressing for the masses. The "real" power and wealth |
RKP5637 |
Jan-23-11 02:43 PM |
#143 |
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Is that Carter statement in print or video anywhere? |
cui bono |
Jan-23-11 04:52 PM |
#153 |
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When the President..... |
DeSwiss |
Jan-23-11 07:44 PM |
#161 |
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+1 |
defendandprotect |
Jan-24-11 04:45 PM |
#178 |
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I think Obama just added another layer of complexity |
Jackpine Radical |
Jan-22-11 05:25 PM |
#4 |
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He's up there in the high number range.... |
WCGreen |
Jan-22-11 05:27 PM |
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It'll help the wealthy. It won't help us. We'll be Somalia in ten years. nt |
valerief |
Jan-22-11 05:28 PM |
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Ya know, we have a lot of Somali refugees in communities |
Jackpine Radical |
Jan-22-11 05:33 PM |
#8 |
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No need to go to anywhere. You can have it all here. |
gtar100 |
Jan-22-11 07:28 PM |
#28 |
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what good are minimum wage laws ... |
guyton |
Jan-23-11 12:38 PM |
#121 |
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I agree but we should never abandon them. They are one of the |
gtar100 |
Jan-23-11 08:21 PM |
#169 |
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He said "n-dimensional chess game". Hehn hehn. Love that one, JR. |
bertman |
Jan-22-11 08:36 PM |
#32 |
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The Sunday AM talk shows will |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 06:12 AM |
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It won't. It will do just the opposite. Why was Immelt given that |
decidedlyso |
Jan-23-11 08:37 AM |
#73 |
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In his address Obama will be talking about jobs creation that will be led by a top job destroyer. |
Better Believe It |
Jan-22-11 05:29 PM |
#7 |
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That's a false canard. Immelt has created thousands of jobs |
Jackpine Radical |
Jan-22-11 05:33 PM |
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And also created 30,000 jobs in India! |
Better Believe It |
Jan-22-11 05:36 PM |
#11 |
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Too bad... |
quickesst |
Jan-22-11 05:40 PM |
#15 |
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Either the President is being held hostage by the corporatists, or else... |
RufusTFirefly |
Jan-23-11 02:17 AM |
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Sadly, there is no other option. |
kath |
Jan-23-11 02:39 AM |
#49 |
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He is one of them. |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 06:18 AM |
#59 |
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He's one of them. |
davidwparker |
Jan-23-11 12:14 PM |
#116 |
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Wouldn't take much. Reagan was. nt |
Lorien |
Jan-23-11 03:08 PM |
#146 |
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That certainly seems like the most logical explanation, although there's always Bill Hicks |
RufusTFirefly |
Jan-23-11 12:44 PM |
#126 |
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My vote, He IS one of them. |
SammyWinstonJack |
Jan-23-11 08:04 PM |
#165 |
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We might be expected to |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 06:16 AM |
#58 |
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I hope people aren't waiting for the end game of that amazingly complex and awesome chess game that |
Brickbat |
Jan-22-11 05:33 PM |
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I hate to say this but maybe Obama doesn't play chess and is just following his marching orders |
Better Believe It |
Jan-22-11 05:38 PM |
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Naaaaah, no way. |
Jackpine Radical |
Jan-22-11 05:39 PM |
#13 |
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No! He wouldn't do that! |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 06:23 AM |
#60 |
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Obama is no liberal.......... |
BlueJac |
Jan-23-11 08:35 AM |
#72 |
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Yup..........nt |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 08:51 AM |
#78 |
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I think it's a lot more likely than the lovely chess game so many have been hyping. |
Brickbat |
Jan-22-11 05:39 PM |
#14 |
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He could very well be playing chess |
liberation |
Jan-23-11 03:54 AM |
#51 |
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Woof. Devastating! |
Jackpine Radical |
Jan-23-11 11:11 AM |
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There's a name for this opening |
notesdev |
Jan-22-11 05:51 PM |
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As long as the big boys have theri jobs, that is all that matters |
Angry Dragon |
Jan-22-11 05:45 PM |
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Who's the rocket surgeon who came up with this idea? |
notesdev |
Jan-22-11 05:46 PM |
#17 |
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No one on the M$M will question |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 06:32 AM |
#61 |
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Why Bother Waking Up With A President That Has Swung So Far Right |
cantbeserious |
Jan-22-11 05:49 PM |
#18 |
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Welcome to DU. |
emilyg |
Jan-22-11 06:22 PM |
#21 |
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Precisely |
Sherman A1 |
Jan-23-11 02:38 AM |
#48 |
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I agree. |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 06:35 AM |
#63 |
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I think we need to strengthen those roots-- |
Jackpine Radical |
Jan-23-11 11:20 AM |
#101 |
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"Sanders Hopes Immelt Focuses on U.S. Jobs" |
ProSense |
Jan-22-11 05:55 PM |
#20 |
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Unbe-fucking-believeable. One more corporitist appointed by Obama. And you say, we'll see. nm |
rhett o rick |
Jan-22-11 09:51 PM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Jan-23-11 06:37 AM |
#65 |
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Unfortunately, "certain people" won't see. |
Jackpine Radical |
Jan-23-11 11:35 AM |
#106 |
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Damn right we'll see. |
ProSense |
Jan-23-11 04:57 PM |
#154 |
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" . . . former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker . . . " |
Major Hogwash |
Jan-23-11 06:34 AM |
#62 |
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GE's Main Man Gets the President's Ear |
Better Believe It |
Jan-22-11 06:37 PM |
#22 |
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global competitiveness = workers fucked nt |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 06:40 AM |
#66 |
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Oh my! |
MattSh |
Jan-23-11 10:14 AM |
#94 |
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So what is this chess move called? |
Dappleganger |
Jan-22-11 06:39 PM |
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It is standard Chess. |
bvar22 |
Jan-22-11 07:49 PM |
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+1000 Absolutely perfect description of what is happening. |
Jakes Progress |
Jan-23-11 12:14 AM |
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+1 |
davidwparker |
Jan-23-11 12:18 PM |
#117 |
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Candyland n/t |
Catherina |
Jan-23-11 07:54 PM |
#163 |
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"naming one of the country's leading oursourcers as your chief guy on jobs wasn't the smartest move" |
Better Believe It |
Jan-22-11 06:44 PM |
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smart move for barack...it`s all about campaign money. |
madrchsod |
Jan-22-11 07:11 PM |
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I think it has more to do with how well he expects to be rewarded after he leave office |
dflprincess |
Jan-22-11 09:36 PM |
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+1000! |
SammyWinstonJack |
Jan-23-11 08:08 PM |
#166 |
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Nor was |
BobbyBoring |
Jan-23-11 12:01 PM |
#114 |
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CEOs should be barred from holding any Public Office for 5 years after they |
StarsInHerHair |
Jan-24-11 03:47 AM |
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WTF! Jeez, I want to like Obama, I really do. But with appointments like this |
gtar100 |
Jan-22-11 07:09 PM |
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Rec n/t |
OhioChick |
Jan-22-11 07:23 PM |
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This guy gives Jack Welch a good name. |
Octafish |
Jan-22-11 07:35 PM |
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K&R- several years ago, we bought a large GE air conditioner, thinking it would be good quality... |
old mark |
Jan-22-11 07:45 PM |
#30 |
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And this is a surprise after Rahm and all! |
MasonJar |
Jan-22-11 08:39 PM |
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Maybe Immelt's been Born Again as an American instead of a Corporatist. |
bertman |
Jan-22-11 08:39 PM |
#34 |
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K&R. (nt) |
Kurovski |
Jan-22-11 09:05 PM |
#35 |
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from Mr. Obama's viewpoint |
placton |
Jan-22-11 09:53 PM |
#39 |
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Should GE's Jeffrey Immelt Really Be Leading Our Job Creation Strategy? |
Better Believe It |
Jan-22-11 10:12 PM |
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He was brought in to save ONE job - Obama's n/t |
radhika |
Jan-22-11 11:12 PM |
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Superman couldn't save that job. nt |
BlueIris |
Jan-23-11 01:06 PM |
#131 |
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Ah. Feel the change. |
Jakes Progress |
Jan-23-11 12:00 AM |
#42 |
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And yet we are supposed to support him |
MissDeeds |
Jan-23-11 09:46 AM |
#87 |
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Blindly. |
Jakes Progress |
Jan-23-11 01:39 PM |
#138 |
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What would we do without Bernie Sanders ...? Can we clone him a 100X??? |
defendandprotect |
Jan-23-11 12:22 AM |
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Can we stop inserting the name "Obama" in titles of stories like these? |
McCamy Taylor |
Jan-23-11 01:50 AM |
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OK, lets pretend Bush appointed Immelt. |
Fuddnik |
Jan-23-11 03:22 AM |
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Wow just wow... |
liberation |
Jan-23-11 03:59 AM |
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that's ridiculous. are you drunk? 'cause i know you're smarter than that. |
tomp |
Jan-23-11 07:41 AM |
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Have you been sleeping the last two years....... |
BlueJac |
Jan-23-11 08:38 AM |
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Ah, yes, hot fudge on rabbit turds. |
decidedlyso |
Jan-23-11 08:46 AM |
#76 |
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Huh? Obama inserted the name "Obama" when he |
golddigger |
Jan-23-11 09:43 AM |
#85 |
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Oy vey. |
Forkboy |
Jan-23-11 11:27 AM |
#103 |
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wha? |
neverforget |
Jan-23-11 12:39 PM |
#122 |
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Your post really surprises me |
Autumn |
Jan-23-11 07:39 PM |
#160 |
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That would be like..... |
DeSwiss |
Jan-23-11 07:52 PM |
#162 |
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well said. |
inna |
Jan-23-11 09:21 PM |
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I know and how different from 1 year ago......it's stunning and truly awful |
StarsInHerHair |
Jan-24-11 03:52 AM |
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un-f*cking-believable. |
inna |
Jan-23-11 09:25 PM |
#172 |
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people need to wake up!! n/t |
indimuse |
Jan-23-11 04:46 AM |
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At this point, I'm not likely to lift a finger to help Obama save his own job. |
Ilsa |
Jan-23-11 05:49 AM |
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Another bad actor appointed by Obama. |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 06:11 AM |
#56 |
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recommend |
xchrom |
Jan-23-11 06:36 AM |
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In my mind, this seals the deal. Obama doesn't care whether jobs |
Vinca |
Jan-23-11 07:39 AM |
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I have had this daydream..... |
dotymed |
Jan-23-11 08:10 AM |
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Actually, I've had night dreams (nightmares?)........... |
socialist_n_TN |
Jan-23-11 08:51 AM |
#77 |
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They already have the whole enchilada. |
bvar22 |
Jan-23-11 09:55 AM |
#88 |
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Yeah, but it would be official then............ |
socialist_n_TN |
Jan-23-11 10:02 AM |
#90 |
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Exactly. nt |
Lorien |
Jan-23-11 03:06 PM |
#145 |
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"Big Business & The Ownership Class has gotten everything they could wish |
snagglepuss |
Jan-24-11 07:26 PM |
#184 |
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I just wish |
Flora |
Jan-23-11 08:11 AM |
#71 |
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Great post |
MissDeeds |
Jan-23-11 11:17 AM |
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GE is a worldwide company of course their employees are spread over the world |
RB TexLa |
Jan-23-11 08:41 AM |
#75 |
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Free Trade is the best idea ever |
dotymed |
Jan-23-11 09:18 AM |
#82 |
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Actually, trade restrictions are the worst idea ever. |
RB TexLa |
Jan-23-11 09:29 AM |
#84 |
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"Trade Restrictions", like Fair Trade? |
dotymed |
Jan-23-11 10:27 AM |
#95 |
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How's 30 years of free trade working out for Americans? |
Saxon |
Jan-23-11 01:28 PM |
#135 |
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You mean like banning Ag Exports because your citizens are Starving? |
Grinchie |
Jan-23-11 01:38 PM |
#137 |
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How many union representitives will be on this board? |
baldguy |
Jan-23-11 09:01 AM |
#79 |
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I haven't read most ... |
Kweli4Real |
Jan-23-11 09:04 AM |
#80 |
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Different position, same kat, same worldview, same influences, same principles, same broad goals, |
TheKentuckian |
Jan-23-11 09:29 AM |
#83 |
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He's remaining as CEO over GE while filling this position |
True_Blue |
Jan-24-11 04:21 AM |
#176 |
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Or, ... |
Kweli4Real |
Jan-24-11 04:41 PM |
#177 |
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K & R & |
AzDar |
Jan-23-11 09:12 AM |
#81 |
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that would mean he understands why it happens |
treestar |
Jan-23-11 09:45 AM |
#86 |
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I know how and why it happens as do most other DU'ers. And so does President Obama. |
Better Believe It |
Jan-23-11 10:03 AM |
#91 |
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What do you propose to do about it then? |
treestar |
Jan-23-11 10:09 AM |
#92 |
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There have been many progressive proposals to jump start the economy and put millions to work. |
Better Believe It |
Jan-23-11 11:48 AM |
#108 |
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Hell, I've got a suggestion and I've posted it on DU........... |
socialist_n_TN |
Jan-23-11 12:20 PM |
#118 |
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I've thought of that many times, and I'm all for it... |
Raksha |
Jan-23-11 03:52 PM |
#151 |
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Well that's why I said INSTEAD of bailing out............ |
socialist_n_TN |
Jan-23-11 06:31 PM |
#157 |
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The Earth depends on Diversity, and so does Man. |
Grinchie |
Jan-23-11 01:52 PM |
#139 |
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Perhaps Obama should appoint a convicted serial killer to head his commission on violent crimes |
brentspeak |
Jan-23-11 11:20 AM |
#100 |
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.... |
Forkboy |
Jan-23-11 11:29 AM |
#105 |
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Fail |
treestar |
Jan-23-11 11:42 AM |
#107 |
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Or appoint labor union busters to the National Labor Relations Board to build unions! |
Better Believe It |
Jan-23-11 11:54 AM |
#109 |
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+100 |
neverforget |
Jan-23-11 12:41 PM |
#124 |
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Worst. Argument. Ever. |
bvar22 |
Jan-23-11 11:55 AM |
#110 |
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+1 |
SammyWinstonJack |
Jan-23-11 08:16 PM |
#167 |
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Everyone else understood it then, and now, we just did not do it. |
grahamhgreen |
Jan-23-11 01:15 PM |
#133 |
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Sanders/Kucinich 2012! n/t |
RoccoR5955 |
Jan-23-11 09:56 AM |
#89 |
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Well, if you're gonna crash & burn, that would be a classy way to do it. |
Jackpine Radical |
Jan-23-11 10:55 AM |
#96 |
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K & R |
democracy1st |
Jan-23-11 10:12 AM |
#93 |
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I work for GE through a temp agency |
gibby2433 |
Jan-23-11 11:10 AM |
#97 |
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Please make this a lead topic in the GD-P |
brentspeak |
Jan-23-11 11:26 AM |
#102 |
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Yes, please do that. People need to know the facts from someone who knows first hand. |
Better Believe It |
Jan-23-11 11:56 AM |
#112 |
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Ditto what the others said. I bookmarked your post. VERY interesting and depressing. nt |
tpsbmam |
Jan-23-11 03:11 PM |
#147 |
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recommend. |
Starry Messenger |
Jan-23-11 11:29 AM |
#104 |
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K & R !!! |
WillyT |
Jan-23-11 11:55 AM |
#111 |
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One more tip of the hat to corporate america. Are we a plutocracy yet? |
BrklynLiberal |
Jan-23-11 11:59 AM |
#113 |
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Immelt = more 'prosperity for me, austerity for you' |
deminks |
Jan-23-11 12:21 PM |
#119 |
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Obama is a one-term failure. |
RowdyRacer |
Jan-23-11 12:26 PM |
#120 |
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Not necessarily. If Obama adopts and effectively carries out Wall Street policies in collaboration |
Better Believe It |
Jan-23-11 12:41 PM |
#123 |
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Yep. The media and the "powers that be" will decide |
Lorien |
Jan-23-11 03:12 PM |
#148 |
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Not if the PTB want him in the WH, he's not. |
SammyWinstonJack |
Jan-23-11 08:19 PM |
#168 |
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Hey now! We were told to 'suck it up' and get ready for the global workforce! |
Rex |
Jan-23-11 12:41 PM |
#125 |
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It's the much honored "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" ploy. Aka - Triangulation. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Jan-23-11 12:45 PM |
#127 |
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Recommended |
somone |
Jan-23-11 12:45 PM |
#128 |
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Machinist Union leader: "We are rewarding the guy who is turning off America's lights, literally" |
Better Believe It |
Jan-23-11 01:03 PM |
#130 |
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But Mr Outsourcer knows how to bring them back because he shipped |
neverforget |
Jan-23-11 01:07 PM |
#132 |
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Jeffrey Immelt Interview: “I thought the [Bowles / Simpson] deficit commission did a great job." |
Better Believe It |
Jan-23-11 01:29 PM |
#136 |
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Oh God! |
neverforget |
Jan-23-11 02:08 PM |
#140 |
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Appointing this guy is a big "F" u to unions |
JJW |
Jan-23-11 02:09 PM |
#141 |
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Some of us here on DU tried to warn people that Obama was a corporatist during the primaries.... |
earth mom |
Jan-23-11 02:30 PM |
#142 |
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And our realistic other options were the following: |
HughBeaumont |
Jan-23-11 07:26 PM |
#158 |
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The system isn't broken. It's working at the behest, of corporations and the wealthy |
Better Believe It |
Jan-23-11 07:31 PM |
#159 |
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We need to add "None of the Above, thanks!" to our choices!! |
defendandprotect |
Jan-24-11 04:49 PM |
#181 |
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Thanks earth mom ... had I known he was "New Dem" wouldn't have voted for him - |
defendandprotect |
Jan-24-11 04:48 PM |
#180 |
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Fascism |
Hawkowl |
Jan-23-11 03:04 PM |
#144 |
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Agree -- but corporations aren't casting the votes in Congress . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jan-24-11 04:50 PM |
#182 |
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Corporate insider is the norm. |
sarcasmo |
Jan-23-11 03:21 PM |
#149 |
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President Obama: "“We think GE has something to teach businesses all over America.” |
Better Believe It |
Jan-23-11 03:37 PM |
#150 |
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that was a chilling statement. ask anyone (left) in Detroit. |
nashville_brook |
Jan-23-11 04:13 PM |
#152 |
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Can't believe Obama said that ... but Americans have to STOP buying goods not made in USA.... |
defendandprotect |
Jan-24-11 04:53 PM |
#183 |
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Here: |
ProSense |
Jan-23-11 05:01 PM |
#155 |
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Unfortunately not surprising. |
Vidar |
Jan-23-11 06:07 PM |
#156 |
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Color me shocked. n/t |
Catherina |
Jan-23-11 07:59 PM |
#164 |
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kick..needs to be read |
EndElectoral |
Jan-23-11 09:14 PM |
#170 |
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Is this our cue to toast Obama's 2nd term? |
avaistheone1 |
Jan-24-11 01:30 AM |
#173 |
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Any doubt these are the recommendations Obama is looking for-- ??? |
defendandprotect |
Jan-24-11 04:47 PM |
#179 |
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