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| 169. I agree but we should never abandon them. They are one of the |
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Edited on Sun Jan-23-11 08:21 PM by gtar100
great achievements of liberals in American in the 20th century. We aren't done until all countries and all people of this world are protected by minimum wage laws. Republicans may want to dismantle them, but that's because they are stupid, short-sighted and selfish. Is that the kind of person we want to give up to?
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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 |
#2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Too bad... |
quickesst |
Jan-22-11 05:40 PM |
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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 |
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He is one of them. |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 06:18 AM |
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He's one of them. |
davidwparker |
Jan-23-11 12:14 PM |
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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 |
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Yup..........nt |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 08:51 AM |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Unfortunately, "certain people" won't see. |
Jackpine Radical |
Jan-23-11 11:35 AM |
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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 |
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GE's Main Man Gets the President's Ear |
Better Believe It |
Jan-22-11 06:37 PM |
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global competitiveness = workers fucked nt |
Enthusiast |
Jan-23-11 06:40 AM |
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Oh my! |
MattSh |
Jan-23-11 10:14 AM |
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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 |
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Candyland n/t |
Catherina |
Jan-23-11 07:54 PM |
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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 |
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Nor was |
BobbyBoring |
Jan-23-11 12:01 PM |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Ah. Feel the change. |
Jakes Progress |
Jan-23-11 12:00 AM |
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And yet we are supposed to support him |
MissDeeds |
Jan-23-11 09:46 AM |
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Blindly. |
Jakes Progress |
Jan-23-11 01:39 PM |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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They already have the whole enchilada. |
bvar22 |
Jan-23-11 09:55 AM |
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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 |
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I just wish |
Flora |
Jan-23-11 08:11 AM |
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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 |
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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 |
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He's remaining as CEO over GE while filling this position |
True_Blue |
Jan-24-11 04:21 AM |
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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 |
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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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