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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:19 PM Original message |
Senator Sanders: Obama's jobs panel head closed 25 U.S. plants and outsourced thousands of jobs. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Recommend!!! n/t |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
69. Immelt is a nod... |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
134. Not thousands. Tens of thousands. Hujndreds of thousands. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. "only Nixon could go to China"? |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fukitol. At the point of being done with it all. |
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Echotrail (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. At least he's not from Goldman Sachs! |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. That's his next job. |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 06:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
54. Or rather the Corporate States of America |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
115. +1 |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
129. Obama has all the power Bush swiped plus the precedent of being unimpeachable. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
143. Presidents are window dressing for the masses. The "real" power and wealth |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #54 |
153. Is that Carter statement in print or video anywhere? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
161. When the President..... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #54 |
178. +1 |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think Obama just added another layer of complexity |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. He's up there in the high number range.... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It'll help the wealthy. It won't help us. We'll be Somalia in ten years. nt |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Ya know, we have a lot of Somali refugees in communities |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. No need to go to anywhere. You can have it all here. |
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guyton (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
121. what good are minimum wage laws ... |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #121 |
169. I agree but we should never abandon them. They are one of the |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. He said "n-dimensional chess game". Hehn hehn. Love that one, JR. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
57. The Sunday AM talk shows will |
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decidedlyso (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
73. It won't. It will do just the opposite. Why was Immelt given that |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. In his address Obama will be talking about jobs creation that will be led by a top job destroyer. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That's a false canard. Immelt has created thousands of jobs |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And also created 30,000 jobs in India! |
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quickesst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Too bad... |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 03:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
47. Either the President is being held hostage by the corporatists, or else... |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 03:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Sadly, there is no other option. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. He is one of them. |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
116. He's one of them. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #116 |
146. Wouldn't take much. Reagan was. nt |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
126. That certainly seems like the most logical explanation, although there's always Bill Hicks |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
165. My vote, He IS one of them. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
58. We might be expected to |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. I hope people aren't waiting for the end game of that amazingly complex and awesome chess game that |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I hate to say this but maybe Obama doesn't play chess and is just following his marching orders |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Naaaaah, no way. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
60. No! He wouldn't do that! |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #60 |
72. Obama is no liberal.......... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #72 |
78. Yup..........nt |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I think it's a lot more likely than the lovely chess game so many have been hyping. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
51. He could very well be playing chess |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
98. Woof. Devastating! |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. There's a name for this opening |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. As long as the big boys have theri jobs, that is all that matters |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. Who's the rocket surgeon who came up with this idea? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
61. No one on the M$M will question |
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cantbeserious (270 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why Bother Waking Up With A President That Has Swung So Far Right |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Welcome to DU. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 03:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Precisely |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
63. I agree. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
101. I think we need to strengthen those roots-- |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. "Sanders Hopes Immelt Focuses on U.S. Jobs" |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Unbe-fucking-believeable. One more corporitist appointed by Obama. And you say, we'll see. nm |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #38 |
65. Deleted message |
Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
106. Unfortunately, "certain people" won't see. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
154. Damn right we'll see. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
62. " . . . former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker . . . " |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. GE's Main Man Gets the President's Ear |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
66. global competitiveness = workers fucked nt |
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MattSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
94. Oh my! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. So what is this chess move called? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. It is standard Chess. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #31 |
44. +1000 Absolutely perfect description of what is happening. |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
117. +1 |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
163. Candyland n/t |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. "naming one of the country's leading oursourcers as your chief guy on jobs wasn't the smartest move" |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. smart move for barack...it`s all about campaign money. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. I think it has more to do with how well he expects to be rewarded after he leave office |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
166. +1000! |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
114. Nor was |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 04:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
174. CEOs should be barred from holding any Public Office for 5 years after they |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. WTF! Jeez, I want to like Obama, I really do. But with appointments like this |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
27. Rec n/t |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. This guy gives Jack Welch a good name. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. K&R- several years ago, we bought a large GE air conditioner, thinking it would be good quality... |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. And this is a surprise after Rahm and all! |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. Maybe Immelt's been Born Again as an American instead of a Corporatist. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. K&R. (nt) |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
39. from Mr. Obama's viewpoint |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. Should GE's Jeffrey Immelt Really Be Leading Our Job Creation Strategy? |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
41. He was brought in to save ONE job - Obama's n/t |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
131. Superman couldn't save that job. nt |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
42. Ah. Feel the change. |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #42 |
87. And yet we are supposed to support him |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #87 |
138. Blindly. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
45. What would we do without Bernie Sanders ...? Can we clone him a 100X??? |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
46. Can we stop inserting the name "Obama" in titles of stories like these? |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. OK, lets pretend Bush appointed Immelt. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:59 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Wow just wow... |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #46 |
68. that's ridiculous. are you drunk? 'cause i know you're smarter than that. |
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BlueJac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #46 |
74. Have you been sleeping the last two years....... |
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decidedlyso (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
76. Ah, yes, hot fudge on rabbit turds. |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #46 |
85. Huh? Obama inserted the name "Obama" when he |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
103. Oy vey. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
122. wha? |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
160. Your post really surprises me |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
162. That would be like..... |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #162 |
171. well said. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 04:52 AM Response to Reply #162 |
175. I know and how different from 1 year ago......it's stunning and truly awful |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
172. un-f*cking-believable. |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
53. people need to wake up!! n/t |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
55. At this point, I'm not likely to lift a finger to help Obama save his own job. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
56. Another bad actor appointed by Obama. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
64. recommend |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
67. In my mind, this seals the deal. Obama doesn't care whether jobs |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
70. I have had this daydream..... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Actually, I've had night dreams (nightmares?)........... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #77 |
88. They already have the whole enchilada. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Yeah, but it would be official then............ |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #88 |
145. Exactly. nt |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #88 |
184. "Big Business & The Ownership Class has gotten everything they could wish |
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Flora (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
71. I just wish |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
99. Great post |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
75. GE is a worldwide company of course their employees are spread over the world |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Free Trade is the best idea ever |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Actually, trade restrictions are the worst idea ever. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #84 |
95. "Trade Restrictions", like Fair Trade? |
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Saxon (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #84 |
135. How's 30 years of free trade working out for Americans? |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #84 |
137. You mean like banning Ag Exports because your citizens are Starving? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
79. How many union representitives will be on this board? |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
80. I haven't read most ... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Different position, same kat, same worldview, same influences, same principles, same broad goals, |
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True_Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:21 AM Response to Reply #80 |
176. He's remaining as CEO over GE while filling this position |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #176 |
177. Or, ... |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
81. K & R & |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
86. that would mean he understands why it happens |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #86 |
91. I know how and why it happens as do most other DU'ers. And so does President Obama. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #91 |
92. What do you propose to do about it then? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #92 |
108. There have been many progressive proposals to jump start the economy and put millions to work. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #92 |
118. Hell, I've got a suggestion and I've posted it on DU........... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #118 |
151. I've thought of that many times, and I'm all for it... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #151 |
157. Well that's why I said INSTEAD of bailing out............ |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #92 |
139. The Earth depends on Diversity, and so does Man. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #86 |
100. Perhaps Obama should appoint a convicted serial killer to head his commission on violent crimes |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. .... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #100 |
107. Fail |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:54 PM Response to Reply #100 |
109. Or appoint labor union busters to the National Labor Relations Board to build unions! |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #109 |
124. +100 |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #86 |
110. Worst. Argument. Ever. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #110 |
167. +1 |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #86 |
133. Everyone else understood it then, and now, we just did not do it. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
89. Sanders/Kucinich 2012! n/t |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #89 |
96. Well, if you're gonna crash & burn, that would be a classy way to do it. |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
93. K & R |
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gibby2433 (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
97. I work for GE through a temp agency |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Please make this a lead topic in the GD-P |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #102 |
112. Yes, please do that. People need to know the facts from someone who knows first hand. |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #97 |
147. Ditto what the others said. I bookmarked your post. VERY interesting and depressing. nt |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
104. recommend. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
111. K & R !!! |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
113. One more tip of the hat to corporate america. Are we a plutocracy yet? |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
119. Immelt = more 'prosperity for me, austerity for you' |
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RowdyRacer (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. Obama is a one-term failure. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. Not necessarily. If Obama adopts and effectively carries out Wall Street policies in collaboration |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #123 |
148. Yep. The media and the "powers that be" will decide |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #120 |
168. Not if the PTB want him in the WH, he's not. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
125. Hey now! We were told to 'suck it up' and get ready for the global workforce! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
127. It's the much honored "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" ploy. Aka - Triangulation. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
128. Recommended |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
130. Machinist Union leader: "We are rewarding the guy who is turning off America's lights, literally" |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. But Mr Outsourcer knows how to bring them back because he shipped |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
136. Jeffrey Immelt Interview: “I thought the [Bowles / Simpson] deficit commission did a great job." |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. Oh God! |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
141. Appointing this guy is a big "F" u to unions |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
142. Some of us here on DU tried to warn people that Obama was a corporatist during the primaries.... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #142 |
158. And our realistic other options were the following: |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #158 |
159. The system isn't broken. It's working at the behest, of corporations and the wealthy |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #158 |
181. We need to add "None of the Above, thanks!" to our choices!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #142 |
180. Thanks earth mom ... had I known he was "New Dem" wouldn't have voted for him - |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
144. Fascism |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #144 |
182. Agree -- but corporations aren't casting the votes in Congress . . . |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
149. Corporate insider is the norm. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
150. President Obama: "“We think GE has something to teach businesses all over America.” |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #150 |
152. that was a chilling statement. ask anyone (left) in Detroit. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #150 |
183. Can't believe Obama said that ... but Americans have to STOP buying goods not made in USA.... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
155. Here: |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
156. Unfortunately not surprising. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
164. Color me shocked. n/t |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
170. kick..needs to be read |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
173. Is this our cue to toast Obama's 2nd term? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
179. Any doubt these are the recommendations Obama is looking for-- ??? |
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