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edhopper
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:39 PM Original message |
Can anybody here defend Obama's choice of Immelt |
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Brickbat
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. You are exactly right. I've seen some half-hearted "chess! multi-level!" here and there, but I |
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hughee99
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. The multi-level chess is the catch all. |
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Marr
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. LOL-- I got that one just the other day. |
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DCKit
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Been seeing a LOT of that here lately. |
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dotymed
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Sun Jan-23-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
166. I know. |
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woo me with science
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Sun Jan-23-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
174. Bwah! |
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tomp
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Sun Jan-23-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
86. my response: i may not know more but i know better. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
162. if he's playing multi level chess, we're the pawns that he sacrifices 99% of the time |
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Sun Jan-23-11 03:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
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Kalun D
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:23 AM Response to Reply #71 |
78. LOLZ!!!! |
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Brickbat
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #71 |
118. Well said. |
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QC
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Sun Jan-23-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
164. ! |
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Union Scribe
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #164 |
173. Apparently it was too "!" for some |
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Egnever
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. . |
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Number23
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Sun Jan-23-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
179. I know. I, personally, am shocked, shocked to my VERY CORE that DU doesn't approve |
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Duer 157099
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. Have no doubt that many can and will |
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CaliforniaPeggy
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's how it looks to me... |
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Arkana
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. If you're waiting for everyone who still likes the President to toss him under the proverbial RV |
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. All those "single appointment[s]" ... |
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northernlights
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. maybe you could make a list of the appointments we can celebrate |
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RufusTFirefly
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Sun Jan-23-11 03:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
70. Van Jones was a tremendous appointment. One of my favorites. |
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maritimer
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Has he brought in any labor leaders or progressives? |
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sabrina 1
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. If it was just one guy, neither would the rest of us. |
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walldude
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. Which is why we keep getting shitty appointments |
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roguevalley
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Sat Jan-22-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
51. then you apparently still have your job. the 300K others that he |
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Arkana
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
132. No, actually, I'm unemployed. |
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DeSwiss
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Sun Jan-23-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #132 |
177. No. |
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cui bono
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #132 |
186. Well if you're going to defend him then go right ahead and do it. |
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Kalun D
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
79. Terminolgy FAIL |
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whathehell
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
108. A SINGLE appointment? |
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liberation
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
149. "we don't spend our lives raging over a guy the President appointed to a goddamn advisory committee" |
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Jakes Progress
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
158. Giggle. |
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Jakes Progress
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
159. I notice that you didn't try to defend the appointment, but |
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gateley
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. No. I'm disappointed in so many of his appointments. He's got |
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grahamhgreen
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. Thise who get paid to post... |
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blm
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Quite likely he has no choice. BushInc's been running the show for decades and they ain't giving up |
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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WinkyDink
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Google would add much to yours. |
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True_Blue
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
81. An article from 2005 |
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blm
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #81 |
142. I really believe there is little ANY President can do....Powerful elite didn't get that way over the |
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davidwparker
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #142 |
161. Try FDR and the powerful elite which he fought. |
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blm
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Sun Jan-23-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #161 |
167. I am quite certain that BushInc is far more powerful, malicious, and sophisticated |
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rfranklin
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #167 |
184. Actually it's the same family... |
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blm
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Sun Jan-23-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #184 |
197. Yes...but, they didn't gain near total control over our newsmedia till the 80s and 90s |
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cui bono
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #81 |
187. You should post this as it's own thread. Very important info. |
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blm
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #187 |
206. right....sad how so many still haven't heard of these matters |
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chill_wind
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Heh. |
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Faygo Kid
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. I wrote a cover article about GE for a magazine about 8 years ago. Extraordinary. |
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femrap
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. I read over at |
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girl gone mad
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Sat Jan-22-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. GE had to get a massive government bailout recently. |
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femrap
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Sat Jan-22-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Did they become a |
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BobbyBoring
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
131. ever hear of |
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TheKentuckian
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Sun Jan-23-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #131 |
181. Only their biggest money maker. Appliances and even Prime contracting are now sidelines. |
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kath
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
67. Serfing, USA |
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JDPriestly
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
195. Obama says one thing and does another. |
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Enthusiast
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Sun Jan-23-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
85. I'm already through. |
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Jamel
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Weekly address |
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boppers
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
52. Wow, the only explanation in the thread, and it's being ignored? |
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cui bono
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
190. As if we're supposed to believe what Obama says any more. |
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JDPriestly
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #52 |
196. The only concrete, real action that Obama talks about there |
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kath
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
68. I clicked on that link, but |
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cui bono
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
188. Same here. n/t |
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Enthusiast
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Sun Jan-23-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
87. Okay. I watched it. |
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davidwparker
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Sun Jan-23-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #87 |
163. Correct. The effects of outsourcing and free-trade has |
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Urban Prairie
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yet the rightwing still call President Obama Marxist a usurper and socialist, amongst other slanders |
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
36. It's a mark of how little the the average rightwinger is paying attention |
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #36 |
99. The ELECTED "left" in this country is allowing this to happen. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Your last sentence is the only way to salvage.............. |
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Hydra
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #102 |
106. No, you're right- we have to embrace "radical" socialism |
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socialist_n_TN
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #106 |
115. Solidarity. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #99 |
144. I FEAR THAT THE LEFT IS BEING DISMANTLED |
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cui bono
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #99 |
193. Agreed. Dems vs. Repubs is a front, it's a farce, a false fight. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 03:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
72. And it's worked. Obama has heard them and run from any association with the left. |
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Enthusiast
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
90. Shouting Marxist, Socialist, Muslim |
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walldude
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
152. Wow... predict much? You might want to buy a lotto ticket |
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cui bono
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
191. Don't you mean many (who think they are) on the left would still be singing praises? |
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eleny
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm just now reading a book about fascism |
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Enthusiast
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
91. I can't buy into that logic. |
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eleny
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #91 |
103. I can't recall reading about FDR sharing power either and want to research it myself |
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #91 |
110. Yes...and when Obama had a choice of "transformational" presidents, he didn't pick FDR |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #110 |
114. Except that his pattern is similar to FDR's - please see my reply #111 |
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eleny
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #91 |
111. FDR appointed some Republicans to his cabinet... |
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jody
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Sat Jan-22-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Many people believe We the People fight over divisive, polarizing issues used as campaign issues |
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. I need a job. I need healthcare. I need an opportunity that does not preclude me because of age, |
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Sat Jan-22-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. I think you are right. |
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. Why would the choice of Immelt need to be defended? |
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neverforget
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Because getting advice from an outsourcer about jobs is a good thing |
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QC
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You obviously do not understand googledimensional intergalactic chess. |
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. He outsourced he ought to know how to bring them back too. |
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. He said something like: "We can build an 18c.f. refrigerator in China, pay all the costs... |
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Deleted message |
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Great. So he takes a paycut for a couple of years. |
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True_Blue
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
54. No he doesn't. He's not stepping down as CEO... |
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #31 |
92. Funny, I heard near |
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Menial non-skilled labor is not where we can compete successfully. |
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DCKit
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:26 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. There could be competition with a level playing field. |
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boppers
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Well, without a paradigm shift, it's still a race to global equality. |
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DCKit
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Then I guess it's a race to the bottom. nt |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Equality means that the rich don't get to stay richer than others. |
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Enthusiast
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
95. Great explanation: The rich are losing out. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #60 |
104. And THAT is what is, and always HAS, been wrong................ |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
143. If global economic equality is the goal then Americans are in for |
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #53 |
94. Right wing talking points. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #94 |
109. Great point. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #109 |
189. Thank you, lovelyrita. |
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #94 |
200. *Free trade talking points |
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kath
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
69. yeah, a super shitty refrigerator that won't last even 1/5 as long as those bought |
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DCKit
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #69 |
122. You got that right. I'm on my second refrigerator in ten years, and it's "wobbly". |
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Mon Jan-24-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #122 |
215. Miele makes very high quality appliances. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
93. That is enough for me. nt |
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neverforget
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Right. A business man whose only job is to make the most profit as possible |
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boppers
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
62. Without people buying products, there's no profit. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Unless you buy your way into the government. |
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boppers
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Float a business with taxes/bailouts, rather than products? |
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edhopper
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #62 |
101. By busting unions, |
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #62 |
105. "...businessmen know that they need to create a......... |
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Mon Jan-24-11 05:28 AM Response to Reply #105 |
202. The rich get poor. |
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socialist_n_TN
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #202 |
207. This will kill capitalism because capitalism............. |
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boppers
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #207 |
229. Lenin's dead. |
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neverforget
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
134. So creating jobs overseas helps American jobs how exactly? |
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boppers
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Mon Jan-24-11 05:30 AM Response to Reply #134 |
203. How was the french royalty helped by imports? |
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neverforget
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Mon Jan-24-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #203 |
211. huh? |
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boppers
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #211 |
226. So, in this metaphor: |
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #226 |
228. yeah, pretty much. |
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boppers
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Wed Jan-26-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #228 |
230. Ooh, thorny! |
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Forkboy
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Wed Jan-26-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #230 |
232. LOL...well, fuck, dude, who can say they sold thier daughter into rape? |
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boppers
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Thu Jan-27-11 02:36 AM Response to Reply #232 |
236. No one has it that bad? |
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quakerboy
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Sun Jan-23-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
182. in the long term. |
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Union Scribe
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Sun Jan-23-11 03:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
73. Wow. Lol. |
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Kalun D
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
80. Please Hold Your Breath |
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Enthusiast
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #80 |
96. Good suggestion nt |
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socialist_n_TN
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. BWWWWWHHAAAA! Classic! Just upthread was a......... |
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jaxx
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I didn't think bush had any information. |
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tomp
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #35 |
89. i've got a finger for you. nt |
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. That response is actually part of the Straussian political philosophy |
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Enthusiast
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #41 |
97. Thanks for pointing that out. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
138. indeed. nt |
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Sun Jan-23-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
176. Thank you. nt |
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chill_wind
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. I'll have to remember that argument against political discourse |
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Sat Jan-22-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. ............... |
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tomp
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
88. well, there you go. exactly as stated upthread. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
128. Put a couple of thoughts behind this... |
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
154. Are you fucking kidding? |
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. Nope, he jumped the shark a long time ago.... |
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Sat Jan-22-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. Remember how everyone talked about the Tea Party before the midterms, |
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Anybody who thought the 500 or so people who showed up at each Rally |
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. He created a lot of jobs as CEO of GE |
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Sat Jan-22-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
43. A lot of overreaction here |
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
58. All corporations are evil, doncha know. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 03:55 AM Response to Reply #58 |
74. The ones that are evil are, yeah. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 05:50 AM Response to Reply #74 |
83. What percent of evil? |
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #83 |
168. What percent have clean hands and do no harm? |
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #74 |
113. It is not that simple my friend. nt. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #58 |
112. You...you...corporatist, you. I dare you point out something good a corporation does :-) nt. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
59. dupe |
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:12 AM Response to Reply #43 |
77. All Men Are Known By The Company They Keep - 'nuff said |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #77 |
117. True. If one takes a limited view of the world, one is. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #117 |
126. Such Is Real Life - Corporations Are Not Corporeal Beings |
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Sat Jan-22-11 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
49. Counter to his campaign speeches he ALWAYS chooses Corporations |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. Lilly Ledbetter. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #61 |
119. The rose colored glasses. |
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Lorien
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
169. Wait, do we get equal pay now? |
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donheld
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:25 PM Original message |
If you think my argument was defeated by your "Lilly". You aren't paying attention. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
199. You used the word ""ALWAYS", not me. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #61 |
198. If you think my argument was defeated by your "Lilly". You aren't paying attention. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
63. We can. The Commission of Corporate Executive Innovation. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #63 |
124. Technically, the Commission for Corporate Executive Income Guarantee and Compensation Improvement |
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Major Hogwash
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
64. I thought it was a decent choice. I'd rather have him than one of Bush/McCain's choices. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #64 |
98. They had more than enough "chops" |
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Sun Jan-23-11 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
75. regarding this... an edtorial written in my paper by a tea partier |
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Sun Jan-23-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #75 |
100. Exactly what I expected -pure disinformation. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #100 |
120. The problem is. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #120 |
192. Oh, bullshit. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #100 |
123. Easy.because that is the reality that is being reported as fact. |
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cantbeserious
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
76. Obama - Everyday A New Way To Destroy His Base |
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:38 AM Response to Reply #76 |
82. I'm sure the corporate CEOs will knock on doors and fill stadiums for him next year |
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Sun Jan-23-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
84. Deleted message |
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Sun Jan-23-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
107. Because he needs someone who knows what is going on out there? |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #107 |
121. Hear, Hear!!! nt. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #107 |
129. Considering Obama is pushing yet another job destroying 'free' trade agreement, you are wrong. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Absurd |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #107 |
139. "some Marxist professor who never ran a business" |
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Mon Jan-24-11 07:05 AM Response to Reply #139 |
205. I'll join you |
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #107 |
160. Then why didn't Obama hire someone who knows |
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #107 |
183. Better for who? |
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Mon Jan-24-11 07:01 AM Response to Reply #107 |
204. OMG! Treestar, I will remember your name. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
116. This is the misguided comment on the Internets!!! I can defend the choice, it is an excellent one... |
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Sun Jan-23-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #116 |
125. Gotta appear "credible" to the predator class that got wealthy strip mining the economy |
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Sun Jan-23-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #116 |
127. Actually. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #127 |
133. How about a leftist scheme to give unions.......... |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #133 |
136. Why can't unions organize better? or stronger efforts to get more done, every |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #136 |
141. Well mostly because we've had 30 years of ............... |
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #136 |
155. Indeed. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #127 |
146. As opposed to the corporate schemes that take jobs overseas which is what |
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #116 |
172. The only place Immelt creates jobs is overseas, unless you have info |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
135. not me. can't stand the idea. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
137. No, can't defend that. nt |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
140. No. |
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grahamhgreen
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
145. Yes - anyone who doesn't understand it is "F'n Retarded"! |
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Sun Jan-23-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
147. It`s called The Hope On Hold Plan. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
148. time to compete baby! |
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barbiegeek
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
150. That Lincoln's cabinet of Rivals thing He likes so much? |
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
151. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer nt |
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
153. Can we wait to see policy, before we criticize based upon assumptions? |
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #153 |
170. Evidence, not "assumptions". |
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #170 |
185. What evidence? |
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Mon Jan-24-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #185 |
201. The trouble is this guys past blows when it comes to jobs. |
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Mon Jan-24-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #201 |
217. No it doesn't. This guy is creating jobs. The former guy was losing 750K monthly. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
156. Immelt fires Keith; |
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Sun Jan-23-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
157. Deleted message |
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Sun Jan-23-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
165. He brings good things to light? |
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Sun Jan-23-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
171. I can, but you won't like the answer |
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Sun Jan-23-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
175. Same logic as FDR appointing Joe Kennedy? |
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Sun Jan-23-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
178. Absolutely NOT. n/t |
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Sun Jan-23-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
180. Negatory. |
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Sun Jan-23-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
194. No. but there will always be a cheerleader who tries. If it was FDR putting someone in would say |
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Nye Bevan
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
208. Perhaps the head of a corporation that has created 304,000 jobs |
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #208 |
209. As many have pointed out, it's not JUST about creating |
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Mon Jan-24-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #208 |
210. You are terribly wrong. |
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Mon Jan-24-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
212. As the CEO of a large corporation, he has insight as to why employers create jobs |
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Mon Jan-24-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #212 |
213. As CEO of GE |
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Freddie Stubbs
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Mon Jan-24-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #213 |
214. So he is in the perfect position to advice the President as to what the government can do or |
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Mon Jan-24-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #214 |
216. You forgot the |
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Mon Jan-24-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #216 |
218. No. I am as serious as President Obama on this |
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Tue Jan-25-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #218 |
219. Allowing the Corporations |
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Tue Jan-25-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #219 |
220. Immelt won't be making any decisions. He will only be advising the President |
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Tue Jan-25-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #220 |
221. Advising him to |
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Tue Jan-25-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #221 |
222. Would a so-called "progressive who really cares about the workers" give the President advice which |
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Tue Jan-25-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #222 |
223. Well |
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Tue Jan-25-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #212 |
224. Decisions at large corporations. |
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Tue Jan-25-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #224 |
225. Exactly |
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Wed Jan-26-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
227. nope! |
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Wed Jan-26-11 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
231. If they can, they are a neo-liberal and are on the wealthy/corporate side of a class war. |
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
233. Can't defend it, can explain it. |
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Wed Jan-26-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
234. So far |
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