GE CEO & Obama ‘Jobs Czar’ Jeffery Immelt Sympathizes With Occupy Protesters
- Posted on October 19, 2011 at 2:57pm by
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Sympathy from public figures for the Occupy Wherever protests continues to grow. Now you can add Jeffery Immelt, the General Electric CEO who some call Obama’s “jobs czar,” to that list.
“Unemployment is 9.1 percent. Underemployment is much higher than that, particularly among young people that don’t have a college degree,” he told Reuters in an interview Monday. “It is natural to assume that people are angry, and I think we have to be empathetic and understand that people are not feeling great.”
Immelt, who heads Obama’s jobs council and has been tasked with boosting employment numbers, continued: “The discrepancy [between CEO pay and the rest of American] is certainly one of the problems today in terms of why people feel the system is unfair.”
And maybe he’s speaking from experience. Consider that he “received $15.2 million in compensation last year.”
Still, don’t expect him to take a hit in his paycheck to make things “fair.” He reasons that away by saying, “If CEO pay goes way down and unemployment is 12 percent, people are still going to feel bad.”
“It is a symptom but it is not the problem,” he concluded.
The point is not so much that he is apparently failing as a jobs czar or that he is a wealthy man bemoaning income discrepancy. It’s that he and the administration he works with are both in a position to do something about the unemployment numbers, but instead they resort to symbolic rhetoric and pointing fingers.
At one point during the Reuters interview, it seemed that he even shifted the blame for high unemployment to U.S. businesses when he said, “We’re not trying that hard” on exports (something he believes that, if boosted, could help “tackle the stubbornly high unemployment”).
“We haven’t really tried as hard as we can to compete, educate and sell our products around the world, and I think we can do better,” he said.
Despite all of these points, and much like when billionaire George Soros extended his support for the OWS movement, don’t expect the protesters to publicly reject what appears to many as hollow sympathy.
It seems that they’re preoccupied with something more important: chasing “corrupt” FOX reporters out of their demonstrations.
(H/T Business Insider)
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netmail
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:47pmTry to imagine yourself in the middle of those lunatics and thinking: “I sympathize with them”, “I feel empathy.“ ”I understand them.” Most of us here couldn‘t and wouldn’t. These types of events and comments illustrate a divide in America that is going to rip us apart eventually. Will it surprise us? NO. Will it shock us? Definitely. Do something daily to prepare.
Report Post »Centralsville
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:43pmNotice how most of the richest people and corporations are on the side of Obama. They got Obama elected.
Report Post »steveh931
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:34pmThere are plenty of Corporations that donated to this man in 2008 that have pulled their support.
Report Post »Tired-of-fools
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:42pmThis guy Immelt really makes me want to puke.
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:45pmWhy don’t any of these “sympathizers” go and hang out and/or sleep with the campers?
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:49pmYeah he’s sickening.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:03pmHarry Reid said it best
During the summer , I can smell the tourists (Taxpayers )
The Elite don’t hang with the Riff-Raff
Report Post »jhrusky
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:04pmThis anti-American administration and their cronies like Immelt are laughing their a55es off at everyone because they know Americans today don’t have the b@lls to do a thing about it. They are going to rape us over and over and over and know the vast majority of people will do nothing more than post how angry they are on websites.
How pathetic most Americans have become!
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:06pmI can’t wait until they wake up, realize he is the problem and drag him into the streets! I am such a dreamer….
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:40pmAnd meanwhile..GE outsources it’s labor to China…
Report Post »I’m actually thrilled that Obama has Immelt with him because everytime Immelt comments on something like this…the both look like idiots. Speaking of idiots…GE ramped up “green” projects in 2009 in anticipation of Obama playing favourites…I’m thrilled that all that has stalled for them both.
mils
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:43pmEmpathy…understanding??? HELL NO !!! This is a small group…again…causing a lot of headlines and Obama is smiling through it all.
They are accomplishing nothing. Bloomberg is as bad as Obama. I believe Obama is at the root of alllll of this riot “stuff”. He is trying his best to tear us apart and create class warfare. What kind of a person tries to destroy one of the greates nations that has ever existed?..I believe he is expecting to be reelected by using all this as a platform.
In interviewing some of the people at the “riots”, and a meeting he had yesterday , they have full intention of voting for the BPOS again. He is full of words and they don’t look past the words.
It’s not the banks fault that things have gotten out of hand. It‘s the government’s in allowing the laws and loopholes that have accommodated the banks…and Barney Frank..
The unions are spending members money, students are pooping on police cars, singers are telling to “F” itself…what else could we ask for.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:43pmMy “new” GE dishwasher that I got to replace my old GE dishwasher (they offered a rebate to cover part of the cost) that was a fire hazard .. just stopped working and overheated this week .. from what I have seen on websites I am lucky that it didn’t burn down my HOUSE! NEVER AGAIN .. no more GE in this house .. I will pay full price and get another brand .. GE should have to REFUND money spent on these DANGEROUS appliances! I don’t want a rebate or “repair” I don’t trust the product .. period!
TEA!
Report Post »Brizz
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:43pmOakland will most likely be rioting soon, and the OWS idiots will be blaming everyone but themselves.
Report Post »http://www.mrctv.org/videos/abusive-occupyoakland-protesters-ban-media-tent-city
Lucy Larue
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:57pmTIRED-OF-FOOLS,
Report Post »AfreakingMEN!
Look at this overfed,over alchohol infused IDIOT Immelt!
He is the product of an American Education System that rewards GROUPTHINK and MEDIOCRITY!
He is an intelligence challenged progressive monster.
Why should we be surprised?
History shows us that, in MARXIST takeovers, it is Lemmings like Immelt that survive.
Wayner
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:59pm@ACLUHATER: I don‘t think you read Imelt’s quote quite accurately. He said that “ he is empathetic” to the feelings of the protesters. That is different than feeling sympathetic. Empathetic would mean that he’s been in the situation and knows their pain. What does this piece of crap know about poverty??
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:30pm.
Immelt stands for everything the protesters are against.
But because he’s a democrat, he’ll never be criticized.
GE is a mega corp, pays no taxes, send jobs overseas, laid off workers in the US.
CEO Immelt makes millions.
The hypocrisy makes me more convinced than ever to stand for something.
Report Post »When will the protest get to GE?
INOGAWD
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:50pmJust another obama phony….”I Feel For You,
Report Post »But I Just Can’t Quite Reach You”……..
This is one POS the OWS should be going
after… GAWD, Waht an AZZ HOLE !!!!!!!!
ashestoashes
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 6:59pmMakes you wonder if someone who’s wondering where his teleprompter is, is sitting in his crib smoking his crack pipe thinking….”yeah..I just lifted trillions of dollars from this Fool Nation and now I’m totally putting the blame on my so called buddies who sold me out by saying they were going to support Romney. Ha…don’t patronize me man…
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:06pmJeffery would blow a goat to keep his job….nuff said.
Report Post »Tired-of-fools
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:13pmnicely put Bluefish49
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:31pm================================================
Report Post »When a GE CEO Sympathizes your protest you know your protest are inherently flawed and misdirected. Blame the banks and wall street & never blame Washington for its trade policies or meddling in lending… Cant.fix.stupid.
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JMorcan
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:36pmThis guy doesn’t have a clue how to create jobs, except maybe in China. Jobs czar? More like a jobs Nazi. NO JOBS FOR YOU!!
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 8:42pmHahaha! Sure he does. He pays no taxes, he sends jobs overseas, and he collects stimulus money. Oh I’m so sure he ca “feel their pain.” Only the moron protesters could ever be stupid enough to believe that.
Report Post »uzi4u2
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:27pmOK, Jeffery, we are still waiting for you and Buffett to “give back” some of that money you evil rich guys make. What about it????? Put your money were your mouth is, dipsh&%t
Report Post »cosette
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 9:53pmThis hypocritical comment from Immelt is an insult to the intelligence of even a casual observer . Like Col Sanders feels empathy ( ability to identify with) towards the chickens. Do these pompous asses even have the ability to HEAR their own words? Sweet Lord make it stop!
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 4:20amImmelt and Obama are the 1%.
Report Post »txbigfoot
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 7:39amAs he wears a 1k plus suit, drives a 85k +car, etc. OK then smart guy Jeffery Immelt, you give up YOUR money and that of GE. Put YOUR money where YOUR mouth is. Not going to do it are you.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:34amJust another one of Obama‘s polyps sticks it’s head out of the hole and flaps it’s yap. Big deal. Ok, Jeffy. You’re done for now. Time to go back up there and push poopy.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 9:45amSo the man that has laid off 10s of thousands in the U.S. to hire tens of thouiands in Mexico and China and also used so many tax exemptions and government subsities that his compamy paids 0 taxes on 14,000,000,000 says he stands with the OWS. yeah that makes sense as Liberals always say one thing and do the exact opposite knowingt their useful idiots will NEVER KNOW and even if they did know THEY WOULD GIVE A PASS TO OTHER LIBERALS.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 20, 2011 at 11:23am“Empathetic and understand?”
This is the ‘jobs czar?’ you gotta be joking! The sound of one hand clapping.
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:37pmAnd I sympathize with the American people as Ge hasn’t paid any taxes.. GE CEO is a hypocrite..just like those in the White House.. tax the rich.. gee if GE would pay its taxes it would benefit the country.. but so far those who spew to pay more haven’t paid any!
Report Post »bestartist
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:18pmnot only does this moron pay no taxes but finds ever new and ingenious ways to ship jobs overseas.
Report Post »This is 100% totally nuts…..
RLTW
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 10:18pmI laughed when I realized the new season of the walking dead came out in the midst of this bS, I’m sympathetic to my ammo supply.
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:34pmOh man! Talk abut exploiting the ignorance of the masses. You couldn’t write screenplay and sell it in Hollywood about all this stuff because it would be deemed unbelievable or unsalable. They are so brainwashed that GE is there to save the earth they have no clue how much that company alone has waged a path of destruction in America that it boggles the mind. Such lost souls, will grab at anything, walking with the devil because they have been taught to NOT think for themselves. Just stunning.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:33pm“Unemployment is 9.1 percent. Underemployment is much higher than that, particularly among young people that don’t have a college degree,”….
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Yeah Jeffery, we know.
So what…are we supposed to start giving college level positions to hash slingers now, is that what you’re saying?
“It is natural to assume that people are angry, and I think we have to be empathetic and understand that people are not feeling great.”
Report Post »—————————————————
If your talking about the OWS crowd, that’s called a hangover Jeffery.
If your talking about those of us who have to work and pay taxes, then it’s called the Obama Syndrome.
cgwestphal
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:06pmI certainly don’t want to give jobs to unqualified people, and many at the protests fit the bill, but corporate America has created jobs that DO NOT NEED a college degree. They require one, however, since the people running the HR departments have one. It needs to stop. Not everyone needs a degree. For example, some sales jobs require a 4 year degree in their listings. Often this leaves out many qualified people. I have also met people with higher education that couldn’t find the fluch valve with two hands and a flashlight!
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:17pmSpot on, CG. I interviewed many people throughout my career. I can assure you I would never hire one of these lunatics. Also, the recent graduates of left-oriented universities pushing agendas, well….those resumes would go straight to the trash.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:31pmIf it’s anyone that OWS should be protesting the most, it’s this POS.
Report Post »SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:49pm~^~v~~^~~v~^~
Agreed!
How many thousands of jobs has Immelt shipped over seas with whatever excuse of the day? Shouldnt be too surprising that he is on board with them like Emperor Obama. They are siding with those they fear! When this thing comes apart , and it will, they are in hopes the #OWS zombie drones wont come looking for them. Now while the nation is fixated on exotic animals on the loose, Jackson trial and Lindsey Lohan get hooked again Greece is on fire. You know the country that is a window into our future!
Immelt, Obama and countless others think getting in bed with these people will save them from the fate we are seeing unfold in Greece and Europe. IMO we are only about 6 mos to a year behind them. Hmmm just in time for an election! They will milk this for as long as possible to save themselves while working in complete contradiction. The best thing those of us out of the Matrix can do is not argue or debate OWS drones. Instead “be one of them” so as only to share factual unbiased info on Soros, Immelt, Obama, Reid, Lerner, Moore, Baldwins etc etc on their out right hypocrisy turning the drones on them!! Stop playing the game http://SavingtheRepublic.com
Report Post »geonj
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:31pmand he should know, he has send 30000+ jobs to china and eliminated 25000 jobs here.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 7:11pmHe is the embodiment of corporate greed. His company got a $140 billion bailout and paid no taxes, and he sympathizes with them? Upside down!
Report Post »Infidel49
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:31pmLmao, as the insanity gets deeper and deeper. Anyone see the ability of the terrorists making moves in this country while our police are occupied with these savages? Once society breaks down, where will these animals go to survive? The answer is they will attempt to take from those who have been preparing and paying attention to what is going on instead of demanding someone take care of them.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:35pmi have forgotten where in texas early this morning they arrest 3 moroccans breaking into a court house,they were also on a terrorist watch list, glad someone was paying attention, i read it on the drudge report.
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:50pmBut the border is secure according to Jihad Janet………
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:08pmThey can attempt. That is as far as they get….
Report Post »conservativeBC
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:27pmHere is OWS Tip for Blaze
Obama’s OWS Communist Goons Plan On Ruining The World Series
http://conservativeblogscentral.blogspot.com/2011/10/obamas-ows-communist-goons-plan-on.html
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:30pmgreat ,i really don’t care and besides they are all union,
Report Post »MBA
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:24pmWhat a bunch of overpaid, self important, unAmerican pigs. imelt and obamy are part of the 1% why are the street trash not outraged by them?
Report Post »korbin
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:03pmEXACTLY are we all stupid, read my post above. All of the congressmen/senators governors etc are all in the elite class, I can give a crap some probably actually earned it, but don’t treat us 53% era like we are stupid.
please….
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:23pmWHAT???? WAIT???
Immelt: I am a very rich man and CEO of a very large organization. Heck, I’m so important and wise that Obama made me the TOP FAT CAT for jobs for the entire country. Well, yeah, I deserve to make a lot more than all you OWS and other 99% because I am just that smart! And, well, of course, I am far too smart to have my company pay taxes. But, I surely understand your frustration and agree wholeheartedly with your movement. What no, of course, that’s not hypocritical of me at all. You just aren’t as smart as I am to understand. Oh, and please, PLEASE, solicit your government representatives to raise taxes on my fellow 1%. We surely can’t pay more taxes unless the Feds tell us too.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:27pmwell put !!!
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:40pmThanks, COMMON, I was feeling a little punchy. Actually, my head is hurting trying to understand how these lunatics think and sleep at night. The truly scary ones are those that listen to them and actually believe the filth they spew. I know there are many useful idiots getting free meals and tents and really don’t care about the nonsense. But how does any thinking person listen to this man (and the other crazy ones like him) and not call “B—S–t”. How does anyone not see Immelt as well as Obama as not only responsible for this mess but as very rich and powerful hypocrites? The fact they have any followers at all is simply mind-numbing to me which is why my head is hurting.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:52pmheadache yes, but we must find laughter in everything even this non sense, or we will go crazy trying to figure it all out, we must not let them wear us down to where we don’t pay them any attention, that is what they want, we must suck it up and stay on guard, because between now and the end of 2012, it is only going to get worse, so take to aspirin or whatever,and get back in here,we need all the help we can get waking these useful idiots up to the fact they are being used and played,
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:54pmIt hurts my head and heart how some people can just be such a waste of flesh and brain matter.
Report Post »Useless eaters.
copatriots
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:13pmThanks for the encouragement! No worries, though, I’m in this for the long haul. Something tells me a headache is the least of what we’ll be dealing with. But….I‘m going for a glass of wine instead of aspirin if you don’t mind. : )
Report Post »Marnin
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:20pmMaybe Unemployment wouldnt be at 9.1% if Job Czar Immelt created jobs in the U.S. rather than sending GE jobs to China
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:33pmbut it is a republican platform to send jos overseas. immelt is a 1%’er. he is one of your gods. lower the taxes on the poor 1%, it will trickle down to all of us. thats what ronnie said.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:57pmRonaldus was right.
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:18pmWhat does that tell you. The “useful idiots” are being played by a king of Wall Street.
Pitifully clueless…
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:24pmand stupid useful idiots !!!!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:16pm“I sympathize but…not enough to pay any taxes.” Thanks Jeffery
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:19pm…and why sympathy for these dregs of society but not the Tea Party people who pay their taxes and make their house payments?
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:21pmExactly!!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:25pm@ gonzo, exactly .
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:14pmHere is a guy who IS guilty of taking jobs out of the country, is running a company that pays NO taxes, and is barry o’s best bud for life…and he’s offering the OWS his empathy????
Report Post »A mugger on the street beats me, kills my wife, and takes all my money….and my shoes…and then tells me he feels bad for me, would be much more believable than this piece of cr*p.
The animals should go after him personally and directly…if they want to go after anybody outside of the White House.
carbonyes
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:22pmImmelt will get his, sooner or later. The sooner, the better. There is a special place prepared for him in Hell. The fast that he does not believe in God in no way changes his destination.
Report Post »Tired-of-fools
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:25pmBut he’s doing such a great job as “Jobs Czar”. Why doesn’t everybody see through this guy and his buddy Obama? It just baffles me.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:27pmi would love to be the one who slapped the living communist crap out him, but i know that is wishful thinking on my part, but man would it feel great,
Report Post »smallstuff7
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:22pmIf conservatives would walk with their own signs and flyers showing faces like Immelt accompanied by the smiling POTUS and exposing these truths that show unpatriotic abuse of capitalism, then useful idiots just might be educated. and awakened to the dangers of abuse by leaving control of Americans in the greedy, wasteful hands of socialists who operate above the law. We have much information. Infiltration is easy (albeit, with a nose plug on hand).
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 5:08pm@SMALLSTUFF7:
Report Post »Don’t forget the lysol.
lukerw
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:10pmIs anyone keeping a list of Names?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:30pmMy list is getting really effing long.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:40pmMine too… but I’m still adding!
Report Post »term limits for congress
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:09pmBlaze, check your spelling. You let a dirty word (pun intended) get by you. “Immelt SHIFTS the blame…”
Did anyone expect anything else from Immelt? Job Czar who exports jobs. Again, the protestors should be at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Report Post »Teapartywoman
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:24pmAmen!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:31pmwell it is what is running out of his and obamas mouth
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:39pm“Immelt ***** blame from the administration’s policies”
Report Post »———————————————————-
Because that‘s what this administration’s policies are.
commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:08pmreally,no way, not another left wing communist nut job,really, who did not see this coming,what i don‘t get though is why they aren’t at g e , they have shipped of more jobs than any other company in america , they only care about share holders profits, not the country not the worker,so why don’t these useful idiots go to the problem and protest, or could it be they are being paid not to go to the source, immelt is for exporting any and everything, and not about keeping business here, but yet he blames business for not trying hard enough, this is what happens when government and big business sleep together.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:21pmWhen big business is in bed with government, it’s fascism not communism but, I agree with your sentiment.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:28pm@gonzo,either way you call it,slice it,are put it,we are screwed.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:08pmImmelt is obama’s laser-like focus…
Shoulda’ used a better laser, I’d say.
Ya know, he could hire ever one of the protesters and never even feel it on the company’s bottom line.
REMEMBER: GE got itself declared “A BANK”…
THE NIGHT BEFORE the bank bailout, and got MILLIONS of dollars for it!!!
Just a prime example of the left USURPING their “movement” for its own causes.
Translation of Immelt: “Hey, we know we have destroyed millions of jobs. We know we haven’t done a darn thing about it. I know I personally made MILLIONS off of the bailouts. I know I’m EXACTLY the sort of people you are protesting… but I said the magic words, “I’m on your side.” So, now you HAVE TO go out there an VOTE LIKE I TELL YOU TO VOTE!”
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:36pmsounds like you are one of the OWS protesters. you made their point.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:06pmYES as Immelt “defecates” the blame….
Report Post »Stabs the people in the heart
NOBALONEY
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:04pmThese two had a huge laugh at the failure of ‘Sovel Ready’ jobs. Now they’re with the OWS protesters. Working both sides of the street! The American people will see you for what you both are: Fakes, Phonys. and Frauds.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:23pmSadly, only 50% will see the irony…the other 50% aren’t even looking.
Report Post »delta.three.nine
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:01pmgeneral electric should change from GE to GSE
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:06pmGSE = Greater Socialist Evil…
Report Post »NC
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:01pmImmelt is also the Chief Exec Officer with Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo recently bought out Wachovia. As of October 17, Wachovia in North Carolina is no more and it’s now Wells Fargo.
My money is out of Wells Fargo and in another bank. Good-bye Immelt.
NC
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:15pmHmmmm.
Report Post »Maybe I should go organize ‘Occupy Wells Fargo” and let the bank customers know who’s got their money. Immelt needs to choose business or government, because the mixture is UnAmerican. I will close my account and boycott WF and GE until he gets out of bed with Obama.
Blackhawk1
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:17pmNC
Immelt is also the Chief Exec Officer with Wells Fargo.
No he is not. Wells Fargo & Co.’s CEO is John Stumpf. Unfortunately Stumpf has expressed he understands the “angst and anger” being expressed by the protesters at Occupy Wall Street and its spin-off sites around the country. Probably so these nut jobs don’t protest in front of his banks. Also remember that Wells Fargo didn’t want the TARP money but was forced to take it. They have paid it all back with interest. Don’t spread falsehoods and cause a run on banks like Shumer did with IndyBank.
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 4:45pmThanks for clarifying Hawk.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 2:59pmInteresting item from Business Insider
OWS plans a National Convention July 4th 2012
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:08pmHey Jeffery, ever hear of Neville Chamberlain? Appeasement isn’t going to work. Pay your taxes and get the hell out of My Government! Appeasement never works. You think you can cozy up to these Crazy Communist anti-semites??? They’ll have your head on a pike you fool. Save yourself. Step down and PAY YOUR TAXES! (that goes for you too Mr. Warren Buffet)
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:11pmwell, that is great, then we will see and know every commie idiot who attends, this will be the undoing of any politician who attends, i say lets roll out the communist red carpet,
Report Post »G man
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:14pmWell maybe we should have a little Tea Party…same time…same place and settle this once and for all?
Konservative PUNK
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:17pmCount me in GMAN
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on October 19, 2011 at 3:23pm@ g-man count me in.
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