Comments on: Caterpillar CEO On Obama’s Econ Board

By: Confucius

Confucius — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:44:27 +0000

What a perfect fit. Caterpillar has just the equipment to move the dung pile known as Obama.

By: proreason

proreason — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:36:33 +0000

Comedy gold. Catepillar CEO flatly contradicts The Moron’s claim that Catepillar will rehire laid-off workers if the Depression Stimulus passes. The reason? It doesn’t stimulate….more layoffs are likely.

If you can’t stand to watch The Moron (I made that sacrifice for you), go to the .40 mark to see the CEO make The Moron look like, well, a moron.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/polit.....illar.html

By: Liberals Demise

Liberals Demise — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:48:45 +0000

Uh……they ate the bird and now it’s a pile of feathers at O’ Bamas’ feet.

By: Jason Gillman

Jason Gillman — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:52:44 +0000

OK.. and GE owns NBC, GE Capital, GE ECOmaginations.. GE Capital benefits from Bailout, Ecomaginations from a “green” economy, and NBC does all it can to promote those who take from us..

And we didn’t see this coming when NBC turned the peacock green?

By: proreason

proreason — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:47:24 +0000

It’s easy to understand why businessmen grovel before our criminal government. Fish also flee when the great white shark comes to feed.

But it’s frightening to see the institutions that have made our country wealthy beyond imagination willingly acquiesce to a corrupt institution bent on destroying both them and the country.

By: catie

catie — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:36:25 +0000

Well, what a surprise. If it wasn’t so sad and scary it would be funny.

By: Gladius et Scutum

Gladius et Scutum — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:11:08 +0000

I see that Penny “Bad Penny Sue” Pritzker is back, after withdrawing her bid for Commerce Secretary, when her failed Superior Bank became well known. Never-the-less, she has an excellent business model. First: Inherit a billion dollars…

I also happen to know that, twenty years ago anyway, Caterpillar had a fleet of evil corporate jets. I bet a lot of people on that “destroy the economy” board do.

By: proreason

proreason — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:54:05 +0000

Interesting lie by Uberdumkoff.

- GE is down 72% (as of yesterday) since Welch retired in Apr, 2000.
- S&P 500 is down 43%
- Murdoch’s NWSA is down 63%
- Disney is down 53%
- Time Warner is down 82%

So, Uberdumkoff is specificallly wrong in his comparison of Murdoch to GE. Murdoch performed 9% better since Welch retired.

But, the valid comparison is to the peer group, which is why I included the other items.

As a conglomerate, GE’s peer group is the S&P 500. GE performed 39% WORSE than it’s peer group.

Disney and Time Warner are the only large media companies besides Murdoch NSWA that have existed in the same period. On average, they are down 67% vs 63% for Murdoch. Therefore, Murdoch has performed 4% BETTER than it’s peer group.

one more example showing that not a word that comes out of a liberal’s mouth is the truth

By: Trogdor

Trogdor — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:07:20 +0000

Arguments I’ve seen in their favor are like this: “Well, if I hadn’t been there, the stock would be down to $5 per share”…sheesh. Can’t argue with liberals and lawyers, they just make up their own reality on the fly.

By: EvaTheFrisbeeDog

EvaTheFrisbeeDog — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:55:21 +0000

This board is nothing more than Obama’s favored list. In China there’s a similar list, which is filled with relatives of Red Army generals and high ranking government officials.

Of course you wouldn’t want to be on the other list, the one that’s kept in the top drawer of Rahm Emanuel’s desk.

By: U NO HOO

U NO HOO — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:49:26 +0000

“the stock has gone from $40 to $11 since Jack Welch left”

Yeah, but Keeth Olbermess said Murdoch’s stock has plummeted farther. Nyeah, nyeah, nyeah nyeah…

The recession is a self fulfilling prophecy. My neightbor works as a mechanic for a school bus transportation company. The company assigned 5 more buses per mechanic so now my neighbor and his brother-in-law are laid off. Same number or more of school students but the company cut back, I conclude, to stay ahead of the coming hard times.

Obama, please, shut up.

By: BigBad

BigBad — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:41:05 +0000

Take a look at Immelt’s salary and what he has done to GE.

20 million a year and the stock has gone from $40 to $11 since Jack Welch left.

Did Obama scorn him for bad CEO practices?

By: Trogdor

Trogdor — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:40:52 +0000

Great work SG. The new 750 Biiillliiion spendulus bill only has 50 Billion for infrastructure, how in the world is Caterpillar going to survive?

By: proreason

proreason — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:35:50 +0000

Every word that comes out of The Moron’s mouth is a lie of commission or omission.

Like Bubba, he has lied so long that he couldn’t tell the truth if he was waterboarded