I am confused. Scooter Libby, convicted of perjury with evidence withheld; two border agents, convicted for perjury; Barry Bonds being prosecuted for perjury - are the U.S. attorneys withholding evidence as Johnny Sutton and Patrick Fitzgerald did? Seems to me Bill Clinton committed perjury and got nothing out of it. Could there be a double standard for some? O.J. Simpson got away with murder; Robert Blake got away with murder; Phil Spector got away with murder - what kind of justice does this country have?

Now we have Democrats calling for investigations of why CIA videos were destroyed. Where were they when Pockets Berger destroyed classified information? Was that a cover-up? Also, where was the 9/11 commission on this?

General Electric has billions in defense contracts. They have been involved in fraud so many times it would be hard to count - sold off much of it to Martin Marietta to cover up their fraud - still involved with defense contracts in the BILLIONS of dollars - in a list of 100 biggest defense contractors, they are ranked 7th, and this is in the Iraq war defense. Seems to me their contracts should be handed off to Rolls-Royce and Boeing or Airbus. Since General Electric owns NBC and has all those defense contracts being fraudulent, don’t you think they should lose their licenses by the FCC to broadcast NBC? How can such a large defense contractor own NBC stations with FCC licenses?

This is horrible and beyond belief that NBC/General Electric would ban a video PRAISING our TROOPS! I think it is one of the most CRIMINAL things I have EVER heard of. The CEO of General Electric, Jeffrey Immelt, should be driven from office and General Electric should be broken up where it is no longer a threat to our servicemen. His policy is “Critical thinking can be present without ethical judgment.”

See attached:

NBC Rejects Ad From Conservative Group

Dec 7, 3:45 PM (ET)
By JIM KUHNHENN

WASHINGTON (AP) - NBC has rejected a TV ad by Freedom’s Watch, a conservative group that supports administration policy in Iraq, that asks viewers to remember and thank U.S. troops during the holiday season.

NBC said it declined to air the ad because it refers to the group’s Web site, which the network said was too political, not because of the ad’s message.

“Anybody in the world who would look at this ad would come away with nothing other than we should be thankful for their service,” Freedom’s Watch president Brad Blakeman said.

The spot was to be part of a seven-figure campaign that includes newspaper ads and television commercials. The ads are to run on CNN and Fox News Channel and are running in various newspapers. The New York Times ran a full-page Freedom’s Watch ad Friday that said “Thank You!” and depicted a soldier reading a letter. The newspaper ad also contained the Web site address.

Alan Wurtzel, NBC’s head of standards and practices, said the network decided not to run the Freedom’s Watch ad because the group insisted that the spot contain the URL address of its Web site.

The group’s home page links to another Freedom’s Watch Web page that lists nonprofit organizations that are sending care packages to soldiers and that suggests other ways of expressing support.

It also contains a welcoming message that states: “For too long, conservatives have lacked a permanent political presence to do battle with the radical special interests groups and their left-wing allies in government.”

“We have a policy that prohibits acceptance of advertising that deals with issues of public controversy,” Wurtzel said. “This particular ad, in and of itself, is fine. It thanks the troops for their action overseas. We asked them to eliminate a URL address where a person is asked to contact elected officials and told not to cut and run on the war on terror.”

NBC rejected a previous Freedom’s Watch ad that addressed funding for the troops.

“It’s a long-term policy, it goes back decades,” Wurtzel said of NBC’s stance of declining controversial issue advertising.

He suggested that Freedom’s Watch did not alter the ad in order to force NBC to reject it and thus get media attention.

“Candidly, some folks have found that you get more attention when an ad is not accepted,” he said.

Blakeman acknowledged that Freedom’s Watch wants viewers of the ad to visit its Web site and said NBC’s actions amounted to censorship.

Freedom’s Watch has emerged as one of the best financed independent conservative groups in this election cycle.

If Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, doesn’t do something about this, he is not worth a DAMN - allowing our troops to be SLANDERED! I will NEVER view NBC again, nor will I EVER buy a General Electric product. How many foreign countries are involved with General Electric and have voices that have a hand in our national defense?

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General Electric expands operations in Qatar

Courtesy of GE

(L-R) Ferdinando ‘Nani’ Beccalli, President and CEO of GE International; US Secretary of Energy, Samuel W. Bodman; HE Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Qatar’s Minister of Energy; Chase Untermeyer, US Ambassador to the State of Qatar; Nabil Habayeb, President and CEO, GE Middle East & Africa; and Claudi Santiago, GE’s Oil & Gas President.

“Being a total solutions company, we hope to play a key role in Qatar’s infrastructure development including power generation, oil and gas, healthcare, security and aviation” declared Nabil Habayeb, General Electric CEO for the Middle East and Africa, at the grand opening of General Electric’s (GE) new Doha headquarters. The event was attended by Qatar’s Minister of Energy and Industry HE Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, US Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman, and US Ambassador to Qatar Chase Untermeyer.
The American global conglomerate, which provides technology, media, and financial services, has a proud history in the Middle East. Since the 1930s, the company and all of its businesses have been catering to the numerous and diverse needs of the Middle East market. Within this market, Qatar has emerged as one of most important countries for GE to do business.
Late last year, GE announced an investment of over US $30M over the next five years to further expand the company’s on-the-ground presence and operations in Qatar, bolstering GE’s commitment to its partners and customers. GE’s new Doha headquarters will house the company’s wide range of businesses from energy, water technologies and security to advanced materials, healthcare, as well as GE staples such as appliances and lighting.
Ferdinando Nani Beccalli, President and CEO of GE International stated, “GE’s portfolio of innovative products and services puts the company in a unique position to provide infrastructure, industrial and healthcare solutions for Qatar, a country with tremendous growth potential, and the company is looking forward to tapping into those opportunities.”
“Witnessing Qatar’s spectacular growth over the past few years, we look forward to further expanding our roots here and be present with our entire portfolio of innovative products and services,” Mr. Hebayeb said.
GE has supplied gas turbines, compressors and other equipment to support Qatar’s natural gas and LNG industries for more than 35 years. GE’s oil and gas service center is designed to support the maintenance of GE gas turbines and compressors, installed in Qatar, and will be a GE “Center of Excellence” for service activities across the Middle East and other regions.
The new GE service center will include a repair shop, offices, a warehouse and auxiliary facilities. More than 100 people will work in the Qatar service center over the next few years, including engineers, project managers, workshop technicians, technical advisors, supervisors, and commercial and finance managers.
“Most importantly, the new center will introduce Qatar to new high-technology capabilities for the inspection and repair of rotating equipment. It provides a focal point for GE’s state-of-the-art repair technologies in the region,” said Claudi Santiago, president of GE’s oil and gas division.
Reflecting on GE’s increased presence in Qatar, Mr. Hebayeb concluded, “Qatar provides the ideal opportunity to demonstrate the essence of what we believe in, to provide market-driven, customer-focused innovations that deliver total solutions for our customers. Customers can see first-hand the wide range of our portfolio and how our businesses offer innovative integrated solutions.”

The company is too damn big and too powerful in our daily lives. Ronald Reagan was the host of General Electric theater on television from 1954 until 1962. He must be spinning in his grave. I am so mad, I am going to cut this short, but I am also mad at Conservative hosts of radio and television shows letting General Electric get away with this.

Let’s boycott NBC - let’s boycott General Electric - DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!

Is your CEO doing THIS? GE’s is.

Saw an article recently about General Electric’s CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, in the Washington Post. An excerpt:

If globalization were put to a popular vote in the United States in the current political climate, it would lose, General Electric Co.. (GE.N) Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt warned on Friday.

“If you put globalization up for a popular vote in the United States, I think it would lose 60/40,” he told the India Institute of Technology Alumni 2007 Global Conference, a Silicon Valley event attended by thousands of India’s top academic and business elite.

Immelt’s remarks came at the end of what was largely a corporate recruiting speech to attract top-flight engineers and managers to join GE.

What’s striking about this is that Immelt has taken time out of his schedule to help GE recruit top flight engineers and managers overseas to join GE. And it appears that he was successful, as the event was attended by thousands of top academic and business elite.

When’s the last time YOUR CEO hit the recruiting trail? The war for talent is on, and as Immelt proves, your CEO might be your best recruiter.

HOW FITTING - this ad refused on Pearl Harbor Day.