From the CEO of GE, who took great offense at Bernie's insulting GE directly during that disastrous editorial board interview:

"We at GE were interested to read comments Monday by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who told the New York Daily News editorial board that GE is among the companies that are supposedly “destroying the moral fabric” of America. The senator had been asked to cite examples of corporate greed at its worst. Somehow that got him to talking about us.

GE has been in business for 124 years, and we’ve never been a big hit with socialists. We create wealth and jobs, instead of just calling for them in speeches. We take risks, invest, innovate and produce in ways that today sustain 125,000 U.S. jobs. Our engineers innovate every day to build hardware and software solutions that meet real-world challenges. Our employees are proud of our company. I meet second- and third-generation employees whenever I travel across the country. I am one myself. Our suppliers and partners are proud of our company. Our communities are proud of our company. Our pride, history and hard work are real — the moral fabric of America.

The senator has never bothered to stop by our aviation plant in Rutland, Vt. We’ve been investing heavily (some $100 million in recent years), hiring and turning out some of the world’s finest jet-engine components in Vermont since the 1950s. The plant employs more than 1,000 people who are very good at what they do. It’s a picture of first-rate jobs with high wages, advanced manufacturing in a vital industry — how things look when American workers are competing and winning — and Vermont’s junior senator is always welcome to come by for a tour. "

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ge-ceo-bernie-sanders-says-were-destroying-the-moral-fabric-of-america-hes-wrong/2016/04/06/8499bc8c-fc23-11e5-80e4-c381214de1a3_story.html

A closed circuit.

Jeez... I dunno...

This should be a post of it's own.

and you all can go to town.

I will take Bernie at his word that he has visited the GE plant.

As for the other...I'm a GE kid. My father was a loyal company man at GE. I grew up in a GE City.

GE became absolutely awful under Jack Welch (who unfortunately became "most admired" CEO for the corrupt elites).

My father -- no liberal -- quit for early retirement in disgust because of what the company had become under Welsh...GE also totally screwed over ours and many other communities -- shutting down operations and leaving behind a huge regional environmental, economic and social mess.

Alas GE has become the template for the corrupt values Bernie is talking about.

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really send Sanders to the Senate to sniff disapprovingly and snub GE in some kind of excess of righteousness?

Yes, I know, he's famous for it, so maybe they did. But you guys seem to think there might have been something GE could have done better in the past 25 years, and Sanders is a U.S. Senator from Vermont. Why didn't Sanders work on that for his constituents? Jobs even? Jobs are nice...

What does Sanders do with all that free time he does not spend working with business for his state and nation, like other senators do?

because if I identify with anyone, in terms of my general welfare, policy preferences, and financial interests, it's the fucking CEO of GE.

If only Bernie had managed to squeeze in a cheezy photo-op tour of that particular factory, I could find it in my heart to support him, but alas...

Very "impressive"

and for his audience to hear him in such a beautiful setting.

Thanks, Luminous Animal.

Nobody in NY wants to stomp for him.

There's something so sad and pathetic about that kind of desperation.

A bad attitude and both feet in their mouth .

I am amazed at how openly hateful and mean people can be.

It is the total opposite of the vibe that I get from the Bernie rallies.

Everyone is smiling and chanting.

It gives off the vibe of inclusion.

It is similar to a rock concert atmosphere.

I just don't understand all of this hate towards such a wonderful man

and the people who support him and his policies.

Here's a guy who didn't take money from special interests, didn't enrich himself by exploiting his influence and has done nothing but fight for us for decades. And now they're even attacking his wife. It's really disturbing.

I guess I don't know my fellow citizens very well.

I knew the Republicans would make fun of him.

I knew the Republicans would not like his vision.

I never dreamed that people who call themselves Democratic, Progressive,

or Liberal would hate and slander him.

It makes me sad.

It makes me angry.

It is very very disturbing.

Moar positive threads!

After all the crap that has been spewed across these forums today a ray of sunshine is exactly what we need .

and this is a technical nit

Is get one of these



That green dot in the bottom of the frame would not have been there, After that, very good shot. By the way, that is when they are used, to reduce or get rid of those effects. When you see somebody using one at night, feel free to point and laugh (unless it is during a civil demonstration, they have other uses then that have nada to do with painting with light)