Keith Oldbermaan

[Total_Blender]

Provide a source for Ge taking bailout money as your cut-and-paste from the E-mail forward has no source listed.

If GE took any money from TARP is was from the failing GE Financial division which issued mortgages and loans. I worked for GE financial and they were a pretty scummy company. But that has nothing to do with Olbermann or his show, as MSNBC is a profitable division of GE.

That'd be like saying that because GM is failing at making economy cars and recieving bailout money they should stop making trucks and corvettes. It makes absolutely no fucking sense.

[BanginJimmy]

But that has nothing to do with Olbermann or his show,

Olbermann's show does get lower ratings than re-runs of Hannity and O'Reilly though so wouldnt that make you think that his show is a failure?

http://tvbythenumbers.com/category/r...ews/cable-news

as MSNBC is a profitable division of GE.[/quote]

I agree with you, but do you remember the "AIG exec" retreat from last year? The one right after AIG got the first bit of money? The left was all up in arms about that and claiming AIG should have the money taken away. That would be the same situation as this.

The division of AIG that was on the retreat of American Financial, which made a shit ton of money for the year and they brought out their top earners. The parent company of AIG had no say in that actual event.

According to the statement, the event was held by one of AIG’s insurance subsidiaries, not AIG employees. The attendees were independent life insurance agents who were "top business producers" for AIG. Only about 10% of the attendees were AIG American General employees, and no corporate executives from AIG headquarters attended the meeting, according to the statement.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/mar...tting-bailout/