Posted on 09/12/2004 1:09:08 PM PDT by crushelits
According to Forbes, General Electric ranks 2nd among the top 100 companies. General Electric in case you didn't know, owns NBC and MSNBC. NBC is part of the MSM network of who wants to unsit President George Bush. On General Electric's website the Chairman of The Board and Chief Executive officer has the following statement
The "Spirit & The Letter" is the GE integrity policy, and each
GE employee signs a pledge to adhere to it when they join the company.
Jeffrey R. Immelt, 48, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of GE. Mr. Immelt, the 9th Chairman in GE's 126-year history, was appointed to this post on September 7, 2001
Chairman & CEO Jeff Immelt's Message to Employees:
As GE learns and grows in the 21st century, three traditions of our company become more important. Along with commitment to performance and thirst for change, we must always display total, unyielding integrity.
This is a company of integrity. It's a company of standards. Our worldwide reputation for honest and reliable business conduct, built by so many people over so many years, is tested and proven in each business transaction we make.
Today's GE is far more dynamic, globally directed and customer-driven than ever before. We are playing offense - trying new things to build our business success - our quality products and services; our forthright relations with customers, suppliers and each other; and, ultimately, our winning competitive record. But the GE quest for competitive excellence begins and ends with our commitment to lawful and ethical conduct. As a global company, we must create and follow a set of global rules.
Each person in the GE community makes a personal commitment to follow our Code of Conduct. Guiding us in upholding our ethical commitment is a set of GE policies on key integrity issues. All GE employees must comply not only with the letter of these policies but also their spirit.
I, and all GE leaders, have the additional responsibility of nurturing a culture in which compliance with GE policy and applicable law is at the very core of our business activities. It is, and must be, the way we work.
The stakes are high in today's business environment, and, especially while skepticism of corporate activities persists, we must meet and surpass requirements and expectations.
We must preserve and strengthen for those who will follow us what has been the GE foundation for success for more than 100 years - the GE commitment to integrity.
Cordially,
Jeffrey R. Immelt
CEO and Chairman of the Board
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Three straight mornings on NBC's "Today," "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty" |
This not only is a personal attack on the President, but on the President's family. NBC despite many controversies surrounding this book, is going ahead with these interviews.
A Kitty Surprise? (Kitty Kelly to "Out" Bush in New Book?)
ROGER SIMON COLUMN
SEPTEMBER 1, 2004
NEW YORK - - Republican insiders have been huddling in small groups at the Republican Convention this week and talking about what worries them most. It is not John Kerry. It is not the unemployment numbers. It is not Iraq.
It is Kitty Kelley.
Kelley has a new book coming out in a few weeks titled "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty” and it is rumored to be explosive.
One source tells me there are “at least five bombshells” contained in it and another source says there is allegedly new material on President Bush’s service in the Air National Guard.
Democrats have long been worried about a Republican “October Surprise” such as the capture of Osama bin Laden. But now some Republicans are worried that Kelley’s book will be the equivalent of an October surprise and harmful to President Bush’s re-election hopes.
Why are GOP operatives taking such a book seriously? After all, some critics have dismissed Kelley’s previous books as the equivalent of tabloid journalism. But in November 2000, the Bush campaign’s internal polling showed that revelations about Bush’s 1976 arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol damaged him badly with religious conservatives and some analysts believe it cost him a popular vote victory.
So this time, Bush operatives don’t want any more big surprises, revelations, rumors or gossip to make a media splash just weeks before the election.
Which is why they are so nervous. According to the Associated Press, the Kelley opus - - it is supposed to be around 700 pages long - - is being billed as "the book the Bushes don't want you to read,” it has a first printing of 600,000 and “a virtual guarantee to annoy, if not embarrass, Bush supporters.”
In the past, Kelley has written books about Nancy Reagan, Frank Sinatra and the British Royal Family among others and her books have often contained explosive material. Kelley’s facts are sometimes challenged, but her books tend to make a big splash nonetheless.
Kelley’s 1991 book on Nancy Reagan, for example, which contained scandalous accusations, was the subject of a front page story in the New York Times by Maureen Dowd.
“Ms. Kelley has developed a reputation as a giant killer for her sensational books about the rich and famous,” Dowd wrote. “She wrote that Jacqueline Kennedy had shock treatments; that President John F. Kennedy's retarded sister, Rosemary, had a lobotomy, and that Frank Sinatra's mother was a New Jersey abortionist.
Some of these controversies, lies and innuendos include but no exclude the following:
Newsweek Rejects Kitty Kelley Book. Kitty Kelley Bush-Bashing Book Publisher Seeks Damages From Newsweek
NEW YORK – The publisher of Kitty Kelley's controversial new biography of the Bush family has accused Newsweek of allegedly violating a pre-publication agreement and said the magazine owed "substantial damages."
"We demand public acknowledgment and additional remedies," Stephen Rubin, president and publisher of the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, said Thursday. Rubin declined to say how much money Doubleday was seeking and whether the publisher would sue.
Media View Kitty Kelley's Bush Book With Caution.
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 8, 2004; Page C01
It is the book that some Republicans have been worrying about for weeks, filled with lurid allegations by a celebrity biographer whose controversial reputation has only boosted her sales.
Kitty Kelley's volume on the Bush family won't be published until next week, but the White House communications director yesterday dismissed the book as "garbage" and a Republican National Committee spokeswoman said journalists should treat it as "fiction." With the author booked for numerous television interviews -- including three straight mornings on NBC's "Today," starting Monday -- "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty" is certain to generate media attention in the heat of a presidential campaign.
Sharon Bush denies Kitty Kelley account Sharon Bush is quoted in Kelley's forthcoming book about the Bush family as making one of the allegations, and Kelley's editor said in an interview Tuesday that she had provided "confirmation" for the information.
Kitty Kelley thinks she knows why Larry King hasn't asked her to discuss her new book. Scandal impresario Kitty Kelley is suggesting that CNN's Larry King won't let her on his show to promote her upcoming book, "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty," because he's a toady of the Bush family.
"I realize how important the Bushes are to Larry," Kelley E-mailed me. "He does not want to lose their friendship or offend them in any way. And having me on his show would probably anger the family, because they made their feelings clear from the beginning ... when the former President Bush called my publisher [Doubleday] and said he did not want this book written and would not cooperate in any way. So I certainly understand Larry's refusal to book me."
Left media set to pump Kitty Kelly's book about the Bush Family next week.
A Kitty Surprise? (Kitty Kelly to "Out" Bush in New Book?)
Paul Harvey Radio Sub Quoted Kitty Kelly's Charges that "W" Used Cocaine at Camp David
WABC Radio, New York | 9/7/04 | Self -
Posted on 09/07/2004 9:11:56 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
Paul Harvey's radio sub, Gil Gross, repeated Kitty Kelly's charges that W used cocaine at Camp David many years ago. This came on at noon on WABC. He didn't say that the only source was an angry ex-wife of the president's brother. Even Newsweek refused to print these charges with only one source.
BUSH 'TOOK COCAINE AT CAMP DAVID' (MORE KITTY KELLY GARBAGE)
Kitty Kelly Book 9/14 - "Famous Biog Outs GW Bush"(Look Out! 'Rat Lie Machine Starting Again!)
IndyMedia.com
Kitty Kelley Has New Tell All Book
PLEASE WRITE GE AND AND WRITE TO EACH OF THE NAMES BELOW AND LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT KITTY KELLY'S LIES AND INNUENDO.
| Gary Sheffer Executive Director, Communications and Public Affairs (203) 373-3476 gary.sheffer@ge.com |
David Frail Financial Communications (203) 373-3387 david.frail@ge.com |
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GE.com Nate Kirtman |
Jonathan Klein Corporate Communications (203) 373-2241 jonathan.klein@ge.com |
| Linda Boff Organizational Communications (203) 373-2989 linda.boff@ge.com |
Government Gary Sheffer Executive Director, Communications and Public Affairs (203) 373-3476 gary.sheffer@ge.com |
Please take action a let GE how we feel.
Thanks, crushelits.
Thank you for the information. I think I must have already written at least 50 letters to CBS advertisers. It is definitely worth the time to do all of this. Free Republic has the power of numbers. It also has members who are not afraid to speak up. Let's let GE know how we feel. Thank you for doing the leg work.
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Pathetic!
Part of me wants it to be true.
Is she still scheduled? There is nothing on their website.
Dim bulbs.
answer: they both make money by being plugged in.
Monday-Friday 7-10a.m. ET
Join Katie Couric and Matt Lauer and see what a difference Today makes! [unintended irony?]
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 - 7:00 AM ET
Heather Locklear Climber Aron Ralston discusses his first book, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place," which chronicles his extreme climbing experience that resulted in his amputation of his own arm. Actress Heather Locklear discusses her new NBC show, "LAX." Author Linda Bloodworth Thomason discusses her new book, "Liberating Paris: A Novel."
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 - 7:00 AM ET
Billy Joel Famed musician Billy Joel discusses his new book. We take an inside look at the first-ever robot assisted heart surgery.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 - 7:00 AM ET
'Today Throws a Destination Wedding' In a "Today" exclusive, Maria Shriver discusses her interview special with famed Las Vegas performers, Siegfried and Roy, titled "The Miracle." Special series, "Today Throws a Destination Wedding" continues as our lucky couple selects the details for their big day.
Very good!
Done!
LOLOL. No wonder George Burns talked to his TV.
Hmmmm.... Juice in their drawers ?....
I will wait to write letters until we know for sure whether or not Kitty Kelley will appear on Monday.
OH MY
I have thousands of dollars of GE stock...my father worked for GE for over 40 years...is this where they are going...?
looks like I need to sell some stock!
I have no doubt she will be on.
[ WHAT DO KITTY KELLY AND GENERAL ELECTRIC HAVE IN COMMON? ]
Hmmmm...they are BOTH burned out!
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