Ben Bernanke Must be Stopped: A Call For Action (Sample Senate Letter Enclosed; Don't Forget To Sign Bernie Sanders Petition)
The pending reappointment of Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve is the non-story of the Century, and I find this terrifying. Propaganda of his alleged “success” has been crammed in every orifice of the American people by the rich and shameless (yet relatively few believe it). This is truly the time for action, unless you really enjoy Tea-partying ’til you puke. I’m asking every American to demand that their Senators stand up and oppose the nomination. Our future depends on it. Sign Bernie Sanders' Petition To Prevent Bernanke's Reappointment >> ---------- So much for that “Of the people, by the people, for the people” crap… Explain this to me: 21% of adult Americans favor the re-appointment of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, yet only four Senators have had the intestinal fortitude to step up and say they oppose him. An alarming 39% of Americans aren’t sure. This I cannot fathom; it’s as pathetic as being “on the fence” about slavery or child-pornography. Let’s review the mind-boggling difference between what Bernanke did and what he wassupposed to do. Here is the Federal Reserve’s Mission Statement, presented in its entirety: These four simple sentences comprise Ben Bernanke’s job description. There’s not anything in there about monitoring men’s underwear sales to divine economic conditions (which seriously, is what Greenspan did). Worse yet, the Fed is trying to leverage its own criminally negligent failures into a coup to seize even more power and control. But hey, if four sentences is too much for you, the so-called congressional mandate for the Fed can be boiled down to five words: Stable Prices and Maximum Employment The Federal Reserve failed to follow very simple instructions. There is no other way to see it. It wasn’t circumstances beyond their control, it was the very circumstances that they were supposed to control that caused the meltdown. They sat on their hands while housing prices soared on easy money and created the biggest asset bubble the world has ever seen. No money down, subprime, ARM, 125% loan-to-value, and interest-only mortgages were “all-good” with Ben and Al. The fact that these were credit-driven, unstable, and unsustainable prices was lost on them. Bernanke ignored both reality and his job instructions for as long as possible. The fallout from that failure looks like this: It is important to note that this is the polished-up “official” government numbers. Anyone on this side of the rainbow already knows, the reality is much worse. In fact the smart guys at Trim Tabs assert that the BLS missed the November jobs report by over 200,000. A Vicious Cycle continues… Thanks to Bernanke’s incompetence, price instability has reached biblical proportions. For example, Oil has traded everywhere between $32.40 and $147 per barrel in the last 18 months. How’s that for price stability? I can sight so many examples of price instability that, rather than list them all, I made this nice collage: And if this isn’t enough to convince you how horrendous a job Bernanke has done, there’s always this: (Image from http://www.babylontoday.com/) Bernanke “saved” Wall St. with US taxpayer money who have borrowed more than $6000 for every man, woman and child in the country in the last twelve months alone. Yet to this day, he refuses to divulge exactly what is on the Fed’s balance sheet. The idea that any nation can borrow its way to prosperity is utterly insane, yet here we are, trying to drink ourselves sober, and sticking our kids with the bill. To call the architect of such a plan a “hero” is an insult to our intelligence. America should be discussing prison terms for Bernanke and his accomplices (who incidentally will be getting record bonuses this Christmas), not reappointment, and anyone who says he’s done a good job is either a liar or a fool. He’s an arsonist masquerading as a fire fighter and there is no other way to see it. This story should be front and center in America. Instead it’s being treated like a non-event, a forgone conclusion. And the few Senators who have stood up against the generational-rape of America are being labeled cranks. Madness…… Let your Senator know that if he doesn’t stand up right now, his punk-ass is gone! Link to list at Senate.gov (this is the official end of the post) I am an American, first and foremost. The principles our Country was founded on are more important to me than my own comfort, even my own life. Anyone willing to compromise those principles is destined to be enslaved, and of no use to me. “Change you can believe in” has been cancelled, we now return to another episode of “Crooks playing musical chairs“ Any shit-for-brains conspiracy theory you want, and you’ll find those whack-jobs have far more evidence than Bernanke supporters. I find Bernanke supporters every bit as loathsome as Holocaust deniers. People willing to stick their heads in their asses, so they can live with themselves. It’s time to do the right thing. I expect every American to make their voice heard loud and clear about Bernanke’s reappointment. This goes a hundred-fold for those in the public eye (TV personalities, writers, and yes, even bloggers). Those who fail to take a clear stand are cowards in my eyes and will be treated with the disrespect cowards deserve. America can no longer afford cowardly, or dim-witted leadership. Thanks for your time, Mark *** Dear Senator Spector, I am urging you to stand up in oppostion to the reappointment of Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Anyone who has been around as long as you should understand what functions the Fed is supposed to perform and that Bernanke has been criminally derelict in those duties. Why would you remain silent on the generational rape of America? Pennsylvanians deserve integrity in their leaders, please don’t leave a legacy of cowardice. Thanks, Mark ------------------------ Read more (yes there's more) on Bernanke at Mark's blog >> ------------------------
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Bonus material (how I really feel):
Pick a Conspiracy Theory….
I’m making a list and checking it twice…..
My letters:
Dec 10, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Reader Comments (125)
this is just fucking disease to engaged with useless rants.........no one trust or agree with no one..lol.
Web Content overload syndrome= a disease...go and get cured
end of rants..in 2009
2010........don't need this disease
one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and
they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an
organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.
And that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant Anti-Massacre Movement, and
all you got to do to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the
guitar.
Alice's Restaurant
By Arlo Guthrie
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Thanks Gomp...here you go....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7C0QGkiVo
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycle=2008&cid=n00009638
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Always bears repeating....thanks mark...
I truly understand and share the frustration, but before we take up the sword against each other, I'd like to think we exhausted all other means. That was why I wrote this article. If millions spoke out against Bernanke and we were ignored maybe I'd agree that it was time for revolution. But it's hundreds, maybe thousands who've spoken up. That's not enough for a sucessful revolution, a terrorist faction maybe, but not enough to change things for the better.
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Agreed.
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss...
Won't Get Fooled Again
The Who
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Very fitting Gompers...always loved the song...
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damn funny gompers.
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That's a good idea James....the difficulty will be in getting word out...i'll have more later on this...
Mccain sold his ass for alot less...
http://www.washingtonyourefired.com/goldman_sachs_2008_contributions.html
http://www.bignews.biz/?id=788260&pg=1&keys=financial-Rothschilds-Goldman-presidency
funniest line was gompers:
at least i can still piss in my yard...
funniest line was gompers:
at least i can still piss in my yard... "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YAcoDkj_dI&feature=related
To Gobias, for all the inspiration... You are truly a legend in your own mind... And to Ken, Let no man in the world live in delusion.
Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qerg0LyLi6c
Did I win something?... LOL.
at least i can still piss in my yard...
Agreed.
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Just the admiration of your fellow readers...I too enjoy being able to piss outside (especially) when i come home from drinking late at night...my girlfriend is repulsed and doesn't understand the joy i get from such a simple act...
I'm just marking my territory and checking out the stars, i say..it's my moment of serenity...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YAcoDkj_dI&feature=related
SNK wrote..."In the end I look to Ron Paul's example. His temperament and perseverance are inspirational. Plus at the risk of losing credibility around here, I'd throw in a little Hillary. I'll just leave it at that :)"
SNK, there is nothing little about Hillary but the sniper fire she bobbed and weaved to avoid in Bosnia.
p.s. Gomp, I hope you hit an exposed power line and rigor mortis sets in so fast that you are still holding your pecker when your mom shows up to identify her slowwitted son.
Anyway, that's neither here nor there; this is a bailout site.
Hey Mark, I think someone squeezed Gobias’s head;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOZVrDfhY74
Yet again, another oxymoron from the King of square pegs and round holes, I am an electrical engineer, are you the mentalist, what am I wearing? You can come out of the closet Gobias, it’s O.K., we are all adults here. We have all seen your Freudian issues, First Barry, then Tiger, now me… But from your past ramblings, I am the wrong flavor for your obsession, besides, I don’t roll that way. Let me give you something to help you out… They will understand you there…
http://online.logcabin.org/
I guess you don’t like the Soggy Bottom Boys. That’s O.K., next time I’ll play you something from the Village People… Perhaps YMCA? As to slow witted, I would like to see a poll on that, between you and I, that would be interesting TINman…
In your quest to see America destroyed, just because some people voted for Obama, or Hillary, or whoever else you do not like, just remember, if it craps out, the McDonalds drive thru will no longer be open for your celebration. But the Taliban might award you a medal, after all you both want to see America destroyed.
Just so you could say “I told you so”. Besides, your just angry that your boy accepted less from the Banker Masters…
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/major-kong-rides-the-bomb/5F311CC10F7BE6437F135F311CC10F7BE6437F13
In Gobias world, there would only be one candidate ever, now that’s Democracy…
MOOOOOOOO…………..
Gompers,
People who think for themselves or pee standing up are only two of the many things Gobby doesn't understand.
I'm just marking my territory and checking out the stars, i say..it's my moment of serenity..."
I know what you mean, the age of the HOA has completely emasculated men from the simple joys of life… I do not understand the desire of the “modern society” to want to leave your balls at the edge of the neighborhood and live happily as a eunuch by the rules of the HOA, which soon will become the “Obama Corps.” And utilizing their “spirit of the wild”, as a “hunter/ gatherer”, at the drive thru window at McDonalds, or the grocery store. I guess it is a jungle out there in modern suburbia…
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing, or get pregnant.
" Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
Cliff Clavin, of Cheers
"Without question, the greatest invention in the
history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the
wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does
not go nearly as well with pizza."
~ Dave Barry