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[DailyBail]

http://merkley.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=96AE7988-5871-4F72-81D2-6DE1B63948EB

Merkley Statement on Nomination of Ben Bernanke
December 16, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, issued the following statement on his intention to vote against Ben Bernanke’s nomination to a second term as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:

“Tomorrow, I will vote against confirming Ben Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. The reason, in short, is that as Chairman, Dr. Bernanke failed to recognize or remedy the factors that paved the road to this dark and difficult recession. Following our economic collapse, it is also apparent that he has not changed his overall approach to prioritizing Wall Street over American families.

[DailyBail]

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/KL16Dj02.html


Mission not accomplished
By Peter Schiff

[DailyBail]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6819136/Gulf-petro-powers-to-launch-currency-in-latest-threat-to-dollar-hegemony.html


Gulf petro-powers to launch currency in latest threat to dollar hegemony
The Arab states of the Gulf region have agreed to launch a single currency modelled on the euro, hoping to blaze a trail towards a pan-Arab monetary union swelling to the ancient borders of the Ummayad Caliphate.

[DailyBail]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20091216/tts-uk-usa-cuba-travel-ca02f96.html

It's too soon for Americans to plan a Cuban vacation of beach, mambo and mojitos, but the U.S. travel industry is gearing up for a return to its largest Caribbean destination before Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution.

[DailyBail]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_dubai_tiger_woods

Dubai says moving ahead with Tiger Woods course

[DailyBail]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30681.html

Nancy Pelosi in 'campaign mode'

[DailyBail]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30641.html

Tea Partiers rally: 'Kill the bill'

[DailyBail]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-decade-of-booms-busts-and-bubbles-2009-12-16

Todd Harrison

Dec. 16, 2009, 12:01 a.m. EST · Recommend (4) · Post:
The decade of decadence
Commentary: 10 years of booms, busts and bubbles

[DailyBail]

As Goldman Thrives, Some Say an Ethos Has Faded

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/business/16goldman.html?_r=1&ref=business

[DailyBail]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30650.html

Congress punts problems to 2010

[DailyBail]

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/pension-fund-sues-goldman-over-pay/?scp=1&sq=goldman&st=Search

Pension Fund Sues Goldman Over Pay

[DailyBail]

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/barney-about-spoil-banker-party-proposal-only-give-retail-banks-discount-window-access

Is Barney About To Spoil The Banker Party With Proposal To Only Give Retail Banks Discount Window Access?

[DailyBail]

http://www.businessinsider.com/our-daisy-chain-economy-2009-12

Why Is The Fed Happy Buying All Those Mortgages? Because You're Guaranteeing Them!

[DailyBail]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704869304574595663034399606.html

Politicians and the Financial Crisis
The same scolds now excoriating bankers for their imprudence badly mismanaged their own countries' finances in the boom years.

[DailyBail]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=arMrSVjq4cts&pos=9

House Discussing Glass-Steagall Revival, Hoyer Says

[DailyBail]

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/12/a_short_term_increase_in_the_d_1.asp

$300 billion increase in the debt ceiling

[S. Gompers]

The fact that 79% of Americans oppose this, only reafirms that their is no rule of the majority in America. our system has been subverted to a rule by minoity long ago, and the herds keep this system intact. Come election day the majority of those running unfortunately will get re elected, because the herds cannot break ranks.

[Ken]

16-6 VOTE ..CRIMINAL CONFIRMED BY CHRIS DODD TERRORIST GANG

Ron Paul on Fox Business: Bernanke is World's Greatest Counterfeiter!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRZ-B14PEsc&feature=player_embedded

I Agree With Everything Ron Paul Just Said! Congressman Barney Frank pt.1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UCSLTNpppo&feature=player_embedded#

[Sell Short]

b-52, time to take a hike. go back and get a second phd or something. School is a better fit for you.

[DailyBail]

The fact that 79% of Americans oppose this, only reafirms that their is no rule of the majority in America. our system has been subverted to a rule by minoity long ago, and the herds keep this system intact. Come election day the majority of those running unfortunately will get re elected, because the herds cannot break ranks.
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+1

[Ken]

@DB is a joke

Last post and wish you all Good Bye

WW-III
Eastern Europe: Forefront of the New Cold War
Iran and the China-Russia Alliance
The Georgian War: Spreading Conflict in the Caucasus
Regime Change in Iran
Flashback to 1953
Iran and the China-Russia Alliance
The West Sponsors Terrorists in Iran
The 2009 Election Protests
Latin America Is Not to Be Left Out: The Coup in Honduras
The Afghanistan-Pakistan War Theatre
Africa and AFRICOM
U.S. Strategy in Africa
Somalia
Africom
All that is required for a new major world war is just one spark: whether it comes in the form of a war between Pakistan and India, or a military strike on Iran, in which case China and Russia would not sit idly by as they did with Iraq. A strike on Iran, particularly with nuclear missiles, as is proposed, would result in World War III. So why does strategy on the part of the US and NATO continue to push in this direction?

As George Orwell once wrote:

The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia, but to keep the very structure of society intact.

A New World War would be a global war waged by a global ruling class against the citizens of the world, with the aim of maintaining and reshaping hierarchical society to serve their own interests. It would indeed symbolize a New World War for a New World Order. In a globalized world, all conflict has global implications; the task at hand is whether the people can realize that war is not waged against a “distant” or “foreign” enemy, but against all people of the world.

Herman Goering, Hitler’s second in command, explained the concept of war when he was standing trial at the Nuremberg Trials for war crimes, when he stated, “Why, of course, the people don’t want war,” and that, “Naturally, the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.” When Goering was corrected that in a democracy, “the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives,” Goering responded:

Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.[131]

[Ken]

bye bye

Just a follow up to WW-III
U.S. Takes a Significant Step Towards War with Iran
By: Dr_Ron_Paul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is9gHHKQNYo

[S. Gompers]

Excellent post Ken, see you tomorrow

[Ken]

No dear Gompers

My final warning bell to fellow Americans. DOOM is here , prepare for Survival.
Right now, the world is on edge. The citizens of the US, as well as the global public don’t really know who to trust to tell them the truth. They are on alert, consciously or subconsciously, and if they perceive even a small threat, the fight-or-flight system will be activated.

Some say that a year ago we faced economic disaster on a massive scale. In one year, governments around the world have printed money, and done little else, except to provide daily lip service and commentary. The contagion has been lying dormant and will become an epidemic.((((((((((((((((((( No bailout will stop it.))))))))))))))))))))))))

((((Prepare to protect and survive now: My Final Warning to Near and dear friends and families))))Dated: Dec 16, 2009
...CURED MY DISEASE...NO MORE WEB SHIT ADDICTION

GOD BLESS ALL

[RecoverylessRecovery]

"Dubai says moving ahead with Tiger Woods course"

Dubai's been cheating on Tiger with 8 other golfers.

[DailyBail]

nice RR

[RecoverylessRecovery]

"nice RR"

Thanks DB. 8 years under GW Bush gave me a great sense of humor.

Well, that and an ulcer.

[Ken]

There is a choice instead of the Federal Reserve Note, granted it will only be in the state of Georgia to start.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/versions/hb430_LC_21_0297_a_2.htm
But I am SURE many State's will soon follow!

DUMM ASS LIBERALS... & NEO-CONS
We have spent two or more decades intentionally de-industrializing our economy. Why?
We have intentionally dumbed down our schools, ignored our history, and no longer teach our founding documents, why we are exceptional, and why we are worth preserving. Students by and large cannot write, think critically, read, or articulate. Parents are not revolting, teachers are not picketing, school boards continue to back mediocrity. Why?
We have now established the precedent of protesting every close election (violently in California over a proposition that is so controversial that it simply wants marriage to remain defined as between one man and one woman. Did you ever think such a thing possible just a decade ago?) We have corrupted our sacred political process by allowing unelected judges to write laws that radically change our way of life, and then mainstream Marxist groups like ACORN and others to turn our voting system into a banana republic. To what purpose?
Now our mortgage industry is collapsing, housing prices are in free fall, major industries are failing, our banking system is on the verge of collapse, social security is nearly bankrupt, as is Medicare and our entire government. Our education system is worse than a joke (I teach college and I know precisely what I am talking about) - the list is staggering in its length, breadth, and depth.. It is potentially 1929 x ten...And we are at war with an enemy we cannot even name for fear of offending people of the same religion, who, in turn, cannot wait to slit the throats of your children if they have the opportunity to do so.
And finally, we have elected a man that no one really knows anything about, who has never run so much as a Dairy Queen, let alone a town as big as Wasilla , Alaska . All of his associations and alliances are with real radicals in their chosen fields of employment, and everything we learn about him, drip by drip, is unsettling if not downright scary (Surely you have heard him speak about his idea to create and fund a mandatory civilian defense force stronger than our military for use inside our borders? No? Oh, of course. The media would never play that for you over and over and then demand he answer it. Sarah Palin’s pregnant daughter and $150,000 wardrobe are more important.)