Comments on: Bush Teams Seeks Financial Dictatorial Powers

By: dazimon

dazimon — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:01:03 +0000

RE: “… maybe Slavic languages are more amenable to such expressions, given some of the hard history of that part of the world. Or at least that was the impression I had from reading “The Good Soldier Svejk.”

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By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:55:21 +0000

Tom - I think the real question is what sort of psychotic meds were being used by the advisors who thought that putting GWBush on TV would boost confidence in the bogus bailout.

Bush looked like he was practically doing “sight-reading” - as if he had never seen the message before he read it on the teleprompter.

By: Tory

Tory — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:44:57 +0000

The Terrorists finally scored an indirect hit on Wall Street (again).

(”We gottem on their last throes”)

I’m feeling better now; thanks guys. I was starting to lose it (again.)

By: Tom Blanton

Tom Blanton — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:09:14 +0000

Maybe I’d feel better about things if I could score whatever it is they are giving Dubya these days. He looked so distracted by the hallucinations tonight that he could hardly read the cards Uncle Dick was holding up.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:22:18 +0000

Tom - thanks for the excellent comments.

Maybe enough folks will wake up in time to…..

…. ahh, frig it.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:15:41 +0000

Tory - after Bush’s speech tonight, I guess there is not much debate over whether he is personally “taking it hard.”

Dude missed watching a baseball game to show up and read the teleprompter.

By: Tory

Tory — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:33:29 +0000

“From my cold dead hands.”

By: Tory

Tory — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:23:28 +0000

Did someone yell “GOLD” !! I don’t have any, honest.

By: Tory

Tory — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:21:07 +0000

Hello,

Hey you guys, go easy on these Americanos; here’s why:

Americans are finger pointing (again.) What do all of you have to say for yourselves, now that all of your thousands of lectures have gone unnoticed ?

I thought all that war spending (not those fools who bought too much home) were to blame.

Either Bush is taking it hard (clinically depressed) or his denial mechanism has kicked in (again).

Economics 101 should include a paragraph about the most cost-effective way to combat Terrorists (don’t make any.)

Americans prefer the $550 billion Iraq tab over a Non-Interventionist foreign policy ? What do you think ? What about all those UIC economists who said the Iraq invasion plan would not affect our economy ?

I wonder if the Romans went thru the same stuff (before their collapse.)

By: Tom Blanton

Tom Blanton — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:24:08 +0000

I wish I shared Adam’s optimism. The era of big government may be over only to usher in the era of total government.

Tyrants don’t usually throw up their hands and walk away just because their victims have an epiphany and realize they are being screwed.

The end of the Fed may mean the Treasury keeps the printing presses running until people start using the dollar to wipe their asses.

These are dangerous times. I expect the psychos that run this country will not react well to the prospect of their gig ending. They may just sweep the Monopoly Game off the table once they decide they are losing. Then watch out - the nukes could start flying.

Nothing like a little diversion to keep the rubes occupied. In fact, if Bush were to start bombing Iran, the press might be able to have the rubes rallying around the flag in a matter of hours. Bush might even leave office (or not) with an approval rating of 80%.

The fact that this “crisis” appears to be manufactured leads me to believe the powers that be really don’t give a damn about what the public thinks - especially a handful of libertarians.

By: Adam S.

Adam S. — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:17:46 +0000

Gold is coming back with a vengeance. I realized that Ron Paul’s message struck a cord with people when I was visiting a fantasy artist’s web page. He was covering the price of oil in gold versus dollars, and mentioned that friends had told him about these interesting little facts. Even more, I work at a major chain book store, and we have never had so many people come in and ask for books on monetary history, paper money, gold, or Ron Paul books. He really has lit a fire and it will catch on because this time the Fed got caught in the cookie jar. They have even handled it badly, dismissing all their critics with contempt and only the most visible arrogance.
This is like that Mel Brooks sketch where Gene Wilder holds himself hostage and threatens to shoot himself. However, this time, the Fed actually goes through with it, and no one helps or cares. When the Fed goes, Big Government goes with it, as night follows day. It should really be a truism, but the three Royal Roads to socialism are: a) Central Banking, b) Public Schooling, and c) Universal Health Care. When you get rid of either of the first two, you can’t have the third.

By: alpowolf

alpowolf — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:14:36 +0000

As I watch the talking heads on the TV prattle on about how this was all caused by “deregulation”, I wonder: would it be unpatriotic of me to ask exactly which deleted regulation would have prevented this? Nobody ever says; they just chant “deregulation” over and over, like a mantra.

And would it be just plain wrong of me to wonder if it actually makes sense to have the evil bankers “regulated” by the evil politicians?

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:35:37 +0000

Marc - I suspect you might be right about the worst to come.

Bailouts are addictive…

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:35:07 +0000

Adam - those are pretty good curses.

I suspect East Europeans are better at cursing than Americans - or maybe Slavic languages are more amenable to such expressions, given some of the hard history of that part of the world. Or at least that was the impression I had from reading “The Good Soldier Svejk.”

A gold standard would certainly be more credible than what we have had in this country for a long long time.

By: Adam S.

Adam S. — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:09:04 +0000

Some have put the off the table debt at another few trillion dollars, at least that’s what people like Lew Rockwell speculate. They probably have another two or three trillion dollars hidden away in misnamed debt accounts. When all is said and done, the Federal Government will be done. This is the end of the era of Big Government. I believe that the chips have hit the fan this time. Jim is right, there is no curse or piece of profanity to capture how stupid this whole thing is.
This will also mean the return of the gold standard if people like Ron Paul can help spread the message. G.K. Chesterton once said, “The wisest thing a politician can do is nothing” That was what should have happened years ago, but they thought they could play the Diligent Dutch Boy, who stuck his finger in the dike. Unfortunately for them, it wasn’t the tide coming in, but a full fledged tsunami.
I finally found some good curses, borrowed from Shakespeare.Bush:”[He]who wears his wit in his belly, and his guts in his head” and for Bernanke:”No sleep close up that deadly eye of thine,Unless it be whilst some tormenting dream Affrights thee with a hell of ugly devils!”