Comments on: Dump Bernanke and Audit the Fed http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/01/25/dump-bernanke-and-audit-the-fed/ Author James Bovard Tue, 22 May 2012 19:59:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: BOVARD » Audit the Fed Dammit http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/01/25/dump-bernanke-and-audit-the-fed/#comment-123527 BOVARD » Audit the Fed Dammit Mon, 03 May 2010 19:07:53 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1421#comment-123527 [...] are links to some of my earlier posts on this subject: January 2010: Dump Bernanke and Audit the Fed July 2009: Washington Post Condemns Open Government [Audit the Fed] May 2009: Audit the Fed [...] [...] are links to some of my earlier posts on this subject: January 2010: Dump Bernanke and Audit the Fed July 2009: Washington Post Condemns Open Government [Audit the Fed] May 2009: Audit the Fed [...]

]]> By: Dirk W. Sabin http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/01/25/dump-bernanke-and-audit-the-fed/#comment-122470 Dirk W. Sabin Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:45:07 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1421#comment-122470 Funny you should ask, somebody actually has thought of this and offers a software program with some kind of icon accompanying the greatest hits of snarky comments. They are even commodifying sarcasm today, is there no end to the injustice? Funny you should ask, somebody actually has thought of this and offers a software program with some kind of icon accompanying the greatest hits of snarky comments. They are even commodifying sarcasm today, is there no end to the injustice?

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/01/25/dump-bernanke-and-audit-the-fed/#comment-122467 Jim Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:08:14 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1421#comment-122467 On the bright side, at least the Beltway think tanks offer uplifting visions for America's future.... [Is there an icon for sarcasm?] On the bright side, at least the Beltway think tanks offer uplifting visions for America’s future….

[Is there an icon for sarcasm?]

]]> By: Dirk W. Sabin http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/01/25/dump-bernanke-and-audit-the-fed/#comment-122465 Dirk W. Sabin Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:01:30 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1421#comment-122465 Jim, You're preaching to the choir here but overall, anything having to do with Washington today is akin to establishing a Human Rights Commission on Devils Island at the turn of the last century: Best intentions and Noble Sentiments surrounded by hungry alligators. Jim, You’re preaching to the choir here but overall, anything having to do with Washington today is akin to establishing a Human Rights Commission on Devils Island at the turn of the last century: Best intentions and Noble Sentiments surrounded by
hungry alligators.

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/01/25/dump-bernanke-and-audit-the-fed/#comment-122464 Jim Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:35:47 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1421#comment-122464 Dirk, every now and then the bosses screw up and an honest guy is hired as an auditor or investigator. Even pulling back the Fed curtain by 20% could provide enough sparks for an early Fourth of July.... Dirk, every now and then the bosses screw up and an honest guy is hired as an auditor or investigator.

Even pulling back the Fed curtain by 20% could provide enough sparks for an early Fourth of July….

]]> By: Dirk W. Sabin http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/01/25/dump-bernanke-and-audit-the-fed/#comment-122463 Dirk W. Sabin Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:58:26 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1421#comment-122463 The august Senator from Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, a man who one churl once quipped "has all the charms of a Clam"...he pronounced the marching orders of the GOP this past Sunday by brushing off all this feverish talk about bouncing Helicopter Ben. Auditing the Fed sounds good in concept, but who is going to audit the auditors? Unfortunately, it's like hiring the bookies to audit the boys back in the numbers parlor. But, one must admit that reviewing an audit of the FED would be Gothic Entertainment indeed. The august Senator from Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, a man who one churl once quipped “has all the charms of a Clam”…he pronounced the marching orders of the GOP this past Sunday by brushing off all this feverish talk about bouncing Helicopter Ben. Auditing the Fed sounds good in concept, but who is going to audit the auditors? Unfortunately, it’s like hiring the bookies to audit the boys back in the numbers parlor.

But, one must admit that reviewing an audit of the FED would be Gothic Entertainment indeed.

]]> By: Bill Jones http://jimbovard.com/blog/2010/01/25/dump-bernanke-and-audit-the-fed/#comment-122462 Bill Jones Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:33:44 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/?p=1421#comment-122462 This has always astonished me. I have never, ever seen anyone get fired from a government job for being no fucking good at it. This has always astonished me. I have never, ever seen anyone get fired from a government job for being no fucking good at it.

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