Banksta Bernank takes ‘questions’ from the leashed hounds we call the free press 2:15pm EST
Update: 3:56pm EST: Oh did I say Gold was at 141522? It is now at $1529.40 SLV $48.10 Oil $113. USD down, down, down 73.30. Equities continuing to mainline from the punchbowl Bernanke is clearly not taking away. DOW up 101.15. The TBTF Bankstas are gonna ride the USD right into the ground if TPTB let them.
Update: 3:08pm EST: Foreign Presse France asking about the concerns many nations have about the results of the Fed actions on the sovereign currency..cough, cough, Now Ben spinning the Geithner STRONG DOLLAR TOTAL BS LINE.
Reagan and Clinton had strong dollar in my lifetime. No one else. Hey they had that super growth thing too didn’t they? Don’t try telling the Ivy League Economics Club that though.
Update: 3:06pm EST: An hour in and another nominal record for Goldilocks~ $1526.20. Yowsa. Ben has used the buzz words ‘transitory, moderate’ to describe inflation so many times I would have alcohol posinoning were I playing the drinking game.
Update: 11:08am AZ Time- GOLD at $1522.80, USD at 3 yr low as Ben takes stage.
ZeroHedge will be liveblogging in case ANYONE asks a REAL question.
I would ask:
Ben do you like the American Middle Class?
What purpose does the Middle Class serve in the American economy?
How has QE and ZIRP ‘helped’ or ‘harmed’ the Middle Class?
If the Middle Class is the largest % population in America, doesn’t your dual mandate for full employment/stable prices apply to this population cohort above all others?
Is it your intention to drive down wages for the Middle Class while allowing prices of food and energy to continue to spike year after year, all while claiming there is no inflation?
WHY ARE YOU KILLING THE MIDDLE CLASS?
PS- Why did the Federal Reserve bailout QADAFFI and leave the American Middle Class to twist in the wind?
Update 4: Passes with 59 GOP votes against, including Dave Schweikert AZ-05, thank you Dave!!; Only $350 Million in actual cuts!?
Update 4: 4/14/10 2:23 pm: Crapulent deal passes 260-167 with 59 No votes from the GOP. Our wonderful new Critter, Dave Schweikert AZ-05 voted No.
Thank you Rep. Schweikert!!
Roll Call of vote here. Thank your Congressman (or un-thank them whatever the case may be!)
Update 2: Okay, your shout-out is retracted Speaker! What the hell is this?~- CBO says it is actually only $35oMillion, yes M, Million in actual cuts?? You are fxcking kidding right?
AP at HotAir has it:
So to sum up: In less than a week, we’ve gone from $61 billion in cuts to $38 billion in cuts to $15 billion in real cuts to $352 million in deficit reduction this year, which is less than one percent of the number agreed to in the budget deal. I can’t help but suspect that tea partiers might feel a tad … antsy about that trend….
I called Dave Schweikert AZ05 asked him to vote no and tell the leadership to Get Serious.
Mitt Romney – full speech at CPAC
Romney GETS IT on the economy. He GETS IT on American exceptionalism. And he loves America (always a plus in our POTUS, eh?)
Courtesy of Freedom’s Lighthouse, who notes:
More News and Video: http://freedomslighthouse.net
NOTE: This video opens with Ann Romney’s introduction, followed by Mitt Romney’s speech, which begins at the 2:40 mark of the video.
2/11/11 – Here is complete video of Gov. Mitt Romney’s speech at CPAC today in Washington. Romney was introduced by his wife, Ann, who said she would like to see her husband lead America “as President of the United States.”
In his speech, Romney repeatedly hammered President Obama for his failed economic policies, and declared that American jobs will not return through “new rhetoric” from Obama, but only when America has a “new President.” Romney also spoke at length about America being an “exceptional” nation that has been blessed by God, and will continue to be so if we adhere to the founding principles of our nation.
He outlined the ways America has sacrificed so much to bring liberty and hope to the rest of the world, and then said “I will not and never will apologize for the United States of America,” unlike President Obama.
Welcome Speaker Boehner! Go Away Pelosi, far, far away…
Update: Boehner full speech and swearing in courtesy of theRightScoop.com
Jeebus I thought she would never shut up….
God Bless Speaker Boehner and the new Majority of the 112th Congress, may you have the courage of your convictions, and convictions that are unshakeable in the face of the D.C. Machine. Stick to the Constitution, it will never steer you wrong.
For those Critters about to rock, we salute you~
AZ Politics: Prop 203 ahead with <10k votes to be counted…
Like Lenny said, it aint over til it’s over~
Awesome GWTW Kravitz mashup by LittleMissVain
The lamestreams all reported this as failing to pass a week ago. They like to report AZ is too red to let Medical Marijuana pass, they ignore we passed it twice already. Cali shenanigans almost killed it this time ’round- keep fingers crossed, only a few thousand votes to be counted~
Arizona appears on the verge of finally getting a law that actually will allow patients to obtain marijuana legally.Figures released late Friday show Proposition 203 ahead by 4,421 votes out of more than 1.6 million cast.
Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell, whose office has the last of the ballots to be counted, told Capitol Media Services she has only about 10,000 ballots yet to be tallied.
That includes about 2,000 provisional ballots, largely those that were cast by voters at the polls on election day by people who had previously requested and been mailed an early ballot. Purcell said her office needs to make sure they had not voted twice.
Purcell noted the trend in the provisional ballots has been running close to 2-to-1 in favor of the measure.
That leaves just 8,000 early ballots from voters who overinked their marks, resulting in a bleed-through to the other side of the paper.
Among early Maricopa voters, the measure is losing by a 48-to-52 percent margin. And County Elections Director Karen Osborne said the last of these early ballots being counted are running virtually the same as those already tallied.
If that pattern holds, there would be fewer than 4,200 additional votes against the measure and more than 3,800 in favor, making it virtually impossible to bridge that 4,421-vote edge, plus any others added to that from the remaining provisional ballots.
Among Maricopa County voters who went to the polls on election day as they had planned, the “no” votes exceeded those in favor. But all of those ballots already have been counted.
Proposition 203 actually won in only Pima, Coconino and Santa Cruz counties. But the big margin of victory in Pima — more than 43,000 votes out of nearly 306,000 cast — was enough to cancel out opposition elsewhere, especially with the measure losing overall in Maricopa County by fewer than 4,000 votes….
This is a classic example of where, with all respect, I think that Sen DeMint is wrongin his statement that we cannot be fiscally conservative and socially ‘liberal’. I consider myself moderate because I am both those things for the most part.
Libertarians that are fiscally conservative also fall into this group. People who have certain medical conditions should have access to a natural remedy for their condition, and no lobbying by Big Pharma (who are No 2 on my Teh Evil list behind certain Bankstas) should stop people from being free IMO.
Hang On Sloopy, we’re almost there~
AZ Election Results ~ Release the Snoopy!!!
The Be the Wave Tsunami was VERY REAL in AZ!!
Republicans sweep statewide races in Arizona
Nationally, Democrats suffered disaster in the general election. In Arizona, it was even worse.
Republicans poised to gain supermajority control of Legislature
AZ looks like a real sweep for the GOP!!
State Legislature heavily GOP now~
Jan Brewer wins Gov~
McCain wins Senate~
AZ-05 DAVE SCHWEIKERT WINS!!!!WOOT!!!!!11!! by over 10%~ 15,000 votes!
Prop 106 Health Care Freedom ~ not calling it yet but 72% Precincts in ahead 55%/45%
Prop 107 Banning Affirmative Action passes 60%
Prop 113 Protecting Secret Ballot passes 61%
Prop 203 Med Marijuana tied right now 50/50
Kirkpatrick lost her seat, Quayle won his race, McClung is close to Grijalva but Giffords is holding on against Kelly
The rest of the statewide races are a sea of red
Hitler finds out Hillary supporters are voting GOP – Rush Operation Reverse Chaos
This is great right up until the last line. Hillary is a firm supporter of Israel. Haim Saban noted the tragedy for Israel when Obama was ‘selected’ over her.
Mashup by XAngel228
Hitler is an avid Obama supporter, and while try to strategize for the midterms, he is informed about Rush Limbaugh’s Rever Operation Chaos which is for Hillary 2008 Supporters to either not vote, or vote GOP as to make a statement against Obama.
Needless to say, this doesn’t make Hitler very happy.
ginaswo
Calling All Angels ~ Freedom of Speech must not be a price paid for the Tucson Tragedy
Update: Sarah Palin has released a Facebook video addressing the attack and the reaction to it by the media. As usual, she has articulated what the majority of Americans are feeling (as evidenced by the CBS polling).
I have been waiting and praying and hoping the leadership of the country would not allow this tragedy to devolve into calls for ‘toned down’ free speech. If speech has to be measured by the standards of the MSM in the past few days, it most certainly will not be ‘free’.
The person who committed these crimes, which invoked terror in the community and the country, does not appear to be motivated by anyone or anything other than a severe illness.
If he had proclaimed a motive like those espoused by Charles Manson or the Son of Sam, a Beatles song and a dog being their ‘motives’, it still would not justify the limitation of free speech in this country.
Gabrielle Giffords read the First Amendment on the floor of the House days before the tragedy and the words of the founders will survive any assault, not matter how brutal or senseless.
Because it was senseless, the MSM and politicians, including the Sheriff of Tucson, should feel ashamed of the way they are responding to the attacks.
In the seconds and minutes, hours and days following the attacks, the people of Tucson, and Arizona and America are coming together in acts of heroism, and in prayer.
That is what our leaders should be doing as well.
God Bless the victims, their families and friends, and God Bless the country.
As Speaker Boehner said this morning, we will come through this, we always do and we always will.
January 12, 2011. Tags: AZ politics, Gabby Giffords, jane siberry, Politics, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin comments on Tucson tragedy, Tea Party Patriots, Tucson Tragedy. Faith, Politics, Popular Culture, Terrorism. Leave a comment.