What Old Men Fantasize About..."Let's Get This Party Started!"

Wouldn't you just love to be able to ask some folks some questions and get the truth? These are some of my fantasy questions. I have more than ten. When I thought of one, it tended to sprout others. Here then without further adieu...is my fantasy interrogation.

1. To President Obama. How many millions have you spent defending legal challenges to get your original long form birth certificate? Wouldn't it just be simpler to produce the damn thing if you have nothing to hide? We have standing as voters, I think it's time you provide proof and some of that transparency you ramble on about.

2. To President Obama. Why did you ignore the greatest economic collapse the world has ever known? When is Eric Holder going to prosecute crooked bankers and politicians instead of suing states? How much money have you taken from banks in campaign contributions? Have you ever received discounted loans while Senator or President like Angelo Mozilo likes to hand out? Did William Ayers write your books? Did you ever receive financial aid as a foreign student?

3. To Hank Paulson. Why did you let Goldman Sachs chief rival,  Bear Stearns fail? Why didn't you let Goldman Sachs fail? Did you originate fraudulent loans packages and resell them with fraudulent AAA ratings, knowing they would default? Why did you fail to disclose how much money Goldman stood to get from AIG? Were you aware of Goldman's short bets on the very insurers that insured those crappy loans you generated and sold? (My list for Hank could go for days) Most importantly, did you have stock, options or other personal and financial interests with Goldman Sachs, either held directly, in trust, or with third parties that would become worthless if Goldman collapsed?  

4. The Joint Chiefs of Staff. Two questions. Are you ever going to find Osama Bin Laden or will this be an eternal goose chase? And just who fired the mystery missile off the coast of LA in November? And if you say, "I don't know" I get to slap you in the head.

5. To Hillary Clinton. (I'd have to put her on a polygraph) How was it that you suddenly decide to make gobs of money trading cattle futures, yet prior to that lone incident, and thereafter- you have never engaged in cattle futures trading? Was it simply a bribe, or a payoff? Did you just wake up one day and say "I think I will trade cattle futures today?" Have you or your husband ever received money for favors or bribes, directly or through third parties? What took you so long to produce Vince Foster's personal effects? Did you destroy or hide anything of his before or after you released the documents? Did you lie under oath in either Travelgate or Whitewater? How many scandals have you and Bill been involved in- up to and including Monica and Wikileaks? Why do you still have a job?

6. To Every Member of Congress. Have you ever taken any free gift, modified loan, sweetheart deal, bribe, either directly or indirectly delivered to you or a third party in return for any consideration, favor, job offer, pork project, or future employment? How much money in political contributions have you received from banks? Why is it that you refuse to prosecute fraudulent bankers?

7. Congress. When are going to pass a law forcing banks to adhere to generally accepted accounting principles that all other businesses must use? Properly valuing assets and booking liabilities. When will we ever see any kind of truthful or honest disclosure from banks? How about doing the same with Fannie and Freddie?

8. Angelo Mozilo. (We'd have to give him immunity) What members of Congress and government employees received "Friends of Angelo" loans while you were at Countrywide? What were the terms? Think Dodd, Conrad, and keep going...what did you receive?

9. The Bernank. If the FED works for government why can't we audit the FED? What are you hiding? Who all does the FED loan money to? Where did you get the 9 trillion to bail out the banks in the fall of 2008? Why didn't the FED just loan the additional 700 billion TARP you sucked out of taxpayers if you have so much money? Were you broke? What reserves does the FED have and what are the fractional limits you use?

10.The Bernank. Has the FED ever participated directly or indirectly in the precious metals markets? Have you ever received financial benefits, loans, compensation, bribes or future payoffs other than your salary, either directly or indirectly through third parties, for any decision or act you have done while FED chairman? Can we see the terms of any loan you currently have outstanding since you have become FED chairman?

What a blast this would be. My idea of a good time. Truly.

The Brainiac of the Week Award Goes to This Moron

I snipped this from another site. I've left his name off because he may be in a blackout and I think we all remember how we felt about blackouts (you were dancing naked in front of the CEO and his wife at the Christmas Party!) when we sobered up.

what traditionally happens in an extended crisis is that those who have cash can pick up gold for cheap from those who need it who have lost their jobs and need to buy necessities.  the history of most collapses is that those with the cash will make a bundle when people with non cash assets need money.  I think the most recent example was ecuador.  You have to have the resources to make it through the first year of a crash if you happen to lose your job, otherwise you will likely be selling your assets at a nice discount.

That's right people. Save your worthless currency. You can pick up assets on the cheap. Probably get generators, ammo, gold for next to nothing! They'll be lining up to take your Weimar currency.

We Are Forever in Your Debt, Thank You Mr. President

The unemployment rate should steadily leg down as everyone falls off the radar and doesn't get counted anymore. Soon our real rate of unemployment- that 23% or so will just drop to zero.

By election time, Obama can say he has saved the country in another one of his rousing speeches. Maybe say, without him, it would have been far worse.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_expired_benefits_nevada_unemployment;_ylt=AvKsOrTyrVY3gTEO.j.9VRgUewgF;_ylu=X3oDMTNoOGVsM2U1BGFzc2V0A2FwL3VzX2V4cGlyZWRfYmVuZWZpdHNfbmV2YWRhX3VuZW1wbG95bWVudARjY29kZQN2aWV3c2hhcmUEY3BvcwM1BHBvcwM1BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDYW51bmNlcnRhaW5m

Another One of the P.I.I.G.S, the "S", Headed for the Big Misery

Of the 100 or so articles I scan each morning, this one caught my attention.

It's like wheel of fortune. So far Vanna has turned the letters for Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and now Spain. http://www.moneynews.com/Economy/SpainsUnemploymentRateHighestinOver13Years/2011/01/28/id/384234 The only letter left is Italy.

Hey ECB, fire up those QE1 printing presses and shovel those new eurodollars into the Bovespa. Create the illusion of fiscal health and then have the politicians and media wax recovery. It's been working great over here.

I see it just a little differently. I throw in a J (Japan) and a G (Germany) an F (France) an E (England) a C (Canada) and a U for us. This I call F.U.C.J.E.G. primarily because I cannot think of any clever anagram that Vanna could turn. Behold the mighty world debt clock. http://www.usdebtclock.org/world-debt-clock.html

Obama, In Typical "Transparent" Fashion Will Seek Gun Control

From Newsweak...entirely predictable in that Obama did not mention one thing about this in his big speech. I have reduced myself to hoping that he takes 15-20 vacations this year.

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/27/white-house-to-push-gun-control.html

From the Doug Ross Journal, "It's About Time We Give the Democrats a Report Card."

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2011/01/performance-review.html

Thank Gawd the Moonbats Still Swear

I grew up in a mining town. I didn't know that people were actually capable of talking without using profanity. To this day when I hear someone consistently talk without using profanity, I don't trust them.

There is nothing I enjoy more than getting a lecture about using profanity. I have great disdain for those folks who try to influence and control everything in the exterior world. The vigilante verbal censors. You know those types. The ones who have swallowed the kool-aid and know right from wrong. At all times. They are not afraid to share that opinion of how the world should operate.

I actually had a gal tell me one time that she thinks people who use profanity are stupid. I told her that I thought people who didn't swear and told others not to were controlling nags. We don't talk much.

I eat out a lot on account of my bachelor status and I hate washing dishes. Earlier this week, I had a friend order an omelette at a place that usually serves good food. When this thing came out, it was paper thin, burnt, and had one piece of a mushroom in it. My friend unleashed a profane littered barrage that had tears streaming down my face. It started with, "what the fuck is this?" "I wouldn't feed this to a starving Ethiopian on the subcontinent." It looks like a piece of legal pad without the goddamned lines." If the cook just wants to kill me tell him to get the fuck out here so we can end this like men with some dignity." I was trying so hard not to laugh as I stared at the sorriest assed omelette that I have ever layed eyes on. When the poor waitress asked if he wanted her to take it back he yelled, " so this fucking guy can take another whack at poisoning me? What are ya nuts?"

My friend is from Philly. He assures me that this is standard operating procedure on the right coast. He is a moonbat sort of labor union guy. I steer clear of any Eagles' or political talk with him for obvious reasons.

Some of the funniest shit I have ever heard involved the perfect application of well timed and imaginative cursing. Some of the best are absolute professionals and I marvel at them. Like Mozart or Rembrandt. I even invite them out to breakfast...because you just never know when they are going to put that artwork on display. Thankfully some of the best, those left leaners like Rahm, haven't tried to pass any laws to control the use of profanity. Yet.

I Wouldn't Bank At Citi If They Offered Massages With the Big Pay Off

I have just always hated banks. Really.

The finishing touch for me came about ten years ago. I can't remember which one of the thieving banks it was, Citi or Chase. I had sent in a credit card payment one week before it was due. The next month, I get a bill with a 35 dollar late fee added and a 30 day late pay on my credit report. My ass was hot. When I got done with all the music listening, calling people names part of my tirade, I finally reached some guy who told me that even though they received my payment ahead of the due date which was on a Saturday- they didn't credit my account until the following Monday...therefore my payment which was actually on time could be late depending on whether or not they got around to crediting it. My ass immediately went from smoldering to full blown spontaneous combustion. I closed every piece of shit credit card account I had.

Who regulates that shit? Ah nobody. I then went to debit card only bank thievery and had a similar experience last year at Wells Fargo. I made a small purchase via internet and managed to get scammed by an online site that promised delivery for 5.95 and charged me 95.00. This over ran my account balance because I used that card only for internet purchases in the event that precise thing ever happened. I went into the bank to clear it up. I got a 15 min. lecture from some clown over the phone who lectured me on internet purchases. They refused to reverse the charge. I refused to pay them. One year later, Wells is still sending me collection notices. I throw them in the trash.

I have heard hundreds of similar stories. Government does absolutely nothing to police or regulate this crap. They pass some hokey bill every now and then- which banks find some way to work around and gouge us another way. 

Banks are the biggest predators in the marketplace. Absolutely shameless. Did I want every one of them to fail in the big shakeout? You better believe it. But we see how that turned out. Here's a piece from a guy who tried to do the right thing at Citibank. He received the predictable outcome for his efforts. http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110127/ts_yblog_thelookout/citigroup-vet-says-he-was-demoted-after-raising-alarm-on-mortgages