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Watch Live: Fed Chairman Bernanke Holds First-Ever News Conference
- Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:16pm by
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pschlentz
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:13pmJust in case you’re interested, look at what Gold is doing since he started lying (I mean talking)!
Report Post »http://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html
MidWestMom
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:11pmAnyone who believes this carp is unbalanced & should immediately be locked up in the name of public safety.
Report Post »ilovetheusa1
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:10pmThis guy is awesome. Just on the few lies he is telling, my silver is going thru the roof
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:09pmThis is straight out of the history books. Look at the Weimar Republic. In the months, days, weeks before it all came undone there was the government bankers with cooked up metrics telling everybody how everything was going to be okay. They were doing this as they were making preparations for their own parachutes.
If this ultimately goes the way of the Weimar, Helicopter Ben should be put on trial and serve a very long sentence thereafter.
I‘ll never forget the look on this dolt’s face when he had utter confusion on how the housing market came undone in 2008. Combine Bernanke with the Patriot Act and the TSA and you‘ll see Ole’ W’s gifts just keep on giving.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:06pmSmoke and mirrors!
Report Post »Claire22
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:04pmThis guy lies as well as Obama.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:31pmNeither one does it well, thank GOD. But half the nation is playing bobbing head doll right now, uninformed and paying a thief to steal from them…….
Report Post »mcpbob
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:03pmBERNANKE SAYS inflation is not a problem, FOR WHO? …….
Report Post »pschlentz
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:00pmWatch Silver rise as he speaks:
Report Post »http://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilverw.html
The price is rising as he speaks. I bought 200 oz 1 hour before he started speaking. In the last hour I’ve made over $26 per oz!!!!
Watch the trends, buy on the dips!!!!!!
pschlentz
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:03pmSorry, I meant $2.60 oz!!
Report Post »trueblueday
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:23pmThanks for the clarification of the $26/oz – I about had a heart attack!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:27pmYears ago a friend was transfered to Hawaii and sold me over 250 oz. of silver. I paid $3.65 per. I forgot about it but my wife found it in a box 3 months ago. WOW!!!
Report Post »conservativeme
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:58pmIf you trust this guy, I‘ve got a bridge I’ll sell ya . . . .
Report Post »pschlentz
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:50pmIf lying right to our faces is what he’s been directed to do, he’ll do it without a problem. We’d all better buy gold, buy silver, and/or buy everything you need to feed your family without having to go to the grocery store. You, then will be a survivor of this disturbing chain of events. Don’t become dependent on our government if you can possibly prevent it. I know people say they can’t afford it but things are not going to improve for quite some time. Go to natural foods type stores and ask the manager if they will sell you either 25 or 50 lb bags of beans, rice, pasta, etc. They will usually give you a 10% discount. Reduce all of these to 1 gal bags, then to 5 gal buckets, Keep it cool and it should last for 25 years! Hold on to your seat, this is far from over!!
Report Post »louise
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:50pmif Congress doesn’t shut this farce down….what does that say about Congress?
Report Post »Ron Paul said on Glenn Beck radio this morning that no one will get much out of this “press conference”.
I am not surprised….nor am I impressed. He is playing russian roulette with our economy. And not just him….but past Federal Reserve Chairmen. They are criminal thieves.
Ironeagle
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:46pmBernanke looks as nervous as a hoar in church.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:52pmROFLmao!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:52pmIt’s that or CRY!
Report Post »glennrocks
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:43pmThe media has everyone convinced that Ron Paul can not win. The same media that supports Obama so don’t listen to them. Ron Paul would be awesome, or Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney would be better than this.
Report Post »louise
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:53pmI agree!
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:20pmCan we not go to the “At least X would be better than Obama” already? Mit Romney?!?!? For Pete’s sake, did the Tea Party mean nothing?
Report Post »louise
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:33pmRothbardian…
Report Post »you are right….I would never vote for Palin or Romney. But…..
Ron Paul is someone I supported in 2008…and will happily do so again
NickDeringer
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:42pmJust listened for less than 2 minutes and Bernanke told a horrific lie about unemployment. Unemployment is down because the labor force has shrunk to the smallest size in decades. It‘s not because of Obama’s economic policies.
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:19pmYep, Participation Rate at a 35 year low.
The truth is what you make it I suppose. He can say anything he likes and the media will wrap it up purdy and the sheep will swallow it down whole.
Sad.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on April 28, 2011 at 2:05amNICKDERINGER, Agreed! I ordered oil today. I had to get a minimum of 150 gallons, @$4.99 a gallon. Unreal………..
Report Post »pschlentz
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:39pmDo I hear QE3??
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:38pmOpen the books Bernanke, show us what you’re doing.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:37pmWhy is is voice quivering so much?
Report Post »pschlentz
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:36pmYou can trust this guy as far as you can throw Rosie O’Donnell….
Report Post »sasoldier4god
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:53pmLOLZ I love it!!!!!
Report Post »louise
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:35pm“upsetting to see gas prices rise so much”???
Report Post »It is because of the endless printing of paper money backed by nothing which the Federal Reserve has been doing that we have these high gas prices.
CatB
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:39pmYup .. but we little people are too dumb to understand that .. don’t ya know? Geez these people are LAME!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:17pmWe need to import more termites to even things out a bit.
Report Post »louise
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:35pmrofl @ Chips!
Report Post »louise
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:32pmHe is not telling anyone the truth of what is really going on….he is trying his best to be the good little keynsian that he is.
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »ccr
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:58pmRon Paul for Fed Chair!! We’d know the truth then!
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:17pm@CCR
LOL for Ron Paul for Fed Chair. That’s like Amadenejad (sp) for Israeli Prime Minister.
Paul / Cain 2012!!!!!
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:31pmWOW….look at the dollar index DROP!!! Great job Ben……..You really instill confedence you BOFOON…………
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:26pmConsidering the REAL inflation rate right now is about 10% he is DELUSIONAL!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:26pm2% inflation ?… my “you know what ”… let’s just say what will happen in the future (which is always WRONG!) and not deal with the FACT that the FED is DEVALUEING OUR DOLLAR DAILY!
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:32pmYep….look at the dollar index since he started talking. Can you say DIVING!!!!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:44pmReal inflation if about 10% by the old method not the new Magic-Inflation-Calculator method.
Report Post »TheLascone
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:46pmand they keep saying it’s the speculators …. lol We know better !
Report Post »4wheels
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:23pmI just want him to stop inflation.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:29pmNot going to happen …
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:41pmBernanke is dancing around the main issue. He made a statement that commodity prices and fuel prices are driving up inflation. I about fell off my chair.
Printing money at an exhaustive pace is what is driving the economy into the toilet.
Keep shooting heroin into the arm of the nation, Bernanke !!! Eventually, you’ll kill it.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:02pmRead an G. Edward Griffin interview given 4-4-2000, as well as the Mandrake Mechanism. Think y’all need to read it to understand where we either are..or are going. Think the Federal Reserve System’s house of cards is facing a strong wind!!!
Report Post »http://www.theantechamber.net/UsHistDoc/CreatureJekyllIsland.html
Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:04pmDude/ Dudeette,
How do you think he got the name “Helicopter Ben”? Look that up and then you‘ll know why your wish ain’t ever gonna happen.
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:23pmSnow won’t be watching this, He’s stuck on the Birther thing
Report Post »sasoldier4god
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 2:27pmIm in class have I missed anything important?
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:01pmThis is a great opportunity for private sector teachers to ween America off public sector teachers.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:09pmSure am glad we’re all off the birther issue so we can “watch the other hand.” Wow, they can’t get away with it now, can they? What would they be getting past us if we weren’t paying attention!
Report Post »Okie from Muskogee
Posted on April 27, 2011 at 3:34pmI hope you all listened to what was said….Look at the market and look at gold/silver….Both are going up….
The market heard free money will continue thru June making it rise….Gold/silver heard more money will be printed making them higher….Usually gold/silver fall upon a market rise but in this case both are rising showing we are real trouble….
Experts will say gold/silver is a bubble but in reality the market rising on fake money is the bubble….At some point the free money will stop shooting Gold/Silver thru the roof while the market falls to the floor….It is impossible for the market to stay strong once free money has stopped….It is reality Gold/silver will sky rocket on a market crash….
It is inevitable the dollar will cease to exist once this free money quits and the markets crashes as it is impossible to reverse all the free money printed…Interest rates would have to be 50% in order to recall all the fake money printed and no economy can sustain 50% interest….Buckle your seat belts……
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