Comments on: Ron Paul Scolds Bernanke For Skipping Congressional Financial Hearings

By: yepnope

yepnope — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:12:22 +0000

too many people, who love to be slaves, while not realizing they are.

By: tawan

tawan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:45:37 +0000

Thank you for elucidating some difficult financial concepts. I enjoyed reading your article..

By: mnjrupp

mnjrupp — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:59:00 +0000

I appreciate Dr. Paul’s work on the Hill, but I have to be honest. I’m not going down into the boiler room of this Titanic to try and stick my finger into the hole to stop the water. This ship is going down quick!
I might have enough time to get my family in the boat and get as far away as possible so as not to get sucked down with her when she finally goes under!
There are times when you just got to bail!

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:26:48 +0000

Right……..then why the heck are you wasting your time responding to us you fool.

By: AG

AG — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:38:54 +0000

RP is a great guy but let’s face it, when there’s no consequence for your actions the first time or the 20th time you’re going to continue doing what you do.

The real shame is that the mainstream media won’t even mention this.

By: Dilbert McGunnut

Dilbert McGunnut — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:12:26 +0000

Do you even know the difference between a Zionist and a Jew? Why don’t you search engine “Jew against Zionism” and get an education. Being a Jew is not a bad thing, being a hardcore Zionist is in my opinion.

By: Antifraud

Antifraud — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:54:17 +0000

I expect a Congressman to use every tool he has available against these thieves who should be in a prison cell right now. I supported Ron Paul, because he was the best we had available, and respect him. However, I do not agree with his economic plans and theories compared with Webster Tarpley who has a much better grip on the real world situation and scene how governments actually operate in many countries.

Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul are all we have in Congress at this point. Zip in the Senate, so if they don’t use every available opportunity to hold Obama and financial theives accountable with strongest means available, what good are they? They need to throw some “punches”.

Too be honest, I do not worship Ron Paul, and he is starting to sound like an old woman yelling at kids to get off her lawn. I am still thankful he is doing something (even preaching to the choir), but also outraged that nothing has been done about illegal alien Obama/Soetoro qualifying as President. This whole country and truth movement will be a toothless joke to even me after the 20th.

By: Observer

Observer — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:36:11 +0000

In response to those that responded to me with a counterpoint to my sentiments:
Such as it is, you still prove my point by your terse responses and obsession with america/constitution. You insist on doing “something” yet that “something” remains to be nothing more effective than information sharing/seeking, which is certainly required and has it’s place. Information sharing is ONLY a PART of the process (albeit a continuous one) of the change you seek; it is not THE solution as is OFTEN implied on almost every “patriot” media I can find (buy my dvds, buy gold and silver, buy food and things will just get better). You also do a bang up job of being equally worthless on a practical level as it pertains to the desired change. As I said before, as long as there is some part of the current system in place from which you can gain comfort and familiarity, things will never change to the drastic degree that many of us desire. Only when you have nothing left to lean on will you understand this. Such as it goes with personal growth. You will also understand that beyond information sharing there are 2 very effective forms of change. 1.) Refuse to consent, remove yourself as a brick in the pyramid structure and engage in subterfuge if so moved, to get others to remove themselves as well. Should that fail move to 2.) violence. Yes, not many enjoy engaging in the hyper-drama that is violent conflict…however, understand this: Violent, dark power ONLY responds to and understands (respects, if they even feel that emotion) power/force equal to or greater than itself. So long as your movement of peace, change and information sharing is willing to work within the power structure, it will NEVER have the effect you desire. And lets say it does. What will you do to prevent something like our present circumstances from ever happening again? How can you consistently ensure that the lessons of all your struggles are effectively remembered as generations go by? These are long term lessons to be dealt with as we come to that bridge, but they bear a place in the back of the mind for consideration. Also, now that I think of it…there is another thing that many of you insist on doing that drives me nuts….you insist you being NICE to these people that clearly DO NOT deserve it when speaking in public. These beauracraps should be called what they are in clear and public language across all forms of media: Liars, cheats, ignoramus’, murderers and disbalanced infantiles hardly worth being charge of their own household let alone a country, city or state. And in touching on my earlier words, many of them deserve to have in public from lamp posts as a warning to the rest that their kind is no longer welcomed nor tolerated. Exile them if you wish not to kill them, but keep their dangerous ways in mind when doing so…as I said, dark power will never yield without a fight of some sort and I’m convinced that things are at an unfortunate cross-roads where society must fall completely and rebuilt for anything to really change. Keep in mind, to “fix” things or “do something about it” seeks to keep things the way they are as much as possible whilst still feeling as if things are “better”. Dark is pleased when you engage in this behavior. You must be willing to drop what you have and replace it…as uncomfortable as that may be to many. Annoyingly (in our present circumstances), if you are a sovereign, discerning, intelligent individual that desires freedom, dignity and respect (for yourself and others) then you must fight for it and understand that only YOU can grant those things to yourself….NOT some piece of paper called a constitution or law book grants you these things….YOU grant them to yourself and in doing so you grant a chance for things to be as you desire, for a time at least.

PS. I commend the efforts of folks like RP, but it is too little too late and he still is working within the system and seeks to use the same system to better things. I suspect he may know better but he is doing what he can with what he has. No more or less. I’m simply observing how effective (minimal) his efforts are in light of the lofty goals that lay ahead.

PPS: To the commenter that thought I was within a “zeitgeist” mode of thought: Spare me your infantile understandings and assumptions and spare yet another polarized and disbalanced comparison/argument. The latter part of the zeitgeist film was an insult to my intelligence; I found it quite childish. Yet more yammerings of how things should be and we should all just “wake up” yet nothing more than a passing mention of how such feats can even begin to be accomplished. Take pieces from both sides, learn and combine of them something new instead of pointing fingers at those on the other side of the “zeitgeist vs. jones/america/constitution”.

By: Bill the Butcher

Bill the Butcher — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:58:43 +0000

That wacky owl Molech must have been making an appearance. Bernanke could not miss that!

By: Mad Max IS Lord Humongus (hense the mask)

Mad Max IS Lord Humongus (hense the mask) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:45:24 +0000

“The American consumer is — as we say in the U.S. — toast, finished, done,” said Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd. in Hong Kong. “The consumer is going down for the count here, and there’s more to come.”

Meanwhile, a flood of negative news in the financial industry reignited worries that international banks would suffer ever-bigger losses and be forced to raise billions more in capital as the world economy deteriorates.

The financial health of the world’s banks also resurfaced as a major concern in markets when Citigroup Inc. confirmed it is to merge its Smith Barney brokerage into a joint venture with Morgan Stanley, relinquishing control in exchange for $2.7 billion in badly needed cash.

Reports have also surfaced that the U.S. government is close to supplying Bank of America Corp., the nation’s biggest bank by assets, with billions of dollars more in aid after it agreed to acquire debt-ridden Merrill Lynch & Co.

Meanwhile, analysts at Morgan Stanley warned that HSBC PLC may have to raise up to $30 billion and halve its dividend to plug a capital shortfall.