19-06-2009, 05:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 20-06-2009, 07:28 AM by Peter Lemkin.)
134.5 Billion buys quite a bit o 'whiskey....I'd hate to even calculate how much!!!!!!...enough (and then some) for a nice weekend, or fifty:bike: million..... Barkeep, a bottle of your finest for everyone on the Planet who can tell deep political things when they see 'em! 
Oh, I forgot, the other Peter was buying. :hmmmm2:
NB - those loquacious Italian Border/Financial/Customs Police 'ain't talkin' no more....silencio!!!!! :marchmellow:
NBB - and wouldn't ya just love to have a few glasses with those supposed Japanese 'mules'......I'll bet, if they are still alive, they have quite an interesting tale to tell!
I'm reminded of the line in Loose Change, when the moderator asks, 'Who writes this stuff!!!??? - to wit:
:hahaha: "For nearly two weeks, Italian authorities probed their authenticity and eventually requested the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s appraisal. Asked what it concluded, SEC spokesman John Heine told me [this] Wednesday: “I think I need to decline to comment on this.” ....Treasury spokesman Stephen Meyerhardt called the bonds “clearly fakes” and added: “That’s beyond the fact that the face value is far beyond what’s out there.” Meyerhardt noted that only $104.5 billion in bearer bonds exist ..." [[i.e. it is more than they admit exists in bearer bonds, but they don't seem convincing on their being fake...and they let the men with them go....go figure!] :dong:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Mjc...zk=&w=MA==
David, your the funny-bond expert here....what do you make of this caper?! This one seems to 'take the cake'!!....though I'm sure you've seen more of these than I currently have problems.
tickyman:
...and I just LOVE this from someone on the Ticker Forum: "The only skill you need in American now, is the skill to schmooze with those in power. I'm actually angry with my parents and teachers for having brainwashed me into being decent, helpful, truthful, productive, honest and resourceful. They have shackled me with mental chains that keep me down in a time where chaos and criminality are valued as virtues." :tee:
Japanese TV on this.
Oh, I forgot, the other Peter was buying. :hmmmm2:NB - those loquacious Italian Border/Financial/Customs Police 'ain't talkin' no more....silencio!!!!! :marchmellow:
NBB - and wouldn't ya just love to have a few glasses with those supposed Japanese 'mules'......I'll bet, if they are still alive, they have quite an interesting tale to tell!
I'm reminded of the line in Loose Change, when the moderator asks, 'Who writes this stuff!!!??? - to wit:
:hahaha: "For nearly two weeks, Italian authorities probed their authenticity and eventually requested the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s appraisal. Asked what it concluded, SEC spokesman John Heine told me [this] Wednesday: “I think I need to decline to comment on this.” ....Treasury spokesman Stephen Meyerhardt called the bonds “clearly fakes” and added: “That’s beyond the fact that the face value is far beyond what’s out there.” Meyerhardt noted that only $104.5 billion in bearer bonds exist ..." [[i.e. it is more than they admit exists in bearer bonds, but they don't seem convincing on their being fake...and they let the men with them go....go figure!] :dong:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Mjc...zk=&w=MA==
David, your the funny-bond expert here....what do you make of this caper?! This one seems to 'take the cake'!!....though I'm sure you've seen more of these than I currently have problems.
tickyman:...and I just LOVE this from someone on the Ticker Forum: "The only skill you need in American now, is the skill to schmooze with those in power. I'm actually angry with my parents and teachers for having brainwashed me into being decent, helpful, truthful, productive, honest and resourceful. They have shackled me with mental chains that keep me down in a time where chaos and criminality are valued as virtues." :tee:
Japanese TV on this.
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass