Thursday, January 28, 2010

Geithner Must Go, and So Should Bernanke...

For anyone who watched the Congressional hearings yesterday, the primary impression that you should have been left with is that the bailout of AIG was engineered specifically with the intent of using Taxpayer money to bail out the big banks who had enormous, reckless financial exposure to AIG.  Specifically Goldman Sachs. 

Secondarily, it should be obvious that Tim Geithner AND Henry Paulson should NEVER have been allowed near the office of the U.S. Treasury, let alone been anointed Secretary (all of this is notwithstanding the fact that Geither's appointment should have been pulled by Obama the instant it was announced that Geithner cheated on his taxes deliberately and over more than one year). 

Having said that, here is what is readily apparent:  This whole thing is a lot more corrupted and the cover-up a lot more profound than we'll ever know unless we get full transparency. Full transparency might lead to some big indictments, like Blankfein and Paulson, the latter of whom would've been Goldman CEO when a lot of those AIG CDO's were structured. One wonders if part of Paulson's agenda in taking the Treasury job was to be in a position to help bailout GS if needed....Anyone happen to notice that when Paulson was asked tough questions that required him to evade the truth that he turned into a complete stuttering fool? He issued his opening statement with absolutely no indication of a speech impediment and when Burton and that kid from Ohio got ahold of him, I could barely understand him thru his stuttering.

Looming in the background, and something which has not received the media attention that it deserves - that is, it should have been placed first and foremost at the top of every single news broadcast yesterday, including Obama's "no hope/just cope" speech - is the FACT that several Congressmen have seen direct evidence that Banana Ben Bernanke BURIED a recommendation by the Fed that AIG be allowed to fail, before any bailout plans were implemented.  Please re-read that if it didn't cause you to fall off your seat the first time.  For that reason alone, the Senate shouldn't even be voting on Bernanke's confirmation.  Rather, the insanely corrupted Ivy-league academic should resign and an investigation opened.

And one last point.  It was very apparent that based on yesterday's testimony, if it wasn't already for everyone paying attention, that Goldman Sachs has literally taken over every important role at every important layer of Government.  And if you don't believe that after hearing yesterday's questioning and testimony, especially from Marcy  Kaptur and a few others, then take a look at this piece posted by http://www.clusterstock.com/ which lists the biggest Democratic donors and where they made their money - 10 of the top 15 donors to Democrats made their loot at Goldman Sachs:  GOVT SACHS

16 comments:

  1. Good news Dave debt ceiling raised to 14.3T. When will the rest of the world wake up to the scam???!!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Dave just noticed on my trading screen a bear raid a few min before the debt announcement. Round and round we go. Recovering now...

    ReplyDelete
  3. LOL anliu - i think part of the market drop was to scare the shit out of the Senate into voting thru the debt raise.

    anliu and Anonymous: This smash on metals is partially correlated with stocks and partially attributable to the fact that the cartel's agenda is get the metals off our radar screen ahead of the inevitable announcement sometime in the next 4-8 weeks that there will be an extension and increase in QE.

    ReplyDelete
  4. CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN: I don't believe either will be going anywhere anytime soon. Anybody wanna take any bets?

    ReplyDelete
  5. The usual amount? One 1 oz. silver eagle? LOL

    ReplyDelete
  6. Dave guess who said this: "Families across the country are tightening their belts... The federal gov. should do the same"? Just 24hrs before the debt ceiling is bumped higher to 14.3T! I have no hope left for this country.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Jimmy Carter? LOL. I missed the Wahoo of the Union speech last night but I bet I can guess...

    ReplyDelete
  8. Looks like Helicopter Boy is back in the saddle again. Gold should fly from here on out.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Hi Dave,

    Any comments on this release -
    "ECU Silver Reports on Gold and Silver Operations for December and November 2009"

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ECU-Silver-Reports-on-Gold-iw-1419600203.html?x=0&.v=1

    ReplyDelete
  10. Dave-- THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your advice on storing gold coins, and for sharing all your expertise on this wonderful site. Much appreciated!! And all the best to you. --Newman

    ReplyDelete
  11. Anytime Newman. Thanks for the positive feedback on my site.

    ReplyDelete
  12. @JR: everything is as it is stated, but this is the key paragraph:

    "During November and December, the dissolution of precious metals in the oxide milling operations was impacted by high concentrations of copper in the solutions. The higher concentrations of copper occurred mainly because of the higher mill throughput levels during these two months, when slightly over 600 tonnes of material were processed per day, much higher than historical maximum levels of 500 tpd. Steps have been taken to bring gold and silver recoveries back to their normal levels by reducing the copper in the solution circulating through the mill"

    Their production was lower than anticipated because of the copper complication. It led them to a deeper understanding of the metallurgy and they'll actually be producing even more from the milling operation going forward. They state that they've upped tonnage by 30% in January and that will greatly increase gold/silver production and cash flow for this year.

    The other key is they need to start doing the deep drilling required to explore the Massive Sulphide Zone which they believe is the source of the 430mm ozs of silver they've already found and the additional 570mm "potential" ozs. identified by Micon, the testing verification firm testing the assays and putting together their 43-101.

    ECU is a home run once they prove out what Michel, the CEO, knows they have and silver is over @$20.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Dave,
    I had a trivia contest once and the prizes included a silver eagle 10z. The winner opted for a guest post on the blog, and then never got back to me! Some people will not take silver, never mind buy it! Bubble indeed.

    ReplyDelete
  14. So I take it you are a mostly hold physical guy or do you like to play the miners too?

    ReplyDelete
  15. Jayhawk: I have all of my wealth in physical gold, silver, and mining stocks. I also have a portion tied up in money management firm, of which our primary asset is a hedge fund that invests those three assets.

    ReplyDelete
  16. LOL gyc - reminds of that video where the guy couldn't sell his $50 face 1 oz. maple leaf for even $50

    ReplyDelete