{"id":170,"date":"2009-07-09T07:49:26","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T23:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/?p=170"},"modified":"2009-07-10T01:26:48","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T17:26:48","slug":"feeding-time-at-the-fed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"Feeding Time At The FED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-169 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/the-fed-01a.jpg\" alt=\"The FED's Action Gives New Meaning to &quot;Cash Cow&quot;\" width=\"282\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/the-fed-01a.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/the-fed-01a-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Federal Reserve is Hoofing It, Again\u2026 to Jump Start the Economy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">In a recent Reuters poll, economists gave <strong>Federal Reserve System<\/strong> Chairman Ben Bernanke an \u201c8\u201d out of \u201c10\u201d for his handling of the economic crisis. With the unemployment rate still climbing and the economy sputtering, one wonders what these economists were smoking to give Mr. Bernanke such high marks.<span> <\/span>Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Banking Committee, said giving the <strong>Fed<\/strong> more authority &#8220;is like having a parent giving his son a bigger, faster car, right after he crashed the family station wagon&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">One might expect that a poll among agronomists will show similar adoration about Bernanke\u2019s impending, bold move to fortify our money. Dubbed by agronomists at the <strong>Fed<\/strong> as the <strong>A.C.T.I.O.N. Plan<\/strong> (<strong>A<\/strong>nticipatory <strong>C<\/strong>attle <strong>T<\/strong>ransfusions <strong>I<\/strong>n <strong>O<\/strong>ur <strong>N<\/strong>ation), the latest bailout plan will invigorate the suffering, cattle industry.<span> <\/span>The <strong>Fed<\/strong> has figured out how to feed cattle with Federal Reserve Notes.<span> <\/span>By adding vitamins, minerals, fiber and carbohydrates to Federal Reserve Notes, cattlemen will be able to feed money to their cattle instead of expensive commodities like corn.<span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The new money will have different flavors and nutritional amounts based on the denomination of each note.<span> <\/span>The one dollar note will be \u201cbasic oats\u201d flavor.<span> <\/span>The two dollar bill will taste like bananas.<span> <\/span>Chimpanzees have found the two dollar bills most appealing.<span> <\/span>The Fed will add a new three dollar bill to honor diversity.<span> <\/span>It will taste like \u201ctutee-fruity\u201d.<span> <\/span>In anticipation of human consumption of money, the five dollar notes will taste like <strong>Soylent Green<\/strong><sup>1<\/sup>.<span> <\/span>In addition to keeping you \u201cfed\u201d, the new Federal Reserve Notes can cost effectively keep you warm, too! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.2in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Mr. Bernanke said that this latest stimulation measure was received in the <strong>Federal Reserve\u2019s<\/strong> Suggestion Box.<span> <\/span>Mr. B told reporters at a recent conference that the <strong>Fed<\/strong> welcomes all jump starting ideas because they realize that there must be more really good ones out there waiting to be tested on the public.<span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Tom Compton \u00a92009 \u25cf We Hold These Truths \u25cf Website:<span> <\/span>whtt.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><sup><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"> <\/span><\/sup><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><sup><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">1<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"> <strong>Soylent Green<\/strong> is a \u201870s sci-fi movie where Charlton Heston discovers that \u201cSoylent Green\u201d is made from people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">To view a pdf file with color photos go to:<span> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/whtt.org\/images\/PP-FeedingTime.pdf\">http:\/\/whtt.org\/images\/PP-FeedingTime.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Reserve is Hoofing It, Again\u2026 to Jump Start the Economy In a recent Reuters poll, economists gave Federal Reserve System Chairman Ben Bernanke an \u201c8\u201d out of \u201c10\u201d for his handling of the economic crisis. 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