Which Is The Meathead?

(Conspiracy Nation, 11/26/05) -- Can you know for certain which one of these two gentlemen is "The Meathead" and which is a "Fed" Governor? One of them is Rob Reiner, who played Archie Bunker's son-in-law in "All In The Family." The other is a prestigious economist, Ben Bernanke, slated to become chief of the "Federal" Reserve.

Kind of scary, isn't it, this omen of the future "Fed" chair being a meathead? What with inverted Christmas trees, Ted Koppel's eerie retirement, and secret M3 monetization schemes, one can't help feeling apprehensive.

As the saying goes, "Sleep well tonight. The Federal Reserve stands guard." Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (But who will guard the guards?)

This question, Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?, is from the Roman satirist Juvenal. Other uncanny coincidences mentioned by Juvenal are

probitas laudatur et alget -- honesty is praised and left to shiver;
When was vice more rampant? When did the maw of avarice gape wider? When was gambling so reckless?
...no deity is held in such reverence amongst us as Wealth;
...a man of high birth and wealth being handed over in marriage to a man. Yes, and if we only live long enough, we shall see these things done openly;
What man wins favor nowadays unless he be an accomplice -- one whose soul seethes and burns with secrets which must never be disclosed?
Can you submit to a she-tyrant when there is so much rope to be had, so many dizzy heights of windows standing open...;
So great is the skill, so powerful the drugs, of the abortionist, paid to murder mankind within the womb;
...and wasteful Rome sets no limit to extravagance;
...the public has long since cast off its cares; the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things -- Bread and Circuses (panem et circenses).

Wasteful Rome sets no limit to extravagance.

Heritage Foundation budget analyst Brian Riedl warns that the U.S. Congress is spending lavishly;
Congress struggles over relatively minor budget cuts, but ignores big-ticket spending on tax cuts, defense, and homeland security;
Government promises to trim $35 to $50 billion over the next five years, yet it spends $2.5 trillion each year;
New medicare drug benefits to cost $700 billion over the next 10 years. Cui bono? (Who benefits?) The pharmaceutical industry;
David Walker, U.S. Comptroller General warns, the fiscal future is "worse than advertised";
"Congress is shifting deck chairs on a sinking financial ship."
(Source: "Congress Blind To Red Ink," by Kevin G. Hall. Knight Ridder, 11/06/05)

Overseeing this financial insanity has been Alan Greenspan, Knight of the British Empire (KBE). They call him, "The Maestro," when he is better called "The Mackerel" -- a slippery character with something fishy about him.

Taking the helm from The Mackerel as he retires as "Federal" Reserve chair is purportedly Meathead look-alike Ben Bernanke. As these two ships pass in the night, a mysterious event occurs! The M3 numbers sink beneath the waves!

Send out the lifeboats! The M3 data are submerging! Nary a word about this in the mainstream press.

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