Anne Barnhardt rips the economy apart and exposes the massive lies, fraud, corruption and coming collapse of the financial system of the Western World. She is on a tear here in this lecture, and if you have the ability to hear the ring of truth, the truth she is speaking will tear down your walls of denial.
Now I know that many of the financial wizards and cognoscenti on this site will find nothing new here. But many of those laypeople unschooled in finance will benefit from this lecture. This is a must watch video.
Is she a Christian Lunatic? It depends on your point of view. Nevertheless, the truths she is speaking are irrespective of her religious beliefs. And they are massively powerful. I can listen to this endlessly with constant fascination and learn quite a bit, whereas I can’t read more than a few lines of Hussman’s newsletter without my interest falling off a cliff. Thank God Admin translates him succinctly.
I have to agree with her conclusion – knowing the truth is like staring into an abyss of horror. The implications are frightening and profound. I hope you watch.
Unfortunately, I have no hope that the United States can survive what is coming, but I post only because we need to save as many as possible so that we can rebuild. I also know how Cassandra felt, knowing with a certainty what was coming, and not being believed by the friends and strangers she told. But at least on TBP we are on the same page, mostly.
Eddie says:
How did she know I bank at Wells Fargo?
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13th November 2012 at 10:31 am
Cynical30 says:
Damnit youtube is blocked at my job. There’s no transcript??
I always get a kick out of this lady. You can always pick out nuggets of truth amidst the batshit. Post the guano in text!
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13th November 2012 at 10:34 am
bluestem says:
Hell of a tie, wow. John
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13th November 2012 at 10:34 am
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13th November 2012 at 11:02 am
Mark says:
If “nominal interest rates ” go up the economy will implode? However, if the economy implodes nominal interest rates will remain at zero and “real” interest rates go up even if they are at 0%.
My bone to pick with accounting is that the government deficits include nominal interest payments on outstanding debt including government agencies. But the subsequent devaluation of the government debt is not added back to the deficit.
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13th November 2012 at 11:10 am
Chicago999444 says:
Barnhart is, as usual, on the money.
However, this woman is never going to be taken seriously because of her general lunacy and her obvious psychological problems. Why is this virulently anti-woman she-male dressed like a man? I mean, even lesbians I know don’t go around dressed this butch.
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13th November 2012 at 11:20 am
Eddie says:
” the subsequent devaluation of the government debt is not added back to the deficit.”
That’s the evil, insidious part that is at the heart of the fiat currency shit sandwich. That’s the inflation tax.
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13th November 2012 at 11:25 am
Hope@ZeroKelvin says:
Ann wears a tie because she believes that it represents the Cross and a reverence for Jesus Christ. As you know, she takes her Catholicism very seriously.
Here’s why she does it:
“Musloids believe that neckties are a symbol used by the infidel idolaters (Catholics) for the Cross of Christ, with the hanging-down part of the tie being the vertical beam of the Cross, and the bit around the neck being the horizontal beam of the Cross.
History says that neckties were first sported by Croatian soldiers during the Thirty Years War in the early 1600s, and that the French loved the look and picked up the trend. I agree. Neckties are awesome, and I wear them frequently – usually in pinks, pastels and florals, and always with a skirt. I wouldn’t want anyone to think I was strange or confused, now would I? Wink.
I really don’t care what the genesis of neckties is. What I care about is the fact that the musloids preach and teach the former. That’s all that matters today. This is why the Iranian nutball Ahmadinejad is always wearing a sportcoat and dress shirt with no tie. This is why the nutty, evil black-Nazi Nation of Islam goons always wear those little bow ties. By not wearing neckties, they are, according to their code, telegraphing their hatred of Christianity, the Cross, and Jesus Christ Himself.
Any time you see a black supremacist, or a muslim, or a muslim sympathizer NOT wearing a necktie when standard convention says they should be wearing a necktie . . . understand and understand well that it is a very thinly-veiled coded message that they STAND WITH ISLAM and reject Christianity and “the white man”. Take it to the bank.
They’re counting on the fact that most people have no clue about the whole necktie thing and that it will all fly over everyone’s heads.
Tee hee. Look at all of the stupid white Christians. I’ll smack them and their white-boy “savior” across the face and they won’t even know that I’ve done it. ”
(http://www.sanctepater.com/2012/10/on-men-who-conspicuously-dont-wear.html)
Don’t be an idiot and miss the message for the messenger. Ann truly believes in what she is doing, to the point she refused to pay income taxes and had $20K confiscated from her bank account. The wearing of a tie is part of her no-holds-barred-balls-to-the-wall-bare-knuckle approach to what she sees as the critical problems facing the world.
I respect and admire her for being so completely honest about it. What you see as lunacy is really a very rare thing – someone willing to put it ALL on the line for what she believes in.
Who among us has such courage? We’ve been conditioned to think that such folks are lunatics, ahh, the programming goes so deep.
I firmly believe that Ann’s assessement of the economy and the threat of radical Islam will be totally vindicated.
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13th November 2012 at 11:57 am
Mr. Happy says:
I commented yesterday on this in ‘Danger Wil Robinson’ and WOW..glad I did seeing the comments above. Terrific stuff Yojimbo.
Ann Barnhardt.
Bruce: Thanks for the Ann Barnhardt videos….BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT, and BRILLIANT. If you have ever hesitated on Barnhardt, you never will again after viewing this 2 1/2 hour presentation. My God has she found her calling…fastest 2 1/2 hours ever. She does mix in religion but it works and coming from an atheist that says a lot. At the last video (8) when she quotes from St. Peter.. “Quo VADUS, where are you going? I’m going to Rome to be executed”…the tears were streaming down my face…I kid you not…and this a presentation on Global financial destruction. Barnhardt has immense presentation skills that she mixes seamlessly between education, politics, law and faith…truly powerful and clear. I learned a huge amount.
This is a woman of extreme courage who puts her money where her mouth is as you will see if you watch the presentation. When she takes off on an issue like Corzine or Morgan it becomes great theatre. The last video is simply powerful.
I’d classify Ann Barnhardt now as a national treasure. If I was a believer I’d pray for her because she needs it for reasons that are quickly understood. What the hell, I’ll pray for her anyway.
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13th November 2012 at 12:23 pm
David says:
Ms. Barnhardt’s presentations of the facts on the economy are spot on. She may be viewed as somewhat eccentric, unconventional, or peculiar but she has the courage of George S. Patton or Stonewall Jackson when it comes to the fight. She’s smart and aggressive, and guess what—- she has a pink AR-15. One might do well to pay heed to what she’s talking about.
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13th November 2012 at 12:26 pm
napari says:
I watched the whole 2 1/2 hour presentation with my wife. Were amazed at AB”s courage and appalled at our own lack of…
Powerful presentation done with honor, integrity, and dignity.
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13th November 2012 at 1:40 pm
Maddie's Mom says:
Rock on, Ann!
It’s great to see an intelligent woman doing something useful with her time as opposed to say…posing for nearly nude pics that end up posted on various internet forums.
Our idea of what is normal vs. unconventional has gotten really twisted along the way.
I wore a tie, on occasion, when I belonged to a particular organization in HIGH SCHOOL. It was a requirement. Who cares?
A necktie. This is what we focus on??????????
Jesus Christ people.
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13th November 2012 at 1:57 pm
Stucky says:
What the hell is wrong with you people …. praising this batshit crazy religious nutjob?
First, the minor point. My very very first reaction to her choice of clothing was, “Wow. She looks just like a Nazi soldier.” … the pressed starched shirt, the pointy collar, the epaulets, … just the whole style in which she presents herself. You can deny it but you’re just fooling yourself.
Now ……. The IMPORTANT points …..
Did you even listen to the videos??? It’s all generic “no shit, Shirley” kind of stuff that she belabors to death.
Did you even listen to the last video??? Did you not listen to her rant at the 5 minute mark? Did you not listen to her smack down of Ron Paul? Did you not listen to her accuse Ron Paul of being in the game just for the money? Did you not listen to her accuse Ron Paul of being an anti-Semite? Did you not listen to her accuse Ron Paul of being pro-Islam. Did you not hear her make fun of Ron Paul’s stance on the gold standard?? Lastly, did you not listen to her saying about RON PAUL; —– “SORRY, YOU’RE DISQUALIFIED YOU BAT SHIT OLD MAN!” ???
Really, what the fuck is wrong with you people?
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13th November 2012 at 3:03 pm
Yojimbo says:
I never said I agree with everything in the videos; I simply agree with her take on economics and the fraud and coming collapse.
It’s important to hear information coming from various sources, especially when you may disagree with other opinions they have.
I don’t agree with everything Karl Denninger says.
I don’t agree with everything Kunstler says.
I don’t agree with everything Alex Jones says.
I don’t agree with everything Ron Paul says.
In fact, I don’t completely agree with anyone on all facets of the mess we’re in. I don’t agree with Admin on all issues.
But listening to people who speak the truth from many different perspectives allows you to integrate their understandings into a coherent whole.
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13th November 2012 at 3:48 pm
Eddie says:
Damon Vrabel said it all first. Too bad he gave up on blogging,He was and is one of my heroes.
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13th November 2012 at 4:02 pm
Bullock says:
Exactly what Yojimbo said. I have not found one person I totally agree with but I take a little from everyone and try to form my own opinion.
That lady has more balls than 90% of the men I know. She also explains it so the average person can understand and makes it simple. After all, it’s not really all that complicated if you take the time to educate yourself. It’s only shitheads doing what shitheads do, so think like a shithead and you will understand how we got in the hole we are in.
I did recently withdraw 80% of my cash with Interactive Brokers since playing in the market just seems to suck when you know the future isn’t bright. Not sure what I am going to do next but I most certainly have started adding to my ammo supply. But I do know the cash will not go into any kind of an account. If Wyoming was not so damn cold I would be setting up my homestead there.
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13th November 2012 at 5:03 pm
Administrator says:
Yojimbo
I’m deeply hurt. I can’t believe everyone doesn’t agree with me on everything I say. I think I will ban everyone who doesn’t agree.
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13th November 2012 at 5:11 pm
chiefdarkcloud says:
YOJIMBO
Thanks man for posting this ! You da man ! I am about half way through the videos.
I first learned about Ms. Barnhart when I read about her decision to close down her brokerage firm shortly after the “CORZINE” freak show. That article was on ZERO HEDGE, and I printed that article and filed it away for future reference.
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13th November 2012 at 5:14 pm
chiefdarkcloud says:
Could do without all of the religious bullshit.
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13th November 2012 at 5:43 pm
Bob says:
Wow! Now an article on the economy imploding! Now that I have figured out a good deal of what is going to happen, what the FUCK can I do about it?
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13th November 2012 at 7:03 pm
Davos says:
With respect to Ann, and I like and respect her a lot, but 2 words come to mind: “Terribly stressed!”
I’m not certain I follow or understad her “obsession” with Denninger, I like him too, but he is sooooo fucking wrong about deflation.
All in all, an interesting watch.
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13th November 2012 at 8:16 pm
Alex says:
I too discovered her around the MF Global collapse and started reading her blog until I realized that she’s an incredibly bright woman, who very unfortunately went stone crazy at some point in her life, for whatever reason. But I’ll give these a watch as she’s certainly interesting, both for the intellectual content she has to offer, and the morbid curiosity at watching such a truly unhinged personality in action.
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13th November 2012 at 9:25 pm
llpoh says:
B-A-T-S-H-I-T C-R-A-Z-Y
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13th November 2012 at 9:54 pm
Hollow man says:
It is not that hard! I am a red neck delux and I know you cannot spend 16 freakin trillion dollars more than you take in. Even in a country of 500 million. Then continue to do so until the end of time. Yea i know we are about 300 million. Sometimes I wonder just what a PHD or Masters really means. Cuz it sure don’t ensure any type of common cents lol. I wonder f we have educated our way into stupitity
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13th November 2012 at 10:11 pm
majormocambo says:
Thank You Stucky!!
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13th November 2012 at 10:37 pm
Davos says:
LOL, bat-shit-crazy isn’t always a bad thing.
Really, whose crazier: Ann Barnhardt or Ben S. Bernanke and 535 fucking morons who are debasing our dollar and blowing up the economy, or all of Wall Street for signing Linda Green to $3 trillion dollars of fraudulent loans that blew up the economy?
In my opinion there are 2 types of crazy. The bat-shit-crazy got driven over the edge by the psychopaths, those with a total lack of impulse control, those who broke the law, those with no empathy for others, those habitual liars.
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13th November 2012 at 10:37 pm
AKAnon says:
Speaking of crazy, do you ever think the radio is trying to send you a message? As I started Ann’s first video, Crazy Train came on, followed by Bucherry’s (wait for it) Crazy Bitch. I can’t wait to hear what comes on during the next seven videos. Seriously, I love Ann, I think she is sharp as a tack, has balls of steel, and the insanity adds character (much like CrazyIvan). But damn, 2 1/2 hours is a long time, and my attention span isn’t that long. Admin may need to bump this one so us slower folks can get through. Assuming I haven’t been banned yet.
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13th November 2012 at 11:26 pm
ASIG says:
Her overall message (must see video) is right on. The few points I might disagree on don’t change anything.
She see’s what going on as evil, and it is. I think what bothers/motivates her is the fear that nothing or no one is doing anything to stop what’s happening.
She’s going to go at them head-on.
Good luck Anne.
Joan of Arc was for sure another “Bar Shit Crazy” with a set of balls.
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13th November 2012 at 11:33 pm
ASIG says:
oops – Bar Shit >>> Batshit
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13th November 2012 at 11:37 pm
ecliptix543 says:
It’s difficult to follow the economic chain of events when the Crazy Train keeps getting derailed every few minutes into some hyper-Christian rant. Yes, yes. Kudos for balls to tell it like she sees it. Congrats, Ann.
Wouldn’t it be some quality entertainment to have her and Anne Coulter debate politics and economics whilst wrestling in a pit of jello? I’d pay at least $3.50 to see that.
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13th November 2012 at 1:20 am
Mr. Happy says:
Yojimbo…can I strongly nominate you to go into Ann’s web page and tell her to check out your thread. She deserves to know and see comments above. She is not alone. Admin hope that’s OK with you.
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13th November 2012 at 1:59 am
Ron says:
Some of what she said about the economy and how certain things are.I just heard for the first time. Its sad if she is right on how horrible our government really is.
Well i do tell people to get ready for tougher times.
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13th November 2012 at 2:19 am
Zarathustra says:
I’m with Stucky. Barnhardt needs to move to Israel and take out her man-hatred by chopping down some palestinian olive trees and poisoning wells. Regardless of whatever truths she speaks, she is a fucking whackjob.
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13th November 2012 at 2:40 am
Llpoh says:
Z and I agree on something. Damn, must mean I am wrong.
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13th November 2012 at 3:19 am
intj says:
Okay – I have managed to sit through four.
I can appreciate eccentric, I could tolerate (barely) the almost non-stop religious commentary, I thought her outfit to be a weirdly disturbing “adult” version of catholic school-girl uniform – but I am tired of listening to her beat her points to death time and again.
I am curious – did she just throw it up on YouTube to see who salutes – or is she “marketing” this presentation to the Christian churches (which explains the belaboring) where she could open up a few million eyes and set the stampede in motion?
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13th November 2012 at 6:36 am
Kepi says:
Crazy eyes. Nazi meets Catholic School Girl Uniform. Awkward American Flag backdrop as a plea to be taken seriously and sincerely. Meat Commodities.
Sorry guys, I can’t go through with this one, it’s just giving me flashbacks of my worst date ever.
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13th November 2012 at 7:34 am
flash says:
I see a lot of booger eating bed wetting whiners posting comments decrying Barnhardt’s passion for liberty and justice as crazy christian inspired jingoism not worthy of respect or attention , but I’m sure Washington , Jefferson, Madison, Adams , Franklin and other men of principle heard the same noise from cowardly lemmings labeling them as crazy radical and doomed to be hung…but they prevailed.
A person with the passions and conviction of Ann Barnhardt is such a rarity these days that she should be declared a national treasure and be given a place of honor on Mount Rushmore after those busts of the vile shitstains on American liberty, Roosevelt and Lincoln are blasted from the face of the mountain.
“I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth- that God Governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?” Ben Franklin… some say he was batshit crazy?
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13th November 2012 at 7:59 am
Davos says:
You know, there area a lot of folks in 2009 who went BatShitCrazy! 2009 was the first year since I’ve been alive where suicides outnumbered automobile accidents.
37,000 went BatShitCrazy and took their own life.
I was on Public Radio and asked if highway safety had anything to do with it. I’m sure it did. I’m sure the use of motor vehicle miles being down did too.
I’m also positive 37,000 is closer to 60,000. Poisoning deaths were up 128 percent in 2009. Poisoning is often what prescription drug overdoses get put down as.
I was wrong on the economy when I thought that Celente’s, “When people lose everything they lose it,” meant pitchforks and torches. It may one day soon, but before that there is a wave of suicides.
Great Depression suicide rates were 22 per 100,000. In this, our Second Great Depression they are at least 10 per 100,000, I suspect higher with poisoning.
I know Ann looks anything from “a little stressed” to coming across like some fucking whack job, but one thing I really admire her for is speaking the fuck up and her screw political correctness.
Is there anyone else out there standing up to these fucking nutjobs?
Is apathy and being politically correct batshitcrazy?
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13th November 2012 at 9:08 am
DavosSherman says:
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13th November 2012 at 9:16 am
intj says:
She is quite knowledgeable and this presentation suggests an ability to both enlighten and persuade an audience less financially literate that the usual suspects of this site – I respect her “active” literary skills and her desire to give.
Her Christian zealotry promises that a certain audience will enthusiastically embrace her message for emotional as much as rational reasons.
IMO it is better that people come to knowledge for calm, cogent reasons and not due to some emotional outpouring of religious chauvinism – but in the end knowledge is preferable to ignorance and she is working towards that end.
But really – if we have to undergo another prophet I would prefer that individual come from something other than the whole “my god is bigger and better than your god” bs.
Others will disagree.
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13th November 2012 at 9:56 am
Eddie says:
I can’t watch these at work, so I started on them last night. I agree with INTJ that the content makes up for any problems I might have with her religico approach to explaining things
I’m going to show these to my kids. I think it’s important info, regardless of her religious and political slant, which does sometimes make me cringe a little.
Ann does differ from some of my other financial mentors in her belief that usury is a virtuous aspect of banking…and I find myself agreeing with her on that.
I don’t really think she has an agenda here except to try to educate regular people about how they’re being used and abused by the out-of-control banks. She does a good job. I haven’t read the Denninger book. I’ll have to look for it.
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13th November 2012 at 10:16 am
Stucky says:
You people you tolerate her batshit vitriol because she also says things that DO make sense …. do you also hold the same standard for other batshit crazy idiots?
Mao’s little Red Book has some good stuff in it. So does Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Really. So by your logic, why not embrace every dickhead that has something (anything) good to say?
If she was ever to obtain a position of political power (zero chance), there is zero doubt in my mind that it would signal the return of religious persecutions, even Inquisitions. Crazy Eyes rants and raves against mooslim intolerance (and they are), while being totally blind to the fact that she is EQUALLY intolerant. A religious bigot is a religious bigot … even Catholic ones.
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13th November 2012 at 10:40 am
Eddie says:
“why not embrace every dickhead that has something (anything) good to say?”
Critical thinking is what allows one to separate the wheat from the chaff. I don’t “embrace” anybody’s POV without putting it through my own bullshit filter. Videos like these do some good, imho..and nobody else took the time to put them out there. So props to AB for trying to educate the millions of financially illiterate Americans.
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13th November 2012 at 11:16 am
intj says:
The idea that good, moral, religious people are routinely seduced and manipulated by psychopaths bent on power and total control is not new.
And some folks like to wear their anti-intellectualism on their sleeves – and IMO the fundamentalist religions are the most prone.
The educational system – along with some religions – have stymied people’s intellectual proclivities. They don’t know what they don’t know and I suspect some of AB’s audience might be a bit intellectually starved.
If – and I grant you it’s a big if – the folks that AB is able to reach actually discover – through subsequent personal research concerning the financial nightmare – the world outside their religion then maybe their preoccupation with life after death and the rules and regulations necessary to achieve a desired outcome within the after-death world – will be seen in a different light.
And then maybe I’ll get a pony for my birthday.
I just want people to wake the fuck up and IMO, as egregiously self-righteous and over-the-top religious as it was, AB’s presentation has that potential.
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13th November 2012 at 12:31 pm
Kepi says:
Self-righteous lunatics never know when to stop. That’s why listening to crazy eyes here is dangerous. She may have a few good ideas, but she won’t stop until she’s got total creative control or she gets cunt-punted so hard she can’t stand up.
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13th November 2012 at 3:13 pm
Maddie's Mom says:
u·su·ry [yoo-zhuh-ree]
1. the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English usurie < Medieval Latin ūsūria (compare Latin ūsūra ), equivalent to Latin ūs ( us ) ( see use) + -ūr ( a ) -ure + -ia -y3
Personally, I don't like the idea of being used by bankers, of all people. Cripes!!!
But that's just me.
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13th November 2012 at 5:29 pm
Maddie's Mom says:
I wish I could get my dh to watch the videos.
Maybe if there had been some dancing……
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13th November 2012 at 5:32 pm
Eddie says:
Usury in its most simple definition is just the charging of interest for the use of money.
I don’t advocate “exorbitant interest” and I don’t think that’s how Barnhardt was using the term. I meant to say that I agree that money has a time value, and that it is reasonable to charge “reasonable interest” for the use of money.
It is the current zero interest rate policies of the Fed, coupled with the deliberate destruction of the buying power of the dollar that make it impossible for regular people to earn enough interest on their savings to stay ahead of inflation.
There are well intentioned people in the currency reform movement who see charging interest as wrong, or even evil. I think Barnhardt is correct in her assumption that it is a necessity for a healthy economy.
She pointed out that it is not leverage itself, but rather unrestrained,poorly collateralized overleverage that causes the problems we have with our TBTF banks. I agree with this.
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13th November 2012 at 6:12 pm
llpoh says:
Interest is like anything else out there – let supply and demand dictate the rate. It has nothing to do with “reasonable”. If I can get 50% interest per year from good risk borrowers that are willing to pay that amount, then good for me. If I loan to bad risk borrowers at 5% and they default, then bad for me. There will be competition for good risk borrowers, and the rates will go down. Bad risk borrowers will have to pay a major premium (think credit cards, where the default rate is astronomical).
Let the market set the rates – it will find the correct balance. Trying to manipulate rates, or much of anything in commerce for that matter, results in unintended consequence and potential disaster.
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13th November 2012 at 6:27 pm
Kepi says:
Interest always leads to a problem in that it subverts supply and demand. You don’t need crazy eyes to tell you that. You don’t need the bible to tell you what excess interest is (guess what, it never defines it, but Jesus’s response to the money changers in the temple suggests a zero tollerance prolicy). It’s just logic. Logic dictates systemic lending to the majority is always wrong, not as an abstract moral lesson (I mean, that’s there, too but it’s there because of the following) but because it is not a solution to the problem, which is there is not enough money available. It’s one thing if 10-20% of your population uses lending as a quick fix in dire circumstances (little Timmy’s operation) or to resolve deficiencies in the social structure.
If, though, lending becomes normal as a matter of course for people (for needs or just as a quicker way to get wants) it will lead to an inflation trap and if you don’t print more money to prop up the inflation trap that house of cards will come crashing down on all participants and will make life difficult for non participants as well. I don’t need some nutjob who sees beef futues as a symbolic prayer and prolly gets off by looking at herself in a mirror wearing a strap on while wearing sweat pants. It’s just logic.
And because she grasped one minor piece of logic doesn’t mean she’s also not out there thinking of a way to outlaw Victoria’s Secret “for the children”.
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13th November 2012 at 6:52 pm
Eddie says:
When I started my practice, on a real shoestring budget, I might add, the prime rate was at about 9 percent, and it soon went up to 11 percent . I was borrowing money at prime plus 2 on 180 day notes and I had no guarantee that the bank would roll them over.
But I signed on the line because it was simply what was offered. Take it or leave it.
Greenspan was in his first year. My best recollection is that he set rates wherever he wanted them to be. There has not been any market discovery in interest rates here for a very, very long time.
People trying to start a business will pay whatever they have to pay for borrowed money. The little guy is and probably always has been, to some extent, at the mercy of the bankers. I’ve always hated those sons of bitches, myself.
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13th November 2012 at 6:54 pm
taxSlave says:
This bitch is nuts.
Her disrespect for Ron Paul is appalling. Who the fuck is she?
She need to crawl back into whatever slime she emanated from.
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13th November 2012 at 7:11 pm
llpoh says:
What I love about this place – one minute I am in total disagreement with someone (taxslave) and the next they are my Hero (taxslave again). Of course, there are also those who are wrong all of the time, and they are for torching at every opportunity.
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13th November 2012 at 7:18 pm
taxSlave says:
llpoh – I love spirited debate – I do disagree with you about Israel though.
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13th November 2012 at 7:20 pm
Kepi says:
Also, her tie is indecently long. When I was taught how to dress like a pro, there was 2 rules with tie length 1) was that if it was too short, you look like a cartoon and 2) if it was too short, you look like you’re compensating or just lewd. Smack on the beltbuckle. Anything else is wrong.
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13th November 2012 at 7:21 pm
crazyivan says:
I bunched all 8 segments together, looped it, and then played it at 3X speed for the last 28 hours.
I am seriously dehydrated and am nodding off.
The last hour or so, she did start to sound like a chipmunk.
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13th November 2012 at 8:04 pm
Kepi says:
You sir, are aptly named.
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13th November 2012 at 8:10 pm
Chronic Agitator says:
Anne Barnhardt: Smart , opinionated, gutsy, wild eyed, vocal, passionate, intelligent, militant, animated and sexy. Her tie is out of sight. I’m in love!
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13th November 2012 at 8:41 pm
Kepi says:
If by out of sight you mean it extends past the view of the camera, you are correct. Ties are meant to be worn with a jacket, if it extends past the bottom of your jacket, it looks terrible, and usually somewhat indecent to the point of requiring a double take. I went to see Less Than Jake back in the 90′s and I spent less time processing what was going on when they had a guy with a rubber dong flapped out of his zipper on stage than when I’ve seen peekaboo ties. Dress wear isn’t hard, but there are rules (only some of which are meant to be broken, this isn’t one of those).
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13th November 2012 at 8:48 pm
Administrator says:
Barnhardt is crazier than a shithouse rat. Any fucking bitch that can’t see the reason and common sense of Ron Paul is nuts. She should go over to the Middle East and fight her fucking Christian war against the Muslim world. She’s a fucking nutjob.
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13th November 2012 at 8:49 pm
llpoh says:
When Admin says that, he gets thumbs up. When I say it, complete with pics to prove the point, I get thumbs down one after another. WTF??????
What a bunch of Admin asskissers. Youse all should be ashamed.
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13th November 2012 at 9:21 pm
Administrator says:
llpoh
I’m so much more likeable than you. It’s my laid back and friendly nature that shines through. Don’t be envious.
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13th November 2012 at 9:30 pm
llpoh says:
No more mister nice guy. Look what playing nice gets me – nada, that’s what. I am gonna have to beat some respect out of a few monkies.
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13th November 2012 at 9:45 pm
llpoh says:
Fuck it – even wordpress disses me.
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13th November 2012 at 9:49 pm
ThePessimisticChemist says:
I love your llama.
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13th November 2012 at 9:51 pm
Administrator says:
Barnhardt is a religious extremist who gets off on saying outrageous things. She’s a blowhard egomaniac.
She can fuck herself, because no man ever would.
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13th November 2012 at 9:55 pm
Kepi says:
The Llama gets a thumbs up.
Also, admin, she’s crazy, but it’s not merely a lack of sex. I dated a girl like this once. It’s the “religious by technechality” type. She’s the girl who, in highschool, would claim never to have masturbated but would have anal sex with just about anyone because she was still *technically* a virgin. She’s the girl who in college would come screaming at you on some random Tuesday because you were wearing a Dimmu Borgir shirt with a pentagram on it and the reason she didn’t recognize you as the guy she gave head to on the Omega Chi house dance floor was because she was so drunk she passed out on the lawn 20 minutes later. She’s that chick.
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13th November 2012 at 10:19 pm
Bruce says:
Maddie’s Mom,
When you ask him to watch the videos do it while wearing nothing but high heels and make up. It’s the good old tease, comply and reward system. It works every time.
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13th November 2012 at 12:21 am
AKAnon says:
Kepi-”She’s that chick”. Are you sure, is she really THAT chick? THAT chick was my favorite! I LOVE THAT chick! Ann, if you get to Alaska, look me up if you “want to grind”. Go about 250 miles north of RE’s place-when you get to Fairbanks, take the first left, then the second right. Bring your tie-but leave the exotic toys at home, I don’t swing that way.
http://batlyrics.com/darling_nikki-lyrics-foo_fighters.html
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13th November 2012 at 2:23 am
crazyivan says:
Ann-
If you are reading this DO NOT GO TO FAIRBANKS. And certainly do not pick up RE on the way.
If you do, you will not regret it, but all of us will have to listen to all your gushing about how great sex is and you will lose points with the church crowd.
I can fuckin hear it now.
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13th November 2012 at 5:56 pm
Kepi says:
AKAnon, I’m totally sure. It’ll be an amazing night followed by a horrific freakout wherein your house will be burned down. Enjoy.
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13th November 2012 at 6:02 pm
AKAnon says:
Hmmm, sounds like old times at the frat house. So you say it might not be worth it? I better consult with my moral advisor, General Petraeus. Yep, the General says it will be worth it. But he advises a hotel room-not to bring her home.
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13th November 2012 at 10:57 pm
Davos says:
Not sure I mentioned this. Sadly, with the entire IRS thing and given the “stressed” appearance, I think we know how this will play out…
Don’t think you have to be a rocket scientist or a trend researched, or a statistician or a psychologist to full comprehend that 37,000 statistic will be incremented up.
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13th November 2012 at 10:00 pm
TOM SCOTT says:
The followers of Alinsky are trolling here. When a person is ridiculed in mean ways, it is a dead givaway.
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13th November 2012 at 11:40 pm
Art says:
I kinda like to think of Anne Burkhardt as a modern day Noah (or if you really want to go to the original source,, a modern day Gilgamesh). Those of us who worship our modern day way of living, like, having food every day, feeling safe in our homes, having hot running water, access to electricity whether it be to play a game or keep our milk, soda, butter, etc… cold, ya know, the stuff we’ve become accustomed to having (oh, I forgot flush toilets and a working sewer system and regular trash pickup). Did people think “Noah” was “crazy” for building the arkh? Absolutely! Even his family felt he was a bit “cuckoo for cocoa puffs” but they helped him build the arkh, listened to him, and in doing so, invested their time wisely. We don’t have to love everything she says or even agree with every point. What’s important is we understand the premise, get the word out to those we care about and love, and when (because to me it’s not an “if” it’s a “when”) the US economy truly collapses, it will be those of us who listened and put our money in the best places TODAY (Silver is awfully low right now, and Gold has dropped $200/oz,… it’s been LITERALLY decimated [as in, lost 10%], so it’s a great time right now to buy a good bit more metaphorical wood, for the metaphorical arkh.
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13th November 2012 at 2:52 am