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Video of Bernanke and Geithner Trying to Get the Economy Unstuck

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Here's a leaked video of Bernanke and Geithner trying to get our economy unstuck:

 

Bernanke and Geithner are driving the tow truck. The bulldozer which the tow truck is so persistently trying to yank free is Wall Street, and the white SUV being repeatedly rammed without any concern whatsoever is the little guy on Main Street.

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Wed, 12/29/2010 - 10:19 | 835484 jkruffin
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That is how Benny guarantees GM sales! They gotta get somebody to buy that crap, and it looks like the only way is to destroy people's property and force them to spend the greenbacks.

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 09:45 | 835426 David99
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FED's are criminals

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 08:52 | 835358 sweet_cheese
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Now this guy could have handled it: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c6d_1227773904

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 06:07 | 835284 Kaaos
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Munger to SUV owner "Suck It In and Cope, Buddy"

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 01:45 | 835158 Captain Planet
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I think this is a better example of bernank/geithner steering our economy. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzeiMJQrvk

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 02:12 | 835178 StychoKiller
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That wasn't just snow!  More like powder over a sheet of ice!

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 01:41 | 835153 thecoloredsky
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That dude filming should've took a dump outside his window as well. Make it look really old school 1200's. Glad I don't live in that place.

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 00:27 | 835086 quasimodo
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That's no shit. I have NEVER got stuck with the loader I use here in the Midwest when moving snow. That bucket can get you out of any snow drift if used properly.

Now a feedyard with 4 foot of doo doo is another thing.

That operator must be a complete tool.

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 00:02 | 835054 lincolnsteffens
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Well, at least sweet-cheeze came close. The thing with the bucket is NOT a bulldozer!It think it is an "articulated front end loader".  You city-slickers need a little vacation time to come and personally experience the difference in handling between a bulldozer and a front end loader. I don't think I've witnessed anything more pitiful than this, except the time I flipped a back hoe over on its side :)

I know, now you want me to tell you what a back hoe is.... Didn't your mommies ever get you toy earth moving equipment when you were kids?

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 01:14 | 835106 DavidPierre
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Some articulated front end loader ballet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i2eZT6YbfM&feature=related

ZHer loses it and goes on a Bulldozer Rampage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlZh9-NQEyI&feature=related

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 01:17 | 835136 Smokey
Tue, 12/28/2010 - 23:34 | 835015 sweet_cheese
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The guy running the loader absolutely lacked skills. He's stuck? Tilt the bucket all the way forward. Plant it on the pavement, continue to move it lower and use it's leverage to move the vehicle. If necessary, pivot the bucket left or right to shift the vehicle in the opposite direction. Dumba$$.

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 08:29 | 835349 margaris
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Makes sense to me!

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 23:09 | 834991 bullet357
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This video show just a little of what really goes on....I was unloading in the Brooklyn NY market and saw the same shit times 10 in less than 2hrs....they even had a Mack tow truck to haul the tore up cars away.  I saw what happens when a person parks in a loading zone.  Trucks just push'em out of the zone with a few hits.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:57 | 834893 palmereldritch
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Snowman's land

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:52 | 834888 ReeferMac
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LOL!  I used to walk to school through deeper snow than that!

Idiots never learn... It's funny to watch southerner's and downstaters the first time they get whacked w/ snow. If you don't know how to drive, just don't go out in it! Time to short Allstate! LOL!

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 00:16 | 835072 Creepy Lurker
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+1 From someone who grew up in Michigan. Been driving in that (and worse) since I was a teenager. Bet whoever junked you is a Californian. LOL!

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:33 | 834858 no cnbc cretin
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Stupid video, stupid comparison.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:17 | 834831 blindman
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no one on the street with a shovel.  strolling, walking dog,

yelling and video but no shovels.  the side walk was clean.

that snow removal vehicle, is that a new design?  the van can be repaired.

the road must be clear for modern transportation.  right.

if at 4 pm someone needs an ambulance and the road isn't clear they

will find a lawyer and sue the city.  if the road is congested with vehicles

on both sides of the street and snow removal destroys the vehicles

well, so what. 

the city wasn't designed for the year 2010 and two feet of snow.

neither was that suv which might be illegally parked and snowed in.

and no one wants any rules that need be respected.  so, there ya go.

and still, no shovels in the video. 

i think they collect the snow up in containers and dump it in the river.

seems like a waste of good snow.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:23 | 834841 Judge Fedd
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Blindman have you ever been to NY? People who live in NYC don't own shovels.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:28 | 834853 blindman
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yes and when i go i always bring my own shovel.

just kidding, but they should think about getting some.

can you tell if that car is legally parked?  don't they

have some kind of alternate side of the street parking

system for just such an occasion as this.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:33 | 834861 knukles
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Fuck no.  Everybody was supposed to drive their cars over to Jersey on the Snow Evacuation Route for a better parking spot.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:33 | 834859 Judge Fedd
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Alternative side of the street parking gets suspended in snowstorms, it's just a scam anyway for the city to generate parking tickets. Most people in NYC rent and the landlord is responsible for shoveling the snow. Most "supers" manage multiple buildings so they aren't usually on site for too long. NYC apartments are pretty small, most people wouldn't have anywhere to store a shovel if they actually had one.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:40 | 834871 blindman
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the people who have vehicles, do they pay someone

with a shovel to dig them out?  can they rent a shovel

somewhere?  they probably pay the super or some guy

on the street who cleans up with his shovel. ?

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:48 | 834881 Judge Fedd
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Yes, there is a union just for digging cars out of the snow, I keed.

Most people wait until the snow melts, some dig out. You only really need to use your car if you're leaving the city.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:15 | 834830 A Nanny Moose
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A tow truck...to pull a tractor out of the snow.... <2x facepalm>

Used wisely, that little bucket on the front does wonders for your mobility. Instead of summer vacation, we need to send kids to work on farms. No TV. No rescues or pizzas in 30 minutes or less. Just you, your mind, and a million and one ways to accidentally chop yourself into little pieces...and a few farm animals that would just as soon kick you in the head.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:57 | 834895 billhilly
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Best comment in days!

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 09:56 | 835437 done with them all
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I agree, humans seem to get dumber by the day

 

 

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:13 | 834824 Shameful
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So did they bill the SUV owner for inconveniencing them?

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 20:46 | 834768 WTF2
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WTF2, 3  and  4

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 20:39 | 834762 Harbourcity
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Anyone else notice that nobody attempted to stop them... they just yelled and filmed.

 

This is also main street at it's best.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:20 | 834835 Judge Fedd
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You can bet that the police would have shown up just to arrest the people trying to stop these idiots.

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 02:06 | 835172 StychoKiller
Wed, 12/29/2010 - 08:16 | 835345 breezer1
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it will get much worse as police and fire get laid off and pensions dry up. 

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 21:00 | 834800 virgule
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Exactly. The two drivers obviously lacked snow skills and general competency.

But they were also the two little guys tasked to clear the road for everyone else, including for the observers and film makers. Somehow these two little guys get the full blame for every one elses incompetence (in putting them there) or lack of participation in the resolution of the problem (to help them get their vehicles into a better position).

Quite sad.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 19:47 | 834682 covert
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just like the real thing.

http://covert2.wordpress.com

 

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 19:42 | 834675 knukles
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Nobodies frum duh gubamin't or duh bankahs falt.  Fukin' snowed asshole.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 19:29 | 834656 binky
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You can tell Bernanke and Geithner did not really work on that job because all earth other than the too big to fail banks is not completely scorched.

 

Just wait until after a couple more snowstorms have come and gone.

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 00:19 | 835076 Saxxon
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Getting closer to people getting capped.  Then clowns like that won't even show up for work, and cities will grind to a halt.

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 03:48 | 835225 MayIMommaDogFac...
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Then clowns like that won't even show up for work, and cities will grind to a halt.

1000 guys like him and cities will grind to a halt if they DO show up for work.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 19:28 | 834652 Dagny Taggart
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This is the "real" reality TV. How sad we have to get our kicks laughing at the ineptness of the government we all put in office. Is this one of those "shovel ready projects?"

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 19:25 | 834643 greenewave
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We are NOW in a Houseless, Jobless RECOVERY according to the CROOKS on WALL STREET!! It’s such a FRIGGIN TERRIFIC RECOVERY watch the YouTube video “Jobless..Houseless..Recovery. Let’s Celebrate!” at (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNY96ovxy2o).

Anonymous-

This guy? is kinda! like a love child from Peter Schiff & Max Keiser!

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 20:04 | 834721 Waterfallsparkles
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Market going up with all of the suffering in the Us is a slap in the face to the average American.  This video shows the resentment.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 19:23 | 834637 TobyJones
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I thought I read that the suv was also owned by the city.  Just add it to the cost of getting things unstuck.  Just take it to your brother in laws body shop in NJ for repairs.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 19:19 | 834631 Stuck on Zero
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Clearly a better economic stumulus than a broken window!

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 19:22 | 834640 cosmictrainwreck
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+3.14159.... and the guys just say "oops" or "WTF ya wan' us ta do? fucker was in the way"

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 19:12 | 834622 Mitchman
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Just another day in Michael Bloomberg's New York City.

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 22:34 | 834949 Careless Whisper
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that's right. and the owner of the white explorer will be issued a $200 ticket for parking on the sidewalk.

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 09:27 | 835405 Confused
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Brilliant. Thats sums up NY, as much as it pains me to say. Because we know the cops there are just on Revenue Patrol. 

Tue, 12/28/2010 - 19:06 | 834607 Millivanilli
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That video is the epitome of what government has become.   If stupidity were painful, both those clowns would have rusty nails in their eyeballs.

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