Posted on 03/17/2009 4:31:22 AM PDT by AJMCQ
Tim Geithner is now the United States 75th Secretary of Treasury and after about a month in office he's already being called incompetent and an improper selection for treasury head by many.
Before passing judgments against Mr. Geithner myself, I wanted to find out a little bit more about who he is and where he came from. So, you like I should be informed, and compliments of the Wall Street Journal please read this brief biography of Mr. Geithner before you continue on.
Now that you know a little bit more about Timothy Geithner, let's take a look at some of the criticism being thrown his way after only a month in office:
1. The UK say's Geithner's rescue plan is filled with holes
2. The US say's Geithner is the wrong man for the job
3. Prominent Bloggers are calling for his head
4. Prominent Economists are calling for his head
5. He is continuing to receive criticism for not paying his taxes properly
After reading his biography and some of the criticism against Mr. Geithner, you, like I, may be wondering why Barack Obama appointed him. This week I decided to take that one step further and find out. My reasons were simple; I couldn't understand why a man in such a powerful position would be so widely criticized after only a few weeks in office. However, after the passage of the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the unveiling of Geithner's bank rescue plan something just didn't feel right. But, in fairness, before passing judgment, I needed to know more.
(Excerpt) Read more at commoditynewscenter.com ...
BTTT
Don’t forget to hold responsible the spineless GOP senators who voted for this tax cheat.
ping - later reading
Very interesting theory by James Bibbings. Thanks for posting.
Geithner is the smartest man in the room, as long as he is standing in a very small closet.
Thanks for identifying the book in the puppet’s hand, Diogenesis. Very interesting.
I just saved a bunch of money on my con-game by switching to Geithner. /commercial sarcasm
“...Another odd point on this is that Geithner became Under Secretary to Rubin during Clinton’s first term, Geithner is now 47 years old. How old would that have made him when he was appointed? Potentially 25?...”
This doesn’t help the author’s resume as a commodities trader. Don’t you have to be “good with numbers”?
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We were told a month or two ago that this was the ONLY man on earth that was capable to do the job and they he was the ONLY person that understood the bailout. What a frickin’ joke Washington DC has become in recent years. Disgusting.
The author of the article said...
So without further delay, after doing my research, I believe that Timothy Geithner may have been placed into the Treasury position, namely by forces within Citigroup (and potentially other large US banks), non-us based sovereign wealth funds, and their collective influence over the political system rather than on his actual qualifications. I believe that this is possible based on the information that I will lay out for you in the following paragraphs. Each of these groups could have potentially needed Geithner in power because they all would have wanted to ensure federal bailout funds continue to flow into their banks in order to ensure they were not left to collapse or be nationalized.
This would make it appear that Obama is a *very weak President* and not really a strong President with definite ideas on how to carry out his goals... Of course, he’s aided and abetted by the Democrat Congress, which will make up for that huge weakness in Obama, in getting certain legislative goals accomplished...
The co-called “GOP” are spineless, STUPID (for believing the hype that turbotax tim was the Great White Hope) - or COMPLICIT in this whole sordid pile of slugs
http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp/EntityDisplay.php?Entity=FordFound
http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp/EntityDisplay.php?Entity=SorosG
It’s like the *Kevin Bacon* game. You can easily make the connection.
http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp/EntityDisplay.php?Entity=CarnegieCorp
http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp/EntityDisplay.php?Entity=ClintonGlobIni
I’m not one to defend Geithner, but this article quickly descends into tinfoil hat territory, and the author seems to think that nationalization and government micromanagement of banks is a GOOD thing.
Turbo Tax Timmy’s father, Peter was a bigwig in the Ford Foundation, and President Teleprompter’s mom worked on micro-bank projects for the Ford Foundation in Indonesia and other turd-world countries.
Before this is through, we are going to need a huge reset button for the entire DC crowd, including Congress.
“Tim Geithner’s father, Peter, oversaw the Ford Foundation’s micro finance program which was implemented in Indonesia during the 1980’s. Barack Obama’s mother, Ann Dunham, was involved in that same micro finance program from the Indonesian side.”
Another piece of weird mystery about 0bama’s mother. There’s more to the “woman from Kansas” than meets the eye.
“...the author seems to think that nationalization and government micromanagement of banks is a GOOD thing.”
I noticed that too.
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