Rick Perry Accuses the Federal Reserve of Treason

(somewhere in Iowa; August 15, 2011)

additional commentary by Timothy Horrigan; August 15, 2011

Here is some truly bizarre video from Presidential hopeful Rick Perry, courtesy of ThinkProgress.  He didn't say anything this wild in New Hampshire. He accuses the Federal Reserve of treason and calls for the execution of Fed chair Ben Bernanke.  This threat comes from a Governor who has executed over 200 inmates, not all of them guilty.

By the way, in case, you are wondering, the reason why increasing the money supply is risky is because it drives up interest rates.  Interest rates (except on credit cards, which are unsecured loans made to people who don't have much money) are near zero.  Some commodities (e.g., oil and certain foodstuffs) are going up in price because of supply issues, but there is no monetary inflation.

"Perry threatens Bernanke"

Original URL: http://youtu.be/pZ6BCWjX04A


See Also:

• August 16, 2011 New York Times article: "Perry Links Federal Reserve Policies and Treason"

• August 15, 2011 ThinkProgress blog post: "I Dunno What Y’All Would Do To Him In Iowa But We Would Treat Him Pretty Ugly Down In Texas"

• Gov. Perry's August 13, 2011 campaign announcement

• Gov. Perry's November 9, 2011 "Oops!" moment

• Gov. Perry's bigoted December 2011 ads

• Perry's very animated October 28 & November 30, 2011 New Hampshire speeches

• January 7, 2012 Southern California Public Radio story: "Was Rick Perry actually drunk? A computer says it knows" (USC professor Shri Narayanan's computer says Perry was probably sober.)

• August 16, 2011 gaffe: Michele Bachmann celebrates Elvis's death

• My 2011 legislative session page

• My 2012 election page

• August 2011 letters about State Rep. Bob Perry, who is no relation to Rick.

• Rick Perry's book On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For

• My novel, The Forgotten Liars