Ben Bernanke = Time's Person of the Year (?!)

Dec 16, 2009 at 1:19 PM

By Aaron Ricks

A bald man with a gray beard and tired eyes is sitting in his oversize Washington office, talking about the economy. He doesn't have a commanding presence. He isn't a mesmerizing speaker. He has none of the look-at-me swagger or listen-to-me charisma so common among men with oversize Washington offices. His arguments aren't partisan or ideological; they're methodical, grounded in data and the latest academic literature.

Wait. Is this article still talking about Ben Bernanke? You better believe it is. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has now been invited into a prestigious group of individuals ranging from terrible despots like Adolf Hitler (1938) and Joseph Stalin (1939 AND 1942) to freedom fighters like Ghandi (1930), Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963), and Hungarian Rebels (1956).

Oh, and George W. Bush made the cut in 2000. In conclusion, I'm just not exactly sure who Bernanke is more aligned with... Stalin or Ghandi?

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he sure does have a great beard though...

Submitted by Luke Walker on December 16, 2009.

Ben Bernanke's beard is the Tom Selleck's moustache of beards.

Submitted by David Hoyt on December 16, 2009.

A GREAT BIG BUSHY BEARD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvElQlGgPcs

Submitted by Bonnie Kristian on December 16, 2009.

This is how you know we live in a Satanic world (for the time being)... when psychopathic, greed-warped, super-criminals like this get awards and honors instead of multiple life sentences or perhaps execution for high treason? This type of shit makes me laugh, but what makes me laugh even more is that these parasites are losing their power more and more by the day. The days of paper money and all this other bullshit are over. I don't know how they sleep at night... but that's NOT my problem.

God bless all you patriots out there! Much love from sunny Arizona!

Sal

http://www.google.com/profiles/salvadorrusso

Submitted by Salvador Russo (not verified) on December 16, 2009.

O ok. Now I must re-look at my economy paradigm now with TIME putting Ben Bernanke as the man of the year. Sure... Right.... good ole Ben is man of the year. That is if Time couldn't find anyone worthy of the award. So they went to the worst possible person they could possibly discern from the cluster mess that is the economy. You know like reverse psychology. What is this AMATEUR HOUR??!!