Cartoon: Ron Paul 2012 "Electable"
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that is great
GunnyFreedom
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LMAO! love it!
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Why does Bernanke have a yarmulke? To say he is a jew?
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No it's a reference to his nickname 'helicopter Ben'.
https://www.google.com/search?q=helicopter+ben&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X
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I don't doubt that, but why is the headgear a yarmulke? Because he is jewish. It is quite clearly a yarmulke. There was no need for it.
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The corporate guy holding the puppet media cracked me up.
Bernanke's caricature makes me nervous
I liked the video, thought it was cute. However, and I'm saying this honestly, the caricature of Bernanke makes me nervous as a Jew. It seemed obvious to me that they were making him look extra-Jewish with a chassidish beard and a yarmulke with a propeller.
One thing I fear is that people will start blaming Jews for screwing up the monetary system because Greenspan and Bernanke are both Jewish.
I pray that this doesn't happen, but I'm a little scared of it. Is this warranted? Please reassure me that it isn't.
I liked the video, thought it was cute. However, and I'm saying this honestly, the caricature of Bernanke makes me nervous as a Jew. It seemed obvious to me that they were making him look extra-Jewish with a chassidish beard and a yarmulke with a propeller.
One thing I fear is that people will start blaming Jews for screwing up the monetary system because Greenspan and Bernanke are both Jewish.
I pray that this doesn't happen, but I'm a little scared of it. Is this warranted? Please reassure me that it isn't.
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I honestly never got any such impression. The propeller beanie is just kind of a "nerd" thing in the US. I didn't even make the "helicopter Ben" connection, I just thought they were trying to call him a nerd.
I think I can see how it might be misconstrued now that you describe it, but none of that ever occurred to me until you did.
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I feel you're stretching his popular nickname into a completely different hat.
There were many different "bad guys" portrayed in the cartoon, it wasn't a bunch of Jews in yarmulkes...
Your average businessman is not responsible for the corporatism.
Your average Jew is not responsible for the Federal Reserve.
Your average news caster is not responsible for the propaganda.
I don't know what the future holds, it's what we make of it.
There were many different "bad guys" portrayed in the cartoon, it wasn't a bunch of Jews in yarmulkes...
Your average businessman is not responsible for the corporatism.
Your average Jew is not responsible for the Federal Reserve.
Your average news caster is not responsible for the propaganda.
I don't know what the future holds, it's what we make of it.
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Fair enough. Point made. I just kind have to say where I'm coming from as a Jew. I'm guess I'm reading it wrong. I enjoyed the cartoon besides that point, I guess it just rubbed me the wrong way a little bit. Not a big deal. I probably shouldn't have hyperfocused on that. My apologies.
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I understand why. I am certain it was unintentional, but the broad strokes bore a resemblance to some 1940's propaganda we've all seen. The passing resemblance strikes a deep chord in the subconscience. I am positive it was not intentional, and it didn't even hit me at all, but I am glad we have people like you and Rafi around to point it out when people overlook something, so it can be fixed before it goes mainstream.
Having this kind of input where we can eliminate the unintended offense before it gets sent out to millions of viewers, could prevent a bunch of objections.
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Looks like helicopter hats were once similar to tin foil hats as a type. I looked up the actual history to see if Jewish people invented it. Nope. Also looks like beenie hats were popular in the middle ages if you read the rest of the article.
In the late 1940s, science fiction fanzine artist Ray Nelson (himself still in high school) adopted the use of the propeller beanie as emblematic shorthand for science fiction fandom, in self-mockery of the popular image of fans as childish and concerned with ephemera (i.e., science fiction); references to it are ironically now used to identify old-fashioned fans, as opposed to more modern fans of media SF. The propeller beanie increased in popular use through comics, and eventually made its way onto the character of Beany Boy of "Beany and Cecil." Today, computer savvy and other technically proficient people are sometimes pejoratively referred to as propellerheads thanks to the one-time popularity of the propeller beanie.[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beanie
In the late 1940s, science fiction fanzine artist Ray Nelson (himself still in high school) adopted the use of the propeller beanie as emblematic shorthand for science fiction fandom, in self-mockery of the popular image of fans as childish and concerned with ephemera (i.e., science fiction); references to it are ironically now used to identify old-fashioned fans, as opposed to more modern fans of media SF. The propeller beanie increased in popular use through comics, and eventually made its way onto the character of Beany Boy of "Beany and Cecil." Today, computer savvy and other technically proficient people are sometimes pejoratively referred to as propellerheads thanks to the one-time popularity of the propeller beanie.[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beanie
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The Helicopter beane is reference to this:
In 2002, following coverage of concerns about deflation in the business news, Bernanke gave a speech about the topic.[50] In that speech, he mentioned that the government in a fiat money system owns the physical means of creating money. Control of the means of production for money implies that the government can always avoid deflation by simply issuing more money. He said "The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at no cost." (He referred to a statement made by Milton Friedman about using a "helicopter drop" of money into the economy to fight deflation.) Bernanke's critics have since referred to him as "Helicopter Ben" or to his "helicopter printing press." In a footnote to his speech, Bernanke noted that "people know that inflation erodes the real value of the government's debt and, therefore, that it is in the interest of the government to create some inflation."[50] For example, while Greenspan publicly supported President Clinton's deficit reduction plan and the Bush tax cuts, Bernanke, when questioned about taxation policy, said that it was none of his business, his exclusive remit being monetary policy, and said that fiscal policy and wider society related issues were what politicians were for and got elected for. But Bernanke has been identified by the Wall Street Journal and a close colleague as a "libertarian-Republican" in the mold of Alan Greenspan.[46]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernanke
They are either called copter beanies or propeller beanies.
In 2002, following coverage of concerns about deflation in the business news, Bernanke gave a speech about the topic.[50] In that speech, he mentioned that the government in a fiat money system owns the physical means of creating money. Control of the means of production for money implies that the government can always avoid deflation by simply issuing more money. He said "The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at no cost." (He referred to a statement made by Milton Friedman about using a "helicopter drop" of money into the economy to fight deflation.) Bernanke's critics have since referred to him as "Helicopter Ben" or to his "helicopter printing press." In a footnote to his speech, Bernanke noted that "people know that inflation erodes the real value of the government's debt and, therefore, that it is in the interest of the government to create some inflation."[50] For example, while Greenspan publicly supported President Clinton's deficit reduction plan and the Bush tax cuts, Bernanke, when questioned about taxation policy, said that it was none of his business, his exclusive remit being monetary policy, and said that fiscal policy and wider society related issues were what politicians were for and got elected for. But Bernanke has been identified by the Wall Street Journal and a close colleague as a "libertarian-Republican" in the mold of Alan Greenspan.[46]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernanke
They are either called copter beanies or propeller beanies.
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I (as the guy that did the animation) never intended it to look like a yarmulke...it was one more humorous prop to stick in there...I was going for silly humour not bashing.
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