Who will * name to head the FED since Greenspan is leaving.....

[Historic NY]

on Jan 31. He has no intention of staying on beyond the end of his term. There is already worry with the markets since tims is getting short and no replacement has been named. I think he is leaving just in time, before the pending implosion.

[donheld]

1. Knowing * he'll appoint Ken Lay

:crazy::crazy::crazy:

[sam sarrha]

2. probably be someone worse than Brownie..

[sam sarrha]

3. Brownie is looking for a another job...

[ribrepin]

17. Brownie would be a superb pick

Brownie--it's not my fault.

[dorktv]

4. Me. I know it is a surprise but Bush said he needed someone

with no experience and was from the other party so if I messed up he could blame the Dems.

[Mabus]

5. Joseph Berardino

former Arthur Andersen CEO.

[ladylibertee]

6. I hear they may be having a career fair at an Elementary School

[SammyBlue]

7. One of his unqualified Frat buddies

Drinky MeSnortsalot or Raping McRoofiedick.

Anyway, you know they will have a job in gravel maintainence or shit shovelling instead of actually knows about an economy, like HHS Security Thompson, Brownie, Chertoff, Ridge and their Boss.

on edit: I am a Frat Boy. . .alumni member of Sigma Alpha Mu and a member of the legal fraterntiy Phi Alpha Delta.

So I know what I'm talking about.

[Sadie5]

9. My guess is

now that Mitch Daniels has screwed up Indiana so badly that he will go back to Washington to help out his old buddy ****.

[Carla in Ca]

8. Prince Bandar is just about the only one left

that hasn't been given a job yet. Or maybe a Bin Laden relative.

[Historic NY]

10. Charles Ponzi...........

http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/ponzi/

[driver8]

11. One of his daughters -- they aren't doing anything. n/t

[Selteri]

12. I predict Brown

After all he did a 'good job' with FEMA. *sarcasm* (I hope)

Prolly Condi, Baker or another member of the inner circle.

[IndyJones]

13. DeLay may be available. He has some finance experience.

[Dr.Phool]

14. How about my step-son?

He spent 3 drunken years in a frat house. And he works in a bank.

[The Unknown Derelict]

15. Carrot Top

[elsiesummers]

16. Seriously, I read it'll probably be Ben Bernanke (sp?)

He's the one who became famous for the often quoted line "we have a printing press and we know how to use it" referring to the Fed's ability to fight deflation. (Don't we just wish that deflation was the problem, now?)

An aside, beggining to think the bond vigilantes (like Mogombo and Fleckenstein) had it right all along, that deflation was never a problem/issue because inflation was already here but not reflected in core CPI since it skips food and energy and doesn't accurately reflect home ownership costs.