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To: Zardoz who wrote (54186)	6/13/2000 11:09:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116762

<<ANTI American, American I've ever seen. >> Far from it, just pro truth! Hedges have been greatly reduced! That has nothing to do with how I feel about my country - which I love, It's which the government I fear.

To: Zardoz who wrote (54186)	6/13/2000 11:18:00 AM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 116762

< Notice that since hedges have been reduced, that the volatility of gold has as well, and thus your oppertunities?> Lower vol, lower risk... pile in my friend! DAK

To: Zardoz who wrote (54186)	6/13/2000 11:18:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116762

you too, a dose of truth. key quote: >Franco-Nevada is the leading precious metals royalty >company and the fifth largest gold company in the >world by market capitalization. The company has high >margin profit producing properties and royalty >interests in the world's major gold camps plus a >total royalty portfolio spanning five million acres >in six countries. Franco-Nevada has a proven track >record of growing profits, is completely unhedged >and remains cash rich and debt-free.

To: Zardoz who wrote (54186)	6/13/2000 11:19:00 AM
From: Rarebird	Respond to of 116762

OT: I just want to point out that some of the greatest Americans were extremely mistrustful of their government, such as the Great New England Transcendentalists, such as Thoreau, Emerson, Alcot, Channing, Fuller. In the case of the Great Henry David Thoreau, who even went to prison to protest taxes, there was no darker more tragic insightful American!

To: Zardoz who wrote (54186)	6/13/2000 11:21:00 AM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 116762

<You got to be the most ANTI American, American I've ever seen.> Don't let your politics get in the way of your investment decisions! dAK

To: Zardoz who wrote (54186)	6/13/2000 11:24:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116762

OT "The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may be justly pronounced as the very definition of tyranny." James Madison, Federalist Papers #47

To: Zardoz who wrote (54186)	6/29/2000 10:52:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116762

OT re: Your quote "You got to be the most ANTI American, American I've ever seen." Got this thought of the prior exchange & understood you may not have the full history of what makes a "good American". A "Good American" always fights wrong - no matter the cost. "Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot about what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't fight just the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought our own government! Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday, and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid. Remember: freedom is never free! I hope you will show your support by please sending this to as many people as you can. It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games. The doorway to freedom is framed in muskets! Happy Fourth of July!