To: H James Morris who wrote (149320 ) 10/28/2002 12:00:39 PM From: Jim Willie CB Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 164684 y'betcha, JimWillie is not only a goldbug, but a jackass a student of historical manias of Kondratieff Cycles of the history of money and unbacked currency of the paper vs hard asset ebb & flow cycle of world reserves and destructive substitutes of central bank manipulation of markets (and subsequent failure) get ready for a serious banking and currency crisis compliments of the US Federal Reserve, Dept of Treasury, and all Central Banks in the Western World the next decade will be all about Asia and their emerging economic powerhouses the greatest transfer of continental wealth has taken place right under your noses from 1980 to now, we have allowed Asia to become the mfg base for our proligate spending from 1994 to 2002, we have sold them 40% of combined central bank gold AT THE LOWS the next big surprise will be the rally of the Japanese Yen at the expense of the USdollar bringing the great crush to the Ostrich-like masses sell or die the chief weapons employed by the new Triad (AlQaeda, Soddomy, HezBollah) will be financial, with GOLD at its center our greatest vulnerability is not with our bridges, our buildings, our military IT IS WITH OUR CURRENCY AND OUR FINANCIAL MARKETS, AND BLOATED REAL ESTATEBUT MOST OF ALL, OUR ACHILLES HEEL IS OUR DEBTS / jim p.s. the next big DotCom-like stratospheric stocks will be junior gold miners, with gains of 40-fold being common it will happen when financial markets are shaken, in particular when the Bond Bubbles busts (early stages now), when economies begin a recession led by cars/housing, and currencies are debased beyond description