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To: Moominoid who wrote (54597)	8/10/2006 12:37:59 PM
From: shades	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Some things to consider: You seem obsessed with a collapse of law and order. Incorrect moo - and I thought all our posts from BBR and beyond was making an impact. I have argued since post 1 with the dear general there are better investments than gold to beat inflation - namely oil and energy and that is where I have a lot of my wealth. People like Elroy and chen and others would say yah but you can't tote a barrel of oil with you to pay off a corrupt military guy to escape the country - so on that basis I should go buy gold that I can tote in a backpack - its portability made it the better store of value - if anything it is them obsessed with collapse - Chen says he is counting on it - and I keep asking him and elroy and others if things get that bad for me in clearwater fla that I got to have gold as a portable store of value - there will be much bigger issues and where should I flee too - met with silence. The first thing the goldlovers are thinking about though is just plain old inflation. There are much better investments and trading systems with various investments than buy and hold shiny metal - I already proved that here - do you dispute the results? Message 22639282 Precious metals didn't even make the top 10. To deal with the latter you need to spread your gold around the world and leave current location when things get tough. Be a coward moo and FLEE - george washington tucked tail and ran - that is why we have the USA today - bunch of cowards running away like chickens seeking havens. Chens grandpa didn't flee - he went to jail with lice covered assassins. My father's family went through both in the first half of the 20th century. If they just invested in German land and stocks I likely wouldn't be here :) I don't know MOO - call me crazy - I just don't see masses of men getting sent off in trains from clearwater fl to go work in the coal mines for thugs - but if I ever start to feel like that perhaps your meme will start having meaning to me - but right now it seems very silly to me from where I sit. Its like you and the general are saying Gold will protect me from the evils of corrupt peoples - it won't - the price of freedom is eternal vigilance - we didn't need gold to stop from getting into this housing bubble - all we needed were laws that were respected and enforced - but just like that china housing bubble - no one really did - if the token of exchange had been gold or seashells - that doesn't stop crooks - the rest of us keeping alert and turning off fear factor is what stops them - leiberman just lost because some people got off thier ass and voted - didn't have to shoot anyone for a regime change - crazy eh?