To: TobagoJack who wrote (51105 ) 6/9/2009 1:19:45 AM From: Taikun Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 218650 TJ Good dinner at the Cambridge World Resource Conf. (aka Gold Show) in Vancouver last nightcambridgehouse.ca Held at the new Vancouver Convention Ctr, vancouverconventioncentre.com ...strategically built to snub noses at higher value bidders like luxury waterfront hotels (who needs 'em), and in the process putting inland, more practical convention centers built on cheaper land like Tokyo's Makuhari and Hannover Messe to shame because of its prime location that only our gov't figured we the people could afford (sticker price $495 million, but on 'sale' to BC gov't...errr..'us' for $900 million)www2.canada.com Hey, that grass on the roof ain't cheap! So, we had to be one of the first groups to dine in the wrap around glass lounge perched atop Vancouver Harbor with 270 degree view of ocean and mountains. vancouverconventioncentre.com Therefore, as the sun set through the glass windows to the West and Alaska bound Cruise ships departed literally under our tables we sipped our Chardonnay and listened to Rick Rule, Paul Van Eeden, David Coffin, Mike Barry dissect government lies as we dissected our dinners. (No diners required the Heimlich Maneuver to dislodge their steak when they were repeatedly told the end is nigh, a seasoned group you might say.) Doug Casey figures we're at the beginning of 2nd inning of the greater depression in which gov't intervention, more regulation and higher taxes will make it virtually unbearable for most in the West, though Asia will fare better. Doug claims Argentina and Thailand are great escape targets once forex controls and export of gold is controlled in 2-3yrs in the US (and Canada he reckons). Casey still likes his physical gold. I was left thinking who knows where you store that safely in the two aforementioned countries.