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September 22, 2009 at 1:01 PM in reply to: “White House collects Web users’ data without notice” #460346September 22, 2009 at 1:01 PM in reply to: “White House collects Web users’ data without notice” #460686
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ParticipantThe only two major options for affecting what our leaders do is voting them in or out of office, or taking to the streets in armed mobs. A third option is economic, but there is only so much corpor-rat crap we can refuse to buy… gotta eat and drive to work, after all.
And if our vote is rigged and gamed, and we are never presented with any but corporately-approved candidates, what options does that leave us?
*I* do not accept the ‘guilt’ of which the Commondreams article speaks. *I* did not back the Iraq war. I did the peaceful First Amendment protest thing throughout. See how much good that did. And what would Commondreams have had me do??
September 22, 2009 at 1:01 PM in reply to: “White House collects Web users’ data without notice” #460759ParticipantThe only two major options for affecting what our leaders do is voting them in or out of office, or taking to the streets in armed mobs. A third option is economic, but there is only so much corpor-rat crap we can refuse to buy… gotta eat and drive to work, after all.
And if our vote is rigged and gamed, and we are never presented with any but corporately-approved candidates, what options does that leave us?
*I* do not accept the ‘guilt’ of which the Commondreams article speaks. *I* did not back the Iraq war. I did the peaceful First Amendment protest thing throughout. See how much good that did. And what would Commondreams have had me do??
September 22, 2009 at 1:01 PM in reply to: “White House collects Web users’ data without notice” #460960ParticipantThe only two major options for affecting what our leaders do is voting them in or out of office, or taking to the streets in armed mobs. A third option is economic, but there is only so much corpor-rat crap we can refuse to buy… gotta eat and drive to work, after all.
And if our vote is rigged and gamed, and we are never presented with any but corporately-approved candidates, what options does that leave us?
*I* do not accept the ‘guilt’ of which the Commondreams article speaks. *I* did not back the Iraq war. I did the peaceful First Amendment protest thing throughout. See how much good that did. And what would Commondreams have had me do??
ParticipantCongrats Ox.
When I buy, I’m planning to go through my credit union; won’t even look at a zombie bank.
ParticipantCongrats Ox.
When I buy, I’m planning to go through my credit union; won’t even look at a zombie bank.
ParticipantCongrats Ox.
When I buy, I’m planning to go through my credit union; won’t even look at a zombie bank.
ParticipantCongrats Ox.
When I buy, I’m planning to go through my credit union; won’t even look at a zombie bank.
ParticipantCongrats Ox.
When I buy, I’m planning to go through my credit union; won’t even look at a zombie bank.
ParticipantI just have to say, I got huge deja vu earlier this year when all the “buy gold, it’s such a good investment” ads hit CNN. It took me right back to the early ’80’s, which was the last time I saw a media-led gold buying frenzy. This was about the time that gold had hit $1000/ounce. Shortly thereafter, when Volcker had wrung the larger portion of price inflation out of the economy, the price of gold plummeted.
Wish I had been a bit more diligent in the Clinton years, when it was sub-$300 during the .com boom. Yow! That was the time to buy gold!
So when I saw these kinds of ads pop up again this year, I thought to myself, “hmmm, ‘they’ (the big players) must be thinking gold’s at a top and want to offload it onto as many suckers as they can.”
FWIW, when I crunch the gov’s CPI data on that $1000/oz over the intervening years, I come up with a figure of $2369/oz equivalent to today’s buying dollars.
ParticipantI just have to say, I got huge deja vu earlier this year when all the “buy gold, it’s such a good investment” ads hit CNN. It took me right back to the early ’80’s, which was the last time I saw a media-led gold buying frenzy. This was about the time that gold had hit $1000/ounce. Shortly thereafter, when Volcker had wrung the larger portion of price inflation out of the economy, the price of gold plummeted.
Wish I had been a bit more diligent in the Clinton years, when it was sub-$300 during the .com boom. Yow! That was the time to buy gold!
So when I saw these kinds of ads pop up again this year, I thought to myself, “hmmm, ‘they’ (the big players) must be thinking gold’s at a top and want to offload it onto as many suckers as they can.”
FWIW, when I crunch the gov’s CPI data on that $1000/oz over the intervening years, I come up with a figure of $2369/oz equivalent to today’s buying dollars.
ParticipantI just have to say, I got huge deja vu earlier this year when all the “buy gold, it’s such a good investment” ads hit CNN. It took me right back to the early ’80’s, which was the last time I saw a media-led gold buying frenzy. This was about the time that gold had hit $1000/ounce. Shortly thereafter, when Volcker had wrung the larger portion of price inflation out of the economy, the price of gold plummeted.
Wish I had been a bit more diligent in the Clinton years, when it was sub-$300 during the .com boom. Yow! That was the time to buy gold!
So when I saw these kinds of ads pop up again this year, I thought to myself, “hmmm, ‘they’ (the big players) must be thinking gold’s at a top and want to offload it onto as many suckers as they can.”
FWIW, when I crunch the gov’s CPI data on that $1000/oz over the intervening years, I come up with a figure of $2369/oz equivalent to today’s buying dollars.
ParticipantI just have to say, I got huge deja vu earlier this year when all the “buy gold, it’s such a good investment” ads hit CNN. It took me right back to the early ’80’s, which was the last time I saw a media-led gold buying frenzy. This was about the time that gold had hit $1000/ounce. Shortly thereafter, when Volcker had wrung the larger portion of price inflation out of the economy, the price of gold plummeted.
Wish I had been a bit more diligent in the Clinton years, when it was sub-$300 during the .com boom. Yow! That was the time to buy gold!
So when I saw these kinds of ads pop up again this year, I thought to myself, “hmmm, ‘they’ (the big players) must be thinking gold’s at a top and want to offload it onto as many suckers as they can.”
FWIW, when I crunch the gov’s CPI data on that $1000/oz over the intervening years, I come up with a figure of $2369/oz equivalent to today’s buying dollars.
ParticipantI just have to say, I got huge deja vu earlier this year when all the “buy gold, it’s such a good investment” ads hit CNN. It took me right back to the early ’80’s, which was the last time I saw a media-led gold buying frenzy. This was about the time that gold had hit $1000/ounce. Shortly thereafter, when Volcker had wrung the larger portion of price inflation out of the economy, the price of gold plummeted.
Wish I had been a bit more diligent in the Clinton years, when it was sub-$300 during the .com boom. Yow! That was the time to buy gold!
So when I saw these kinds of ads pop up again this year, I thought to myself, “hmmm, ‘they’ (the big players) must be thinking gold’s at a top and want to offload it onto as many suckers as they can.”
FWIW, when I crunch the gov’s CPI data on that $1000/oz over the intervening years, I come up with a figure of $2369/oz equivalent to today’s buying dollars.
ParticipantHoldren: see also Wikipedia article.
sd_matt, is that where you got the quote?
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