All you can lose is the $36 and you have a constant reminder of our basic belief. Also good PR. Someone else might see this shining example and say what is that and that gives you a wide opening for some enlightening conversation.

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The cumulative debt of the 11 members of the EU?

I just fail to see how a left leaning, socialist group of countries with similar deficit spending practices and ( I'll be interested to find this one out as an exact number ) some debt are going to take over as the worlds reserve currency. It is especially interesting to hear how they are going to do this with the Chinese who are so far from a free market society that it is laughable.

The US is the worlds reserve currency for a number of reasons, one of them is our status as a superpower. Another is our unmatched ability to deploy technology to create incredible efficiencies. As regulated as we are we are unregulated compared to Europe, ever try doing business there?

Anyway, I know we are in debt. I know that it easily exceeds our GDP and the day of reckoning is coming quickly and will be hastened by Y2K. But, all of that aside, I just don't see Europe rising to lead the way.

The EU GDP and outstanding Debt numbers would say a lot about this situation.

Will

Europe , a citizen of which I am , will be a failure.

We will witness a shift of reserves in favor of the EURO but when investors will realize that Europe is an economic failure waiting to happen they will have no alternative but to buy GOLD.

I fully expect that GOLD won't be on sale at the time by FDR type laws. So , I DIG.

Is the silver market bad, or is there a problem with the company?

http://www.WorldNetDaily.com/btlines/981104_xcbtl_is_impeachme.shtml

Joe Farah's last comment is especially illuminating. He said that the problem with our government is not just that WJC is in power. I agree. It is the entire system that allowed him to get as much power as he has, not just the perturbation that is due to WJC. The passage of time may continue to corrupt our system, and make it even harder for any cleansing of corruption.

So -- as Joe Farah said, we should move swiftly forward with impeachment proceedings -- and we ( the powers that be, whoever they are ) should not restrict the topics that Kenneth Starr can address. Because -- we cannot afford to wait for the sake of the American people, and what is left of our democracy.

I know what the response of the 'powers that be' will be -- that they cannot afford the disclosure of the drug dealings in Arkansas and elsewhere -- or the murders and coverups -- done not by WJC, but by his shady supporters, who are the real threat to our government ( and the American people ) . Are these individuals so deeply invoved that they cannot be exctracted so that honest people can do their work?

Yes -- I understand why Kennetth Starr was told to lay off sensitive topics that could be embarrassing to Democrats and Republicans alike. But -- we risk the destruction of our entire democratic system if the corruption does not see the light of day. I know that we still have honest people left -- in the CIA, the FBI, Secret Service, NSA, Justice, etc.

I can only hope that 'the powers that be' have permitted Kenneth Starr to release more evidence to the impeachment committee, now that the elections are over. It is interesting to note that KS' two grand juries are still active ( IMHO ) . Why would this be so if Kenneth Starr has finished his investigations?

Perhaps it is time for some really damaging evidence to be leaked. It would not have to come from Kenneth Starr -- there are plenty of disguntled individuals who have testified, and are frustrated witht the progress of the impeachment proceedings. For example, we still don't know who suppressed the RTC investigation of Madison savings, and as I recall an honest RTC investigator died mysteriously when he got too close to the truth. And why did Ron Brown's younmg female assistant die mysteriously behind locked doors in the Commerce building ( with no evidence of forced entry ) -- within a short time after Ron Brown's violent ( and equally suspicous ) death? There are four AFIP forensic pathologists who claim that the official Ron Brown autopsy report is in error.

Lets clean house, no matter how embarrassing or damaging it is. We may not get another chance.

Voters in Arizona, Nevada and the state of Washington said ``Yes'' to medical use of marijuana Tuesday, while election officials in the District of Columbia said ``Shhh.''

Officials in the nation's capital decided not to release results of the medical marijuana vote there, under pressure from a disapproving Capitol Hill.

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On Tuesday, voters rejected a legislative requirement that marijuana be approved by the Food and Drug Administration or Congress before all the drugs would be eligible for prescription.

District of Columbia officials decided to keep voting results there secret because of a decision on Capitol Hill last month. Congress amended a district budget bill to forbid spending money on the referendum because it opposes legalization of marijuana.

The American Civil Liberties Union said it would file a Freedom of Information Act request to get the vote results released. If the ACLU succeeds in getting the vote certified and the initiative wins, Congress can still veto the measure by a majority vote in both houses.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/p/AP-ELN-Prop-Marijuana.html

-c

http://www.midam.com/ecb/md3dxkz8.htm

XOI Very bullish chart

XAU, well - wait and see what happens.

http://www.securitytrader.com/precmetals.htm