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October Surprise: Can Gold Be The Panama Canal Treaty Of 2012?
Townhall.com ^ | November 2, 2011 | Ralph Benko

Posted on 11/02/2011 8:57:58 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 11/02/2011 8:58:02 AM PDT by Kaslin
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Well,all that gold better be in Ft. Knox...maybe Geraldo can do a special when the open the vault.


2 posted on 11/02/2011 9:02:51 AM PDT by ken5050 (Cain/Gingrich 2012!!! because sharing a couch with Pelosi is NOT the same as sharing a bed with her)
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To: Kaslin

Well,all that gold better be in Ft. Knox...maybe Geraldo can do a special when the open the vault.


3 posted on 11/02/2011 9:02:54 AM PDT by ken5050 (Cain/Gingrich 2012!!! because sharing a couch with Pelosi is NOT the same as sharing a bed with her)
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To: Kaslin

Well,all that gold better be in Ft. Knox...maybe Geraldo can do a special when the open the vault.


4 posted on 11/02/2011 9:02:56 AM PDT by ken5050 (Cain/Gingrich 2012!!! because sharing a couch with Pelosi is NOT the same as sharing a bed with her)
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To: Kaslin

Well,all that gold better be in Ft. Knox...maybe Geraldo can do a special when the open the vault.


5 posted on 11/02/2011 9:03:01 AM PDT by ken5050 (Cain/Gingrich 2012!!! because sharing a couch with Pelosi is NOT the same as sharing a bed with her)
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To: Kaslin

Well,all that gold better be in Ft. Knox...maybe Geraldo can do a special when the open the vault.


6 posted on 11/02/2011 9:03:08 AM PDT by ken5050 (Cain/Gingrich 2012!!! because sharing a couch with Pelosi is NOT the same as sharing a bed with her)
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“Holy multi-post, Batman!”


7 posted on 11/02/2011 9:04:24 AM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: Kaslin

Have this bunch look into Ft Knox: http://www.history.com/shows/brad-meltzers-decoded/episodes/decoded-season-2#slide-4


8 posted on 11/02/2011 9:05:19 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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Its gold, and its also ELIMINATING the FED.

The Federal Reserve is the cornerstone of progressive Govt. It allows Gov’ts to print money to fund their various schemes, and it allows politicians to pick winners and losers.


9 posted on 11/02/2011 9:15:25 AM PDT by PGR88 (I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
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To: JDW11235

Using an old laptop today..it’s acting up..driving me cazy..


10 posted on 11/02/2011 9:17:28 AM PDT by ken5050 (Cain/Gingrich 2012!!! because sharing a couch with Pelosi is NOT the same as sharing a bed with her)
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Geraldo?? Isn’t this the guy that in a blatant and racist act changed his name to be more appealing to Latinos??
Jerry Rivers doesn’t quite sound latino enough I guess.


11 posted on 11/02/2011 9:37:21 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Kaslin

Do any of these gold-standard types ever look at the whipsaws the economy used to make? We see a 5% decline in economic activity and all hell breaks loose. In the “good old days,” that wouldn’t even register. These are declines in economic activity; the declines in actual dollar amounts of the GDP would be far larger in the gold-standard age:

2007-2009: -5%
1929-1938: -26%
1923-1924: -22%
1920-1921: -28%.
Panic of 1907: -29%
1895-1897: -25%
Panic of 1893: -37%
1882-1885: - 33%
1873-1879: -34%
And check out this Depression far worse than the Great Depression!: -52%!!!

The problem is that a soaring price of gold, which happens during a recession, inhibits spending. Decoupling dollars from gold allows spending to continue despite the soaring price of gold. Worst still, gold could soar for no good economic reason, just speculation.


12 posted on 11/02/2011 9:39:04 AM PDT by dangus
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The -52% GDP was 1836-1843.


13 posted on 11/02/2011 9:39:39 AM PDT by dangus
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To: PGR88
We shouldn't “eliminate” the Fed. We should nationalize it.
14 posted on 11/02/2011 9:48:37 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: ken5050
The last time fort Knox was audit was 1972. It was still there, however it has not been audited since. It hold other things other than gold. It was rumored to house raw morphine and other medical medication for war time. it also was the home of copies from the nation archives.
15 posted on 11/02/2011 9:57:35 AM PDT by man from mars
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To: ken5050

I think this is a Guinness world record for multiple posts!


16 posted on 11/02/2011 9:58:56 AM PDT by doggieboy
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To: ken5050

I gotcha, I was just funnin’ ya, we all have those days, lol.


17 posted on 11/02/2011 10:05:55 AM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: eyeamok

It’s an allusion to when Geraldo made the big hype about opening up Al Capone’s secret, never-before-found vault, that was supposed to be full of secret treasures, and there was a big hype and when they opened it on live, national TV, I think it had a soda can, or the likes.


18 posted on 11/02/2011 10:08:17 AM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: jiggyboy; PA Engineer; blam; TigerLikesRooster; Cheap_Hessian; CJinVA; Jet Jaguar; ...

gold bug ping


19 posted on 11/02/2011 10:15:26 AM PDT by OneLoyalAmerican (In God I trust, all others provide citations.)
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“Decoupling dollars from gold allows spending to continue....”

And that, is the problem, it allows governments to grow bigger, only a sound currency keeps governments SMALL.

We want a smaller government, and sound money is the way to do it. The mechanics of HOW to do that, I am not knowledgeable to say, but the current system is about to fail.

The dollar is being devalued to save the banking and the elites system. And WE the taxpayers, are going to get screwed. Why do you say we should do nothing to protect ourselves and our families?


20 posted on 11/02/2011 10:19:28 AM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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