The Cartel has really turned me into a pessimist when it comes to logic, mainly because manipulation overrules logic and fundamentals, for a while.

It's very obvious that there's is no way gold is going to be allowed to break $1000 again, or any gold or silver investments to present any form of potential excitement, until the financial system is totally destroyed. TPTB are lying, cheating, and stealing to squeeze every last bit of blood from from all people, not just investors.

My big picture view is that the elite that call the shots, that give the politicians, and the President, their marching orders are intent on destroying the system. There is absolutely no pretense of trying to remedy anything. Those in power are guaranteeing that they will have all the power by making as many people as possible be totally dependent on the ruling class. No personal freedoms, just slaves and serfs to the system.

The media is being controlled to make sure no one is getting any information about anything terrible that's coming. No real info means no preparations by the common people, so when the system collapses, the most number of people possible will have absolutely nothing to save themselves.

Nothing is being fixed, and the people are fed happy talk. Freedoms are being eliminated, gun laws are removing weapons from people. And even those with weapons are finding ammo in short supply. Gold and silver are in short supply, so it's becoming difficult to by PM, so even if the masses all of a sudden become educated, there isn't enough PM for millions of people to all of a sudden buy PM to save themselves.

In other words, the people are in the pot of water in which the temperature is slowly rising, totally unaware they're going to boil to death. When they do realize the truth, all the usual safety resources are either gone or in short supply. Not enough chairs when the music stops.

I still maintain that ECU, being Bill Murphy's poster-child, is intentionally being suppressed even more so than the whole sector. The same with TRE, Jim Sinclair's company. $.50 for ECU is absurd. Only when total system collapse happens will anything PM move.

OK, got that off my chest, and I hope I'm totally wrong, crazy and out in left field. I just don't feel good about how this is all playing out. Heck, if I was smart I'd already be rich, or part of the elite at least.

Actually, the Mad Max story isn't looking so off the wall as it use to.

Terry