If you read Matt Taibbi’s Taiblog“Secrets and Lies of the Bailout: One Broker's Story” @ http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/secrets-and-lies-of-the-bailout-one-brokers-story-20130108#ixzz2HWafdiLd

… you realize the warped financial culture an ordinary investor is up against. When a U.S. President comes on TV and advises you to buy the market you should know the ‘fix’ is in. When $7 Trillion of taxpayer’s money is used to fraudulently buy back the markets, you know gold and silver and their stocks don’t/didn’t have a chance. Today, you have to know that ... because all the arrogant, criminal, sociopathic bastards involved have been and are continuing to be rewarded by all they have done … that they also continue to proceed under the premise that they cannot lose, no matter what lengths they are willing to go to. They are simply too powerful to be taken to task. The poster boy for that kind of a mentality is well represented by Hand Greenberg.

What we may or may not understand is that this same crowd is convinced that they can control and subvert gold, silver and their stocks as long as they wish… after all they have haven’t they? This underbelly of ignorance is their tragic flaw. To them, even if they can hear, the Eric Sprott’s, Jim Sinclair’s, John Embry’s, Andrew Maguire’s, Ted Butler’s and a host of others are merely voices mumbling in the wilderness. They are so cocksure of themselves that they think they could reinstitute slavery if it occurred to them… never mind create a $trillion platinum coin to back the dollar.This, dear gold bugs, is what we are facing in harsh reality today. The titillating part is that I believe ‘core Hubris’ is near upon our friends on the other side of the truth… and pride has now o’r reached them. When half the world is against you, you had better take note. When that pride turns to fear, the fun really starts.