John, you are right on. Watch the W-Five progarm viewed Wed. night http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/lies/video.html . "The Lies that lead to War", very similar to what happens with gold, oil, silver , the dollar and  basically all investments. It's a magic trick, what you see happening at any given time is driven through manipulation to create a mood or sentiment that will serve the high and mighty, not you and me.

Bear Sterns is an example of lies and desception that is criminal in the highest degree. CEO and others stating that everything is just fine, don't panic ( on a Wednesday) and three days later, you know the rest of the story. Big banks, the wealthy and government all sleeping in the same bed. The vehicle to drive their message of desception is the media, in all it's forms. The media helps create a state of fear or panic ie: the world is falling one minute and great the next, depending on how the strings are pulled.

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