As I was driving into the Superstore parking lot this evening while listening to a Calgary radio station, the announcer cut to an interview with "one of the world's" leading market analysts, whose name I missed, commenting on the coming financial crisis worldwide, clearly intimating that by 2012 there will be "foodriots" in the USof A.

The scenario he painted was that of the worst depression the world has ever experienced!

"Food riots, tax riots, the works!"

He said and I quote, "Food will become the #1 priority, with things like Christmas gifts virtually out of the picture!"

I stopped for a quart of 10% for the morning coffee (a lost leader at SS.) and came out with $100.00 worth of grub! After hearing all that good news my immediate reaction was, "They aren't taking me by surprise!"

The Analyst's qualifications were impeccable, according to his bio. He'd predicted the last several downturns in the US and world economies, his most recent being the financial cricis that 20 of the world's richest nations are meeting to find solutions to today. Harper was a "keynote" speaker.

The news story just prior to the Analysts comments was the story that CALGARY IS IN THE THROWS OF A HUGE TAX INCREASE, 20%, OVER THE NEXT 3 YEARS, with a demonstration at city hall today over the issue . A senior they quoted, gasping through his tears, said, and I quote, "If this increase goes through, we'll lose our home."

The Analyst's parting comment was, " that the only hope to avoid the worst will be development of renewable energy supplies which would meet most of our energy needs!"

Looks like we'll need a stack of gold, 10 acres in Saskatchewan, and a couple of boxes of 10 guage to survive this one! (Wild goose is delicious and nutricious canned, pickled or baked! A staple during the "great dedpression!")

No doubt a couple of hundred thousand SAN would round it off! (Just so you've got a few "sheckels" to spend at the Moose Jaw Co-op. Dividends, you know! I mean from SAN, not the Co-op!)

Hyper-inflatipon does funny things to gold! (although you can't eat it!)

RUF