Well, Igalop, you know I just had to respond to your worldly, sometimes sarcastic, sometimes patronizing, sometimes arrogant fatherly wisdom on the way the world works...and all the evils inherent in the world that I cannot control. But I am not responding so much to you as to others here who I have respect for. I am not here to waste my time on convincing you.

Yes, I have been and I am upset, upset and dam angry at the magnitude of the corruption that is now out of control. No one ever has control of anything. No one with maturity thinks life is fair. But standing back and hiding from the world, not challenging those who lie, cheat, steal and rob from us ... is someone either too beaten down, too weak or just too indifferent to care...or maybe they are just too meek...but mostly too ignorant by choice. For those, throughout the history of man, when the Hun comes to the door...are never prepared. They are the most shocked, most naive, most vulnerable and usually the most victimized...and they have suffered and will suffer the most. You will unfortunately witness this again very soon I am afraid. The present mass distribution of wealth to a very few, destruction of the middle class, erosion of freedom and war against the American people and western socities from within is witness to that. To say nothing is a crime against oneself. The manipulation of Gold is at the heart of this whole mess because it represents truth and freedom. But I digress.

I hate being personal on a public forum but I challenge "the system" with a health anchor that few would want to deal with. There are days when I can hardly think through the fatigue and downright exhaustion I have had to deal with for a very long time...and managed to have a very successful career over 30 years totally unrelated to the markets. Fortunately I do have some normal energy days. I often have wondered what life would have been like with the energy that the average person has. I have learned that to fight with one hand tied behind my back is better than to be "powerless". Though I am older now I know the meaning of tenacity like few others. I am not willing to yield to my personal torments or to the external criminal juggernaut running roughshod over the western "free” world; nor should others. There is too much at stake.

To say that I am "powerless" against the system is arrogant to the extreme and it is just that kind of logic that will allow the "system" to collapse completely. As long as I have a voice I will challenge that misguided capitulation. To say that one is "powerless" as you put it, is ignorant to the extreme and makes a very arrogant assumption. For anyone to be powerless, they must capitulate, surrender their principles and beliefs and be impotent. If that is what you and the acolytes of the cartel wish for, forget it and learn how to read people or it may be the biggest regrets you will ever have.

To pretend to inform me about what the banks are doing and what the end game is and throw in the "communists" is insulting. I haven't been a student of Jim Sinclair, Martin Armstrong, John Embry, Butler, Turk, Powell, Bill murphy and so many others for over 12 years to have to be told that. You see Iggy, they have been right all along. Go figure! The conspiracy nuts have been right and the public now knows it with the 25 law suits against JP Morgan being just one of the indicators...and the CFTC meetings in March another. Guess what! It all started with individual voices who individually had no power, as you put it. Where are they today...12 years after the Bill Murphy's and the above started to voice their concerns. After threats, muggings, media shunnings and ridicule from on high. They are stll despised by the cartel...but the cat is out of the bag.

As for being an "apologist" for the management of SFMI ... again that is your own introspective and monotonous, erroneous assumption. I am an investor in SFMI as with many other JPMs. When I make a decision to support a public company for their endeavours I naturally seek to make a good return on my investment. I hope you can understand that. I like to dwell on the positives but I realize there are always problems ... always will be. Anyone who doesn't is a fool. You talk about "control" again, as if to assume (again) that "someone” out there does have control over their investments and what the management of those investments does. Maybe you would be better off investing in Bank of America, JP Morgan, Fannie Mae, US Bonds, US dollar and in the past Enron....and the list is endless. Talk about management and having "control" over your investments! Talk about risk! How about municipal bonds? Talk about being cut in on the profits!!! Wouldn't you just like to have a speck of the bonus money Wall St., the leading crimnals of the universe, has made off the backs of the American taxpayer...all of it on criminal activity! No thank you, I like my chances better with the likes of SFMI, ECU, SVM and a host of others. At least we know who does what!

There you go again saying that I have "no power to change the manipulated markets". Sounds like you are relentless in your own misguided "powers" of persuasion. Yes, I am "sitting in the stands" and one person has little heft but we all know what happens when the "fans" get pissed off....or the when the electorate makes the decisions...as in the America Constitution, the way it was originally intended. You just need them to act collectively by way of free choice. Seems you have missed that point. Let me enlighten you. It’s called "democracy" whereby the majority through freedom of choice makes the decisions by way of elected representatives. In which case, every voice counts.

To assume that I do nothing else but post here is another insult. I am retired by the way. I wonder what you do every day? That would be too much to know wouldn't it? Ever heard of "cap and trade"....human induced warming etc. This is off topic but it is just one other area of interest I have...I am just another little voice trying not to be ignored/drowned out ..but there are just too many of us and we and we are really making huge progress...dam, eh! Just fired off a scientifically well researched article on the subject to several misguided politicians and business executives here in Canada. did you know our polar bears are in trouble...just 800 miles north of me? Yes, they're in trouble...but not for the reasons pushed by the "cap and trade" criminals. Here is another area where our corrupt power elite want the sheeple to be misinformed...all for more power and more wealth in the hand so the few. Amazing how many articles we see daily have no scientific facts to them... and we find out that people like Maurice Strong, a multi millionaire who made a fortune off the "oil for food" theft at the United Nations is one of the movers and shakers behind "cap and trade" efforts via the United Nations. When one really investigates it all, it really is beyond belief. The money being made off cap and trade is growing by the bilions. Follow the money. I do not want to get into this subject because it can become very emotional and I do not want to offend any here who have their own views as it is trly off topic.

Yes indeed, SFMI is flawed...but in comparison to what? You see Iggy, it is a matter of degree. I have a voice and a choice, but no control over SFMI or any other investment. When making choices, which is something we all have "control" over, SFMI comes out relatively well in the wash, especially compared to the big boys. Geez, don't even get me going on Barrick Gold. That is a real story of corruption and power and would take a whole book! I might also remind you, Igalop, that although SFMI management has warts, I have a list of 150 other JPMs that I watch...and if you think SFMI has management issues, perhaps you would like to know that again, they rank very high in comparison to a vast number of other JPMs all over the world...others that trade much higher than SFMI and have nothing but property and speculation....no resources and many with no drilling yet. Go figure! And talk about management! Yikes!!! And guess what! Some of them will be 10 baggers in spite of their lousy management.

So, Iggy, this has taken me long enough and I meant to clean up my office today so I'd best get on it. I don't care what you think or assume. I do care about what honest posters here think and that is why I have posted this little tome. I have control over nothing...except what I stand for and what I think and I will not relinquish that control to anyone...nor should anyone else. I will die on my feet, not on my knees. If enough of us feel that way, we are collectively powerful. All men know greed and fear. It is part of all of us. We have to win that battle internally before we can make a difference. To be brutally honest, it is a tough battle indeed. If we can make an effort, then we can make a difference...one voice at a time.