and on top of that, jim puplava said on his weekly broadcast that the us mint has run out of silver eagles, and there will be no more until next january. that means they have switched over to producing 2009 silver eagles, and they won't sell those until 2009.
he also said he ordered his ton of silver, but that it will take two months to take delivery.
even better news: treasury secretary paulson said he is leaving after the november elections. he's the goldman sachs alumnus who has been masterminding the suppression of gold and silver prices, and he's decided it't time to bail out.