Well the talks are on. Who will come out of this feeling more prepared in the near future? Hmmmmm let me see> They are stockpiling gold,silver,copper,in fact any metal they can.Ding sounds like China. And I hope the chant in the White house is not saying yes we can give you all our reserves if you continue to trade our tree money thats what I call american currency. As if we really had any gold and silver to stockpile. At this rate we might even have to stop talking to each other about this as socialism seems to creep up on us slowly. Meanwhile they are chanting no you can't in Israel. I am reminded of a passage in the bible that states," they will ask for peace and destruction shall come to them" . That might not be a perfect quote, but to many deals are being made behind closed doors. Buy the way they are transparent. Yup the white house is a glass house. Of course we are being told that we will see this transparency soon on wall street. In fact in one article I read on this forum last week some major banks have super computers that can trade in seconds of any transaction. There is no way with all the people out of work, foreclosures, and the admittance by many companies that more layoffs or just plain job losses will occur that this market should be so high. I hope the day does not come that we are seized of what we have patiently waited for, but someone has going to have to pay the piper soon. And it will be the ordinary people of this world. One slip up from these so called super computers and another 100,000 trees will be made into paper. Talk about taking your breath away. At this rate we will have no air left. Quick start planting trees. lol. Theres my please give me a break rant for the day. Hope everyone has a great day.