Crimson
Its interesting to hear about your party conversation. At least you were able to have a give and take for a bit. My experience is that when I bring these subjects up, people just give me a blank stare as they have no idea what I am talking about----this goes for monetary policy as well as the benefits of gold/silver and energy investments.
Just yesterday, speaking to my accountant-----I was discussing the benefit of investing in energy right now in this downtrand as the future issue is really one of supply destruction. However, he was very wary as he is buying the media blaring of US demand destruction bringing back cheaper oil as if the world still revolves around the US.