Lanny, IMO we are N O T going to see good economic data from the US. The private and government powers to be may yet be able to pull the rabbit out of the hat but that rabbit is sick with "AIDES". That is to say government and corporate 'aide'. [They keep 'counterfeiting' the antidote]. Everything our leaders do is with the use of a bandaid and has no fiber to it. Sorry my friend, but I think we have to hit bottom first before some Yankee ingenuity begins. I am of the belief that there will be no short or medium range turnaround. The economic turnaround you speak of will come first from Eastern shores [after the 'financial blood bath in the west]

Concerning SRU and the metals sector as well as some of the commodities go, we A R E in an excellent strategic place IMO. Investors in the so-called blue chip companies will be running, or if you prefer, fleeing to the metals majors AND the developing companies like SRU. I'll bet you this is one of the reasons why Seymour chose a growing company like ours. He is a free thinker and does not play the 'party line'. He reads the papers and knows what is coming down. We [SRU] has been getting wacked and may continue to do so for a while because of a financial virus, but we and others have the antidote i. e. the physical goods in the ground. That is not at all the same as the fake financial instruments the Harvard whizz kids invented and sold to the greedy majors in the business world.

Best wishes from your short term pessimist/long term optimist, friend,

Jerry