We no longer are able to participate in fair markets, if they ever existed in the first place.

On July 3, 2007, the SEC eliminated the uptick rule. The uptick rule was implemented in the late 1920's as a result of the public outcry against pools who were operating against investors by causing them immense loses with their unbridled short sales and their concerted pool operations.

The pool's plan was as simple as it was vicious: wait for the public to run up an issue with their excitement based on positive news while getting short and then continue selling short as the investor's enthusiasm waned.

I wonder what past generations would have thought about the same scenaio being present today in their times with 10,000 hedge funds able to abuse the short selling vehicle with today's naked shorts who, evidently, don't have to answer to anyone.

By eliminating the long standing 70 year uptick rule the SEC has let the hounds from hell loose upon the public. The paper currency proponents in the US will do anything in their power to punish holders of gold and silver along with the related producing companies and others in the industry but times are even changing for them. Everyone who follows the metals and their resource producing stocks along with the juniors and explorers recently witnessed a fear shaking drop and could be in depression watching part of their wealth evaporate. Thanks you guys.

I closely follow the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index(XAU). In about five weeks it was pushed lower from 205 to about 135 a drop of about 34% or so while gold dropped 20%. If the Dow Jones Averages had suffered a similiar decline it would have dropped from 11,500 to 7,590.

What's going on behind the veil of secrecy where the PPT resides? IMHO the PPT is a well creased evil piece of machinery being told what to do by certain money interests in order to now get gold as low as possible along with the related companies so they can buy them cheaply to save their own skins. They read Sinclair, we're not the only ones. Gold is going to a minimum of $1,650. It can not be stopped. Sinclair says that in December of 2009 gold hits $1,700.

These people must know that the OTC derivates mess is non fixable. The hedge funds are permitted to do what they do best, beat the hell out of shareholders wealth, to create this buying friendly atmosphere for their handlers. That's why the SEC doesn't take action to protect us, they are part of it.

In the summer of 2007 I filed a complaint against a NYSE member who refused to execute an order for me when there was cash in my account for the transaction. The member messed up and basically told me to shove it. I have contacted the SEC at least four times and the matter is still open with no investigation being done as far as I have been informed. I guess they hoped that I would forget the matter which happened to have cost me $2000. I have no respect for them.

This is all contrary to the SEC Act of 1934 that was suppose to protect all investors from all abuses in the market place. Sure, they make their statements and wave their authority around but in the end will we, the law abiding investors and descendants of our founding fathers, be protected???

In the process of all of this deceit and manipulation we continue to suffer within this pseudo environment of criminally invented fear.

To all investors in our industry remember one thing: fear is a short term event. Your greatest ally is the truth and Mr. James Sinclair at http://www.jsmineset.com is the maestro of it.