Gold $1601.70 OFF $16.20

Silver $28.22 OFF $0.20

Each time a domestic or international approaching crisis gets resolved one way or the other or when Bernanke opens his trap the western bankers stomp gold, mostly the miscreants who are pulling the strings on Uncle Sam's button pushing fingers. The whole continuing episode is to make the mismanagers look like they are in control and have done nothing wrong, what a sad state of affairs for folks tying to protect their wealth from government's continuing failure to address the real problems while they are more interested in retaining power for their own self interests. How dysfunctional can it be? Even Congress is in the act when the elected representatives legalize their insider trading. Saw Nancy Polosi being interviewed and if she wasn't covering up all her insider trading profits with elementary mumbo-jumbo I'll eat my hat. When does it stop???