The Golden Truth: Thoreau Came To Mind Today...

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Thoreau Came To Mind Today...

"Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves."

“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”

I thought both of these quotes were appropriate in the context of what is unfolding politically, economically and socially in this country today.

7 comments:

EconomicDisconnectSaturday, 14 August, 2010
Dig it!
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AnonymousSunday, 15 August, 2010
Something rotten in Norway

http://econotwist.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/heres-the-real-norwegian-piigs-exposure/

Il Folletto
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DebraSunday, 15 August, 2010
Great quote...
If only quotes like these could REHABILITATE the humanities in our own eyes, and give us the incentive to READ SOME PHILOSOPHY and LITERATURE (the classics, to learn where "we" come from) instead of all the how to books that now pollute on line and in our bookstores...
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Dave in DenverSunday, 15 August, 2010
Here was my most recent reads in order:

King Lear (3rd time)
Atlas Shrugged
The Road
No Country For Old Men

On deck:
Julius Caesar (Shakespeare's)
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EconomicDisconnectSunday, 15 August, 2010
Ha, I just read No Country for Old Men last week! The total lack of punctuation was a little weird.

I have smoked fatties up at the blog, hee hee.
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Dave in DenverSunday, 15 August, 2010
GYC, those looked insanely tasty!

The lack of punctuating conversations is a post-modern style of writing. I actually really like it because I think it makes you really focus on the content of the diaglogue and it makes you think twice about who is saying what. I also like the way the stream of conscious speeches by the sheriff are italicized. I think that is the author's voice/point of view.

You should read The Road now!
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EconomicDisconnectSunday, 15 August, 2010
Dave,
ok I think we may be getting a little weird here, as I have The Road on deck for next week! Creepy!

Glad you liked the fatties, they need love too!
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Why Gold?

Gold is the world's oldest currency. You exchange your fiat currency (dollars, euros, yen, yuan) into gold as an insurance policy against catastrophic Central Bank and Government policies which serve to destroy the value of fiat currencies and destroy democracy.

Gold can ONLY be considered an investment to the extent that it remains significantly and historically undervalued in relation to the fiat currencies against which its value is measured. Otherwise it remains the world's oldest currency and is completely free from the counterparty risk associated with currency by Government fiat (i.e. fiat currencies rely on a Government's "full faith and credit.")

Quote Of The Month Courtesy of "Jesse"

Unfortunately for Larry Summers, Ben Bernanke, and their friends at the BIS, they have not yet figured out how to print physical gold, silver, and other essential commodities, and the world is reaching the point where it might simply start ignoring the New York based markets with respect to essential commodities such as basic materials, oil, foodstuffs, and the like, as they become increasingly irrelevant, fraudulent, and Orwellian. And then where will the financial engineers be, except with no more excuses and no place to hide?

Here is the link to his entire commentary, well worth a read:

http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2010/07/gold-daily-chart-shock-and-awe-for.html

Great Quote From Jim Rogers On Govt CPI Reporting

JR: I mean, we have inflation now. If you go to the shop, whether it’s groceries, or education or insurance or health care, prices are going up for everything. The government lies about it in the US. Some countries lie, many countries don’t: Australia, China, India and Norway. Many countries don’t lie about it and acknowledge that we have inflation. Others lie about it, the UK and the US, but if you go shopping you know prices are up.

Q: Are you saying that the American Consumer Price Index (CPI) published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics is a lie?

JR: In my opinion, yes, of course it is. Have you looked at it? They’ve changed their accounting several times in the past few decades. When housing was 20% to 25% of the CPI and housing was going up, they didn’t count it, saying rents weren’t going up, and then when home prices started going down, they counted it. It’s the same with many things. It’s staggering some of the tortuous reasoning that the BLS has used over the past 25 or 30 years. When the price of gasoline goes up, they say it’s not really going up because it’s better gasoline, better quality, therefore you’re getting more for your money. I mean, it’s endless, the stuff that they say and for some reason people sit there, although more and more people are catching on, and accept what the government says.

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Quote of the Week

"The primary function of a Central Bank is to engage in the massive transfer of wealth from the middle class to the wealthy elite. The Federal Reserve was set up to do this with the blessing and support of Congress." - Dave in Denver

If you refuse to believe the above, please read "The Creature From Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve" by G. Edward Griffin and then explain to me why the Senate voted down the Vitter Amendment and Congress refuses to pass a law requiring a full audit of the Fed, even though the Fed is using taxpayer-backed money to bailout Wall Street and Europe.