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‘Twixt and Between: Thanksgiving 2006 to New Years 2009…and Beyond

By: D. Stewart Armstrong


-- Posted Wednesday, 20 December 2006 | Digg This ArticleDigg It!

The ‘twixt is just about the same as the ‘tween as I write this piece in the middle of December 2006. We are experiencing the usual lag in the resource markets which occurs between the US Thanksgiving and New Years Holidays—hence the “twixt and between” (meaning the same as in between; a state of flux, or in the middle).

 

However, this year it goes far beyond the ordinary “soft period”. This year the ’twixt and the ‘tween has acquired an entirely unique meaning. In addition to a time frame of extremely extended proportions, the US is in between a culmination of Empire Building and an extended recession, if not worse. These are mutually exclusive categories. These are the result of policy failures in the US not seen since the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913. These policy failures are going to affect the futures of all Americans. In many cases, they already have. I want you to be prepared.

 

Some people may disagree with this assessment stating that the economy is in great shape as is the dollar and the “hard asset” proponents are full of beans. We shall see.

 

You are ahead of the curve if you are reviewing any of the “resource sites”. I would stick with your instincts and review the fundamentals of what you know and then act upon them. The one thing that troubles me greatly is that this group, “our group”, is “preaching to the choir” and we need new converts.

 

I will continually request that you put your integrity on the line in two ways.

 

First, I wish you to become as educated as possible regarding the nature of real money, and how fiat currencies affect every avenue of Federal Policy which ultimately affects you and the Country in which you reside—these United States.

 

There are books, web sites, and articles from which all this information may be acquired. I plan on writing a 2007 gift to the gold community in very short order. This would be the “second edition” and there are some new members.

 

In addition to educating yourselves as to the nature of money, how to make it, how it travels to where it’s treated best and how real money is different from “fake money” or “funny money”, you will also be arming yourselves with the knowledge of making sufficient amounts of real money in order to free yourselves from debt. It will become necessary for you to travel outside your comfort zones. If you are like me, you will constantly be in a battle with time—all the demands upon your time that living in America demands.

 

Secondly, I would ask that you do your level best to disseminate the information to your own circle of friends and acquaintances. Preaching to the choir will only go so far. The pity of it is that the Power Elite truly controls the levers of Power, but it is amazing what a well informed group of citizens can accomplish if they put their minds to it. It is not glamorous. The process can even be difficult and set you up for ridicule but little by little social and political progress can be attained. The goal is ultimately to get the Country back into the hands of the American Citizens—real ones—not illegal ones; not special interest groups of multi-national origins, or an oppressive government that is not acting in the best interests of its citizens.  Only then will it be remotely possible to begin to reestablish the ideals for which our forefathers dreamed, then fought, and often times died for.

 

Finally, we must truly understand the concept of what real money represents and how gold and silver relate to that concept.

 

 

 

A Few Points of Departure

 

  • The one viable solution to our national dilemma is to create a sound currency.
  • This “in between” period shall pass and the precious metals march will continue upward in 2007
  • Educate yourself and you will set yourself free; only you can maximize your own dream
  • This community continues to require patience, knowledge, and integrity.
  • Keep your eye on the prize which is a debt free future for you and your loved ones.
  • Junior Mining Stocks are high risk, high reward; therefore become involved with quality
  • Goldseek.com endeavors to affiliate itself with quality: “in gold there is truth”
  • The situation in these United States continues to deteriorate; know the REAL reasons why
  • The US is manufacturing very little, except the dollar, and subsequently the dollar is worth less and less in the global currency marketplace
  • Think like a sheeple and you shall be rewarded as one—you will also be fleeced.
  • You who are reading this are just as intelligent and aware as those you’ve elected to office.
  • Silver may well outperform gold in 2007
  • In the near future, I shall offer educational options via another missive

 

Now, I do believe that after the Holidays and through 2007, the precious metals complex will do well. We are currently building a base even as the anti-gold, anti-precious metals crowd brings as much pressure to bear upon the complex as they possibly can. If they fail, and gold gets away from them, it will be as a consequence of a deteriorating dollar. Bill Buckler of the Privateer (www.the-privateer.com ) has stated for nigh on to 10 years or so that gold is a “political metal”. Please, don’t lose site of the fact. I personally believe that before this commodities cycle has run its course; silver will also become a political metal.

 

The Dance

 

We must realize and internalize the concept that precious metals (along with most hard assets) and the dollar are mutually exclusive categories. There is a dance currently being enacted with the partners being oil, the dollar, and the precious metals complex. This dance must be absolutely understood if we are to fully comprehend what is occurring in the world around us. 2007 will be the year that this dance speeds up as it evolves from a waltz to a full on jitterbug.

 

It is my firm belief that as the “Emperor Has No Clothes” mentality comes to full realization by both the International Community and the US Public, there will be shift to the precious metals complex that may well be breathtaking. We must all realize that the local and Central Bankers, the Wall Streeters, the International political community along with the movers and shakers of the world are fully cognizant of both the dance and its ultimate consequences.

 

 I along with a host of others want you to understand the Dance and what it means for America. It is possible for all of us to understand the dance on one level or another. We must understand this phenomenon, in order for us to profit from it but in order for us to truly benefit from the understanding, we need to share the information.

 

In its lowest common denominators, the dance is really quite simple. All developed and developing countries need oil; the US dollar has traditionally been the medium of exchange for this oil, thereby putting it in an enviable position among all countries. The dollars reserve currency status has allowed the US to create them virtually out of thin air. Oil having been traded in dollars has allowed the US a unique position to make money every time a barrel of oil has been traded. That dance is coming to an end as other countries wish to trade their own commodities and maximize their own profits in their own indigenous currencies. The resource could be oil, coal, diamonds, gold, zinc or any number of other commodities. The end result ultimately cuts out the middleman, otherwise known as the US and the dollar. At some point in the future, the US will not be able to purchase real international goods, with dollars that are deemed untenable by a suspicious global community. It is already happening and the pace will quicken in 2007—hence the jitterbug.

 

We all want to be successful investors, but we should also want to see the principals upon which America was founded be preserved and the Country made to stand proudly once again as the beacon of light for the yearning masses hungering to be free.

 

The yearning masses still need to acquire their legal work permits, green cards, visas, and citizenship papers.  A country that cannot defend its own borders is doomed to capsize because it is no longer an autonomous nation.  The fact that the political establishment sees fit to dumb down America so they can gain a political advantage has the entire country in an outrage. I have yet to talk to one legal American who believes differently.

 

However, the one thing that troubles me is the idea that we have become too selfish and lazy as a Nation. When that occurs, you can be certain that the Power Elite is only going to too happy to eat your lunch. My suggestion has been to altruistically share what you know with a segment of your community who is willing to listen.

 

There will be a spark in America that sets off the dwindling Middle Class. Remember this. Russia is working diligently to expand their Middle Class while the US is doing everything to destroy theirs. This in spite of the fact the Middle Class is from where the tax revenues are generated.

 

Why? It is because votes are worth more than money to the political establishment. Why worry about money when you can create it out of thin air? America is still operating under the guise of a Democratic Government. While one group is pushing in one direction, another group is pushing in the opposite. It has nothing to do with Republicrats or Demopubs. Both of those groups acquire their funds from the SAME Special Interest Groups.

 

Finally, remember, that all roads leading back to a strong America begin with a Strong Currency.

 

Consider

 

Americans have Spoken and the Message has fallen on Ears

 

 

Americans have spoken out about many topics that have simply fallen on deaf ears including health issues, their retirement plans, illegal immigration, illegal drugs, and a myriad of other American social and financial issues.

 

If I’m not mistaken, I thought the Nation spoke eloquently, clearly, precisely, and in some ways even uniformly during the 2006 mid-term elections. The concept of Red States vs. Blue States certainly took a turn. I certainly believe that we heard one another. I even believe that our Congressional Representatives heard us. Our message was that we wanted positive change for the Nation and we wanted those issues resolved that affected most of us; especially the Middle Class that is shouldering most of the current financial burden.

 

Contributing towards those burdens are the wars that some called illegal; to the immigration in the Southwestern part of the Country that some thought illegal; to the drugs and people being smuggled into the US which is illegal.

 

The middle class in this Country is twixt and between and much to the Country’s detriment also happens to be shrinking in size only to be replaced with a group of individuals endeavoring to ascend to that status but who are not quite there yet. That means the tax revenues are not there either.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen, there is a severe disconnect between the working families of the United States and our representatives in Washington DC. I would have to suggest that much of the “twixt and between” territory to which we refer is being deliberately swept under Liberty’s Rug. Sooner or later the rug is going to have to be vacuumed. It is absolutely due for a good cleaning.

 

While we are flagrantly “exporting democracy” to regions of the world that don’t particularly “get it”, or even want it, our own system of democracy is beginning to suffer from deliberate neglect and from the strain of being twixt the US working families and ‘tween the iron will of Washington DC and their lobbyists.

 

When you combine that neglect with the idea of a shrinking Middle Class which was somewhat educated, you are left with a lose-lose situation regardless of what we are being told. And heck, I’m not even political. I just happen to appreciate the wonderful experiment in “democracy” which we’ve enjoyed for a very short period of 230 years.  In the overall scheme of things, 230 years is a blink of an eye.

 

When citizens become frightened of their own government, especially when the phrases of liberty and freedom are constantly being bandied about, something is amiss.

 

I am going to close this section with the idea that not only are we twixt and between with our end of the year precious metals lull, but we as a Nation are beginning to walk a very narrow road between success and failure. In many different ways we are twixt and between, and I see only one way out of the abyss—sound money.

 

I don’t see the answers in more wars, in a larger military, in political meddling, in China’s economic expansion, in additional taxes, in blue states versus red states, or even in terms of the very shallow differences in the ways that the two major political parties operate in this Country. The one idea that will bring this country back to where it should be, regardless of all of our faults, is a sound monetary currency.

 

Perhaps that means a flat tax and the elimination of the organization they call the Federal Reserve (which is not Federal and holds no reserves); perhaps it means a return to law and the rights of the citizens to enjoy life liberty and the pursuit of happiness; perhaps it means a reduction of the humongous amount of useless wasteful spending to which this country is addicted. Perhaps it is a combination of all of the above.

 

The state of twixt and between will not last forever and when it does, my suggestion is to be heavily weighted in the gold and silver coins the United States is willing to sell you now, and at very reasonable prices.

 

I wish you all the very best of Holiday Seasons. I will be offering my 2007 Gift to the Gold and Silver Community within the next several weeks.

 

If you’d like to be placed on our Email lists for notices and recommendations please do drop us an email at the address below.

 

 

Until next time,

D. Stewart Armstrong

 

Consultant to the Junior Mining Sector

 

consulting@seacoastpub.com

 

Disclosure and Disclaimer by the Author: In the spirit of full disclosure: The author is an independent analyst and is also a paid consultant. The author is a private investor in the precious metals markets with positions in many junior mining companies. The author is not a board qualified or licensed investment advisor. The author states that this article is for informational purposes only and is based upon sources deemed to be reliable. All written, verbal, and other mediums of dissemination of said material and information are deemed to be accurate and acquired from reliable sources but the author cannot and does not accept responsibility for any possible errors or omissions in the information contained herein or in calculations disseminated by any company. The author does not guarantee any type of investment results or make any claims as to the viability of said opinions. The author accepts no responsibility for any investment decisions you make or the results thereof. The author adamantly recommends that investors conduct their own due diligence before becoming involved in any investment, especially in the mining sector. That would include direct contact with the company in order to confirm any facts, opinions, or ideas represented by these companies and referred to in these articles. Always consider the possibility of hiring professional advice from a certified investment advisor before making any investment transactions. Again, consider these articles as opinions and please consider that investing in Junior Mining Companies is a high-risk, high reward proposition and you must take full and total responsibility for your own actions. This disclaimer applies to this article and to all articles published previously by the author and ones to be published in the future. This disclaimer also applies to the medium wherein this information is published: on line or offline.


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