tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post8636646406810353470..comments2024-03-17T07:55:12.096-07:00Comments on FOFOA: Open ForumFOFOAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comBlogger265125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-89263826517408463002011-05-25T08:37:39.838-07:002011-05-25T08:37:39.838-07:00Dear FOFOA,
It is a first time I have doubts in ...Dear FOFOA, <br /><br />It is a first time I have doubts in your sincereness and care for other human beings. It is due to reposting of article by Costata.<br /><br />I have read the article of Costata to the section of "Thought experiment". At this point I just could not torture myself to keep reading this piece.<br /><br />This article is written in such a way that some people like Radekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12114189797209176003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-61361694891099368512011-05-11T15:02:27.822-07:002011-05-11T15:02:27.822-07:00A few questions from new commenter...
I came to t...A few questions from new commenter...<br /><br />I came to this after reading through Another's Thoughts on the USAGold page from the late 90's through his interaction with Kosares. One couldn't help but notice the dire and impending nature of his thoughts. What events transpired to make Another's observations a bit premature?<br /><br />Also, getting back to topic of silver, or Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17338615969068972945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-69939149414823693932011-05-10T12:33:47.343-07:002011-05-10T12:33:47.343-07:00No problem, it was the least I could do.
Thank you...No problem, it was the least I could do.<br />Thank you for taking your foot off the capslock pedal, and demonstrating you can use a reasonable tone - much appreciated.<br /><br />Sincerely (no, really!),<br /><br />DP :-)DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01965423353442076871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-18646689076969076782011-05-10T11:48:18.893-07:002011-05-10T11:48:18.893-07:00DP,
Freegold was first discussed in public before...DP,<br /><br />Freegold was first discussed in public before a worldwide audience at the USAGold forum which was an internet venue ostensibly maintained by a coin-selling Company called USAGold. That's where FOA and I "met". (You don't need to be a banker or part of the elite in order to talk with someone on the internet, understand?) The USAGold public forum is gone but you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-5459773411230222672011-05-10T10:49:48.709-07:002011-05-10T10:49:48.709-07:00Where did you meet him? I'm guessing you'r...Where did you meet him? I'm guessing you're not a banker or part of the elite yourself! ;-><br /><br />I always wondered what colour is his hair? Maybe he doesn't have any! MAYBE HE'S A SHE!!?<br /><br />Come on man (you are a man, right? I don't mean to offend you by being presumptuous like that), tell us more! I can't pull my chair up any closer to my desk here now!DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01965423353442076871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-32145910515420408842011-05-10T10:39:10.471-07:002011-05-10T10:39:10.471-07:00DP,
You're welcome.DP,<br /><br />You're welcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-9625248408724759122011-05-10T09:58:53.743-07:002011-05-10T09:58:53.743-07:00@Art: Hmmm, OK so it seems your friend FOFOA is re...@Art: Hmmm, OK so it seems your friend FOFOA is really "a banker" after all. Thanks for sharing this useful piece of perspective that you have.DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01965423353442076871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-42450894550246229572011-05-10T09:55:58.619-07:002011-05-10T09:55:58.619-07:00DP,
Another/FOA said in the past that they were c...DP,<br /><br />Another/FOA said in the past that they were connected to the Euro-friendly faction of the banking establishment. (I was one of the original participants at the USAGOLD forum now more than a decade ago.) So it's not mere speculation on my part that they are affiliated with bankers. When Another/FOA spoke of Giants in those days, they meant the Continental bankers supposedly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-72577421742069857102011-05-10T04:46:31.286-07:002011-05-10T04:46:31.286-07:00Art: Who is FOFOA? You seem to know him?
I am kee...Art: Who is FOFOA? You seem to know him?<br /><br />I am keen for you to pull a Julian Assange and leak what is his vested interest in seeing the continued evolution of the current global monetary system, into the Freegold/RPG model, and not have the world make the giant leap to your gold-as-currency model instead? Let's take this guy down!<br /><br />What does he personally stand to lose if DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01965423353442076871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-7425641430299730802011-05-09T20:59:56.963-07:002011-05-09T20:59:56.963-07:00AQUILUS,
Freegold is NOT a new system. It's ...AQUILUS,<br /><br />Freegold is NOT a new system. It's the continuation of the one we have now and FOFOA is one of the people who have a vested interest in seeing it preserved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-32417767785645361272011-05-09T15:06:52.508-07:002011-05-09T15:06:52.508-07:00Art,
With all due respect:
1. This blog is not a...Art,<br /><br />With all due respect:<br /><br />1. This blog is not about social justice through monetary system reform, nor is it about the perfect kind of monetary system - it is about the most likely<br /><br />2. I have not seen our host advocate that the paper currencies are somehow the best money, again only that they are the likeliest.<br /><br />Sounds to me like you are (perhaps Aquilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15750465782608134458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-7491033564600066452011-05-09T09:56:37.572-07:002011-05-09T09:56:37.572-07:00TRUTH SEEKER,
These FREEGOLDERS are people of ill...TRUTH SEEKER,<br /><br />These FREEGOLDERS are people of ill will. All their mountains of verbiage hide is the fact that FREEGOLDERS are FOR paper money and NOT for gold as money.<br /><br />Fiat or paper currency causes economic apartheid and hyperinflation (and eventually social conflict, warfare and bloodshed). This is why:<br /><br />WHO issues and controls fiat currency? NOT you and I. WHO Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-29637001309985783912011-05-09T02:56:20.987-07:002011-05-09T02:56:20.987-07:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNtIsSWVJBI&fea...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNtIsSWVJBI&feature=player_embedded#at=491 <br /><br />think people are already realizing the real value of paper moneyudayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06084423913874700014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-83424051486328598282011-05-08T11:59:43.040-07:002011-05-08T11:59:43.040-07:00And to the regular commenters, please hold the def...And to the regular commenters, please hold the deflationists accountable. Keep asking them for their investment recommendation until they answer. Don't answer their questions until they tell you what they recommend. Our position is very clear here at FOFOA. Everyone knows it. But deflationists don't all agree on the best investment / store of value. I want to know what you recommend? Diamond Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998468116779554795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-40941874802303824842011-05-08T09:45:46.527-07:002011-05-08T09:45:46.527-07:00@ Wendy,
Why now?
Just in terms of a trend in th...@ Wendy,<br /><br />Why now?<br /><br />Just in terms of a trend in the ME over the last 2 decades, where has it been going? More and more unstable.<br /><br />What is the meme that has come out of the Bin Laden issue? Revenge attacks.<br /><br />Read Gerald Celente's latest Journal issue and it starts to make some sense, to me at least.Goldilockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520452067388070139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-57475084903816878092011-05-08T05:28:18.671-07:002011-05-08T05:28:18.671-07:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gepr%C3%BCfte_Sicherh...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gepr%C3%BCfte_SicherheitDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01965423353442076871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-71865079497023062342011-05-08T04:53:42.046-07:002011-05-08T04:53:42.046-07:00@ Ash
Sorry, I wasn't having a dig at you at ...@ Ash<br /><br />Sorry, I wasn't having a dig at you at all. I was trying to point out that Fauvi's comment was a bit deeper than it appeared.<br /><br /><i>"And if I misunderstood, can you really blame me?"</i><br /><br />I don't blame you at all. You're not from Europe, which makes it harder to understand.<br /><br />The general point is that, people from some areas inPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13424744710145557605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-2174668251095310042011-05-08T02:54:01.024-07:002011-05-08T02:54:01.024-07:00Thanks for those comments JR.
You either have a f...Thanks for those comments JR.<br /><br />You either have a fantastic memory, or one hell of a database (or both).Piripihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03271512349186616514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-70890838430676873022011-05-08T00:08:17.958-07:002011-05-08T00:08:17.958-07:00And if I misunderstood, can you really blame me?
...And if I misunderstood, can you really blame me?<br /><br />NOPEWendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448815628676884529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-21442407880599676532011-05-07T20:58:24.037-07:002011-05-07T20:58:24.037-07:00Pete,
"I think Fauvi's comment says more...Pete,<br /><br />"I think Fauvi's comment says more than you read it to."<br /><br />To me, it said my family/children would be worse off with a husband/father/whatever that is ALIVE with less gold, than they would be with some additional gold, a dead corpse and funeral costs. Maybe that's actually the case for his family, but I suspect it is not for many others...<br /><br />ItAshvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-37864592173297156502011-05-07T17:18:32.787-07:002011-05-07T17:18:32.787-07:00JR,
I do perhaps disagree with FOFOA about contro...JR,<br /><br />I do perhaps disagree with FOFOA about control, but I think it's in the opposite of what you suggest. It seems FOFOA suggests that without their policies, we would have a deflationary collapse, and that's why they have no choice but to pursue those policies, and that inevitably reverses the deflationary scenario and contributed to HI.<br /><br />I believe they are more Ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00692970226443206815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-12324034818723174322011-05-07T16:18:19.236-07:002011-05-07T16:18:19.236-07:00J.R., thanks so much for your comments. Very help...J.R., thanks so much for your comments. Very helpful. It has been a while since I read that Open Letter to the EMU piece, a good reminder. This community is just terrific, I am grateful to be hiking the trail with the fine people here.<br /><br />I totally get the two-tier price structure and the membrane that separates the two gold markets. Gold is actually 'correctly' valued by bothChaiwallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01445998080943915400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-12598703773559568062011-05-07T16:17:35.452-07:002011-05-07T16:17:35.452-07:00Chaiwalla,
There are a lot of coins available in...Chaiwalla,<br /><br />There are a lot of coins available in dealer shops because there is a lot of gold available in the US, and it is actively traded. At a retail level, via two of the largest coin mints in Canada and the US. <br /><br />At a retail level, it is all speculation. Most of it anyway. There is no concept of freegold. It is all about higher nominal prices and maintaining Texanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02676648339246724302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-58759954836726706892011-05-07T16:12:00.848-07:002011-05-07T16:12:00.848-07:00Been thinking a bit more about timing vs Bin Ladan...Been thinking a bit more about timing vs Bin Ladan.<br /><br />Gadaffi has blamed the uprising in his country on the taliban since the beginning .....<br /><br />Last week there was a failed attempt at the assassination Gadaffi (they have been trying for decades to kill this guy), but the US 'successfully' assasinated the head taliban guy.<br /><br />I wonder if the story plays out >&Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448815628676884529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-27592955441262882822011-05-07T15:44:15.619-07:002011-05-07T15:44:15.619-07:00(p.5)
Take another look at the first chart at th...(p.5)<br /><br /><br /><b>Take another look at the first chart at the top. Something has to give, and soon! Think of those two diverging lines as fingers stretching a rubber band. Then ask yourself, what IS that rubber band? I'll tell you. It is the dollar, the unit of measure for everything economic. <br /><br />There is a quote I like that comes from Le Metropole Cafe. It goes, "we JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345441084565082627noreply@blogger.com