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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 01:55 AM Original message |
What is it with the "anti-gold" mindset on the left? |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Ever heard the saying "Buy low, sell high"? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 04:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Pretty much this, yeah; the crazes seem to come at the opposite of the right time. (nt) |
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oldhippie (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. I have a batch of Krugerrands .... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. I like Gold. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. Some of the stuff that hawked on TV are a rip-off |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. While not related exactly to your question, the gold standard is insane right wing nonsense. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. "The "anti-gold" mindset on the left?" |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. "Commodity speculation" not quite. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Take, for example, this thread |
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DontTreadOnMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. It is a commodity - like aluminum |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Here's a video you may not have seen: |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. Too bad she didn't take it and give him change from the $50.... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 02:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
60. He would have called the police for theft or some bullshit. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 05:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. You just made up those figures |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
58. Gold was $750 an ounce back in 79? Wow, what is that worth in today's dollars? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 02:26 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Gold was NOT $750 in 1979 |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. Teabaggers Invest In Gold For Two Reasons |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I think that is the explanation I was looking for. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Diamonds are another amazing rip-off. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Diamonds are not like gold, and you know that |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Uh...did I say diamonds are like gold? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. You said "Diamonds are "another ripoff" |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
52. I can hear a diamond drop |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Precious stones aided fleeing refugess, not just diamonds |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I'm not denying that |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. So I'm a trout... |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 03:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. In a true, literal, armageddon crash as they believe, booze will be way more valuable than gold |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
38. what would the value of Cuervo GOLD be, then? |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
49. Don't forget Spam, water and shotgun shells. A gold coin won't go far during end times |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. A cross of gold |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. Anti gold is more about anti wealth it seems to me. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. Some DUers are mocking the Glen Beck gold TV commercials. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. I think it's not so much 'anti-gold'... |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 03:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Bullshit. I mock gold owners |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
57. What a totally bullshit statement |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
18. Today is a bad day to be |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
19. The gold standard limits the US's purchasing power and tying it to the dollar is what caused a |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
20. I am not anti |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
23. It represents the Right-Wing distrust of Federal Governance. |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
25. If you look at the world-view of some extreme goldbugs like Max Keiser, you will find |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
27. Glen Beck pimps it relentlessly, |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
48. to be fair, the gold sellers are advertised on any show they spend money on. randi rhodes does the |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
28. I Have Some Krugraands... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
31. If you don't have it in your hands, it's just as imaginary as the stock market |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
34. Only teabaggers want the gold standard because they are the only people stupid enough |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
35. But judging from your avatar, I'm guessing you're an "anarchist". So why am I not surprised? |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
36. deleted |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
40. Covet your gold, you take nothing with when you die. The only thing |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
41. We invest in rice and beans. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
42. If you view gold as a commodity to invest in, nothing wrong with that. |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
43. I know a lot of liberals who buy gold |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Yup- I have a friend who does and she is a leftie too . |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
46. fuck gold. platinum is where it's at! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
47. I haven't noticed that... that's crap |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
50. Gold-Bug-ism is a ideological shibboleth of the survivalist libertarian RWers. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. this stems from those who demanded a gold standard, yes? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Yup. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
54. Glenn Beck pimping Goldline ruined it |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
55. Those who make money from gold advertise it and sell it. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-06-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
56. I think it's simply a reaction... |
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