I’m sure that someday children in schools will study the history of the men who made war as you study an absurdity. They’ll be shocked, just as today we’re shocked with cannibalism. -Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister (1898-1978).
Um excuse me while I divagate but on the subject of gold and China buying it – China has since the beginning of the 2000s started to stock pile gold and to trade with Russia in its yuan – why? – it both sees the devaluing of the US dollar and wants to devalue it – gold has not been a reserve currency since the 1960s when most people who stockpiled gold were considered paranoid, but now gold is coming more and more in fashion in lieu of the US dollar.
Meanwhile when India and China go to war over natural resources, and gold is the global currency, there will be a big sucking wind sound coming from the once great U S of A.
I think Rachel, no actually I FEAR, that you’re right!
Well since New Orleans has always felt like a third world country, I guess if the rest of the country catches up that wouldn’t be such a bad thing Alice. Really. It’s in the getting and spending that we lose sight of who we are and I’m afraid that is where we are.