Alex Jones is a shill for the gold industry?

parky76 · 3rd November 2009, 11:52 AM

http://www.prisonplanet.com/us-gold-...-imf-sale.html

I have had this theory for some time. Now I looked at this most recent article on Prisonplanet, and I see the add for gold to the right..and it becomes pretty clear to me.

Now, how do I go about proving that the gold industry is somehow paying Alex Jones to constantly advertise their product through political fear tactics and frequent posting of gold values?

Childlike Empress · 3rd November 2009, 12:04 PM

One of my first posts on JREF contained this link. It may be helpful for your task.

parky76 · 3rd November 2009, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Childlike Empress

One of my first posts on JREF contained this link. It may be helpful for your task.

where is the connection to the gold selling industry?

fullflavormenthol · 3rd November 2009, 12:33 PM

The entire network which employes Alex Jones is about gold. Genesis Communications Network is owned and operated by one Mr. Ted Anderson. All the commercials for gold on GCN are for Midas Resources, and the person who runs Midas Resources is one Mr. Ted Anderson.

Sort of puts a context to way the network would constantly run conspiracy shows that talk about the imminent collapse of all the banks and how gold will somehow still retain value.

Childlike Empress · 3rd November 2009, 12:46 PM

Is Anderson really the owner of it or only a straw man? In the last third of the (2004) article i've posted above, circumstantial evidence is presented that GCN and Midas are owned by Adnan Khashoggi.

fullflavormenthol · 3rd November 2009, 12:57 PM

I'm just going to go by the above the board information that is available and not get into all that stuff in the link.

Childlike Empress · 3rd November 2009, 01:18 PM

Well, i also don't intent to read it again.

We have parky on the case.

parky76 · 3rd November 2009, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by fullflavormenthol

The entire network which employes Alex Jones is about gold. Genesis Communications Network is owned and operated by one Mr. Ted Anderson. All the commercials for gold on GCN are for Midas Resources, and the person who runs Midas Resources is one Mr. Ted Anderson.

oh my. im gonna look into this.

parky76 · 3rd November 2009, 02:13 PM

Midas Resources Inc. (the gold sellers)
http://www.midasresources.com/about.html

Midas Resources Inc. OWNS Genesis Communications Network
http://www.gcnlive.com/

The Alex Jones Show is owned and sponsored by...GCN
http://www.gcnlive.com/programs/alexJones/

Prisonplanet, owned by Alex Jones, advertises Gold and posts many news stories, telling YOU to buy gold....NOW!!!!

http://www.prisonplanet.com/us-gold-...-imf-sale.html

http://www.prisonplanet.com/gold-hit...e-to-1064.html

http://www.prisonplanet.com/jim-roge...ve-status.html

http://www.prisonplanet.com/gold-hea...t-pending.html

Now it alllllll makes sense.

Alex Jones is a ****ing shill for a Gold seller!!!!!! Unbelievable!!

Mr. Jones loves to accuse the media and politicians and us here at JREF, of being SHILLS for the Mossad, the CIA, the NWO, the evil corporations, big drug companies, etc.

But he is clearly, obviously, and with no doubt, shilling for Midas Resources Inc.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a ****ing prick!!!! What a ****ing hypocrite!!!

Do the truthers know about this? Do they even care?

Unbelievable!!

Toke · 3rd November 2009, 02:26 PM

Quote:

What a ****ing prick!!!! What a ****ing hypocrite!!!

I did not realise your opinion of him could get lower.

JoeyDonuts · 3rd November 2009, 02:30 PM

Alex Jones = Scrooge McDuck?

parky76 · 3rd November 2009, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by Toke

I did not realise your opinion of him could get lower.

neither did i. its one thing to be a liar. its one thing to be a demagogue and a fear-monger.

but i really...really....hate hypocrites.

oy vey!!!!!! makes me blood boil.

rjh01 · 3rd November 2009, 02:34 PM

Is this a conspiracy theory about the people who promote conspiracy theories?

parky76 · 3rd November 2009, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by rjh01

Is this a conspiracy theory about the people who promote conspiracy theories?

yes it is. but as i have shown, it is no longer a conspiracy theory.

it is an actual fact. Alex Jones is a Shill for Midas Resources, Inc.

Toke · 3rd November 2009, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by parky76

yes it is. but as i have shown, it is no longer a conspiracy theory.

it is an actual fact. Alex Jones is a Shill for Midas Resources, Inc.

I wonder if he realise it.

cwalner · 3rd November 2009, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by parky76

yes it is. but as i have shown, it is no longer a conspiracy theory.

it is an actual fact. Alex Jones is a Shill for Midas Resources, Inc.

He could be a 'useful idiot' or whatever term the CTers like to use for someone who believes what he says, but is then put out there by the conspirators to fool the masses.

In other words, he may actually believe what he says, but only gets his platform to spew his nonsense because the goldsellers who own the network find him useful to thier purposes.

parky76 · 3rd November 2009, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by Toke

I wonder if he realise it.

"A gold company owns my show, so I post various news stories to convince people to buy gold.

Whats wrong with posting stories telling people that the world is gonna end and that they should buy gold right now?

what does that have to do with my show being owned by a company that sells gold coins?

and yes, my website which is NOT owned by the gold company, frequently has ads from the same gold company. so what?

i see no problem here."

Childlike Empress · 3rd November 2009, 02:54 PM

If he believes what he says he may also think that the gold sellers do a real social service. And most of the adds on his sites are for himself - he isn't dependent on GCN and Midas. At least not anymore.

parky76 · 3rd November 2009, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Childlike Empress

If he believes what he says he may also think that the gold sellers do a real social service. And most of the adds on his sites are for himself - he isn't dependent on GCN and Midas. At least not anymore.

I will give him the same benefit of the doubt, that Alex Jones and his 9-11 Sheepers give us, the media, and politicians.

Which is NONE.

Childlike Empress · 3rd November 2009, 02:58 PM

Meanie.

cwalner · 3rd November 2009, 03:03 PM

Hmm, I can see the PrisonPlanet logic now

Parky76 on JREF is spreading disinformation to discredit AJ
Parky76 also admits in many posts on JREF of being a Jew
Therefore the Jews are behind 9/11

LightinDarkness · 3rd November 2009, 03:04 PM

Its a reasonable conclusion. There is a VERY close business nexus between conspiracy mongering and gold, since spreading unnecessary fear and conspiracy-style hysteria will prompt those who believe in it to hoard gold.

parky76 · 3rd November 2009, 03:08 PM

Originally Posted by cwalner

Hmm, I can see the PrisonPlanet logic now

Parky76 on JREF is spreading disinformation to discredit AJ
Parky76 also admits in many posts on JREF of being a Jew
Therefore the Jews are behind 9/11

and yet, I have spread no disinfo.

does Midas NOT have ads on Prisonplanet? Does Prisonplanet not post many stories about gold, often times alarming and chicken little-ish?

does Midas NOT own GCN..which owns the Alex Jones Show?

connect the dots people...connect the dots.

follow down the rabbit hole..and the blue pill will be there.

Toke · 3rd November 2009, 03:37 PM

Quote:

and yet, I have spread no disinfo.

I don't think your definition of disinfo matches the truthers.

parky76 · 3rd November 2009, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Toke

I don't think your definition of disinfo matches the truthers.

my definition of disinfo= "false-information, lies, meant to disrupt or destroy a movement or groups' sense of trust/integrity"

9-11 Sheeper definition of disinfo= "any statement or information or Youtube video or JREF post which denies 9-11 truth, in ANY way"

Toke · 3rd November 2009, 03:47 PM

See, of course you will be accused of spreading disinfo.

parky76 · 3rd November 2009, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Toke

See, of course you will be accused of spreading disinfo.

see, the ironic thing is, by exposing Alex Jones, we are actually doing the 9-11 Sheepers a favor.

Brainster · 3rd November 2009, 05:37 PM

It is my impression that virtually every radio station in America is blanketed with advertisements for gold.

Juniversal · 3rd November 2009, 05:57 PM

What a revelation lol... Wouldn't it be something if Jones primary goal was to sell gold (DVD sells being a bonus). No doubt stiring the "economic fears pot" is one of the means to push his audience into purchasing gold.

fullflavormenthol · 3rd November 2009, 06:11 PM

A little bit off topic here, but I have never really understood the obsession with gold by those who believe we will end up in some kind of post-apocalyptic world. I mean all things being equal (assuming I have the ability to defend whatever resources I have) why would I want to trade food and ammo for gold?

I could understand trading some boxes of shotgun shells for some canned food, or maybe trading some food for clothes, or fire wood; but gold seems rather pointless. Gold is still dependent on a system to assign actual value to it, and honestly this worst case scenario the CT'ists believe is coming doesn't fit.

I am reminded of Gremlins 2 when the one Gremlin is on the phone and says, "I'm advising all my clients to invest in canned food and shotguns." That makes actual sense in the EOTWAWKI scenario.

Horatius · 3rd November 2009, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by fullflavormenthol

A little bit off topic here, but I have never really understood the obsession with gold by those who believe we will end up in some kind of post-apocalyptic world. I mean all things being equal (assuming I have the ability to defend whatever resources I have) why would I want to trade food and ammo for gold?

It probably won't be any good during a collapse, but it might be useful after the collapse, when people start trading again, for the same reasons it was useful in antiquity: it's durable, easily recognized, and combines portability (as coins) with difficulty to steal (as bars).

If you really did expect a major collapse of society, it would make sense to consider the best way to transfer wealth from our pre-collapse civilization to whatever later, post-collapse society develops. Guns and ammo will run out, food will be eaten. Gold will at least last, without much maintenance.

However, if I were a believer in the coming demise of civilization, while I might store a bit of gold for the above reasons, I'd probably rather invest the majority of my current wealth in things that would make me valuable in the post-collapse recovery. Things like high quality hand tools, and the skills to both use and maintain them. Not too mention copies of books like one my Father gave me, "Old Ways of Working Wood".

fullflavormenthol · 3rd November 2009, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by Horatius

It probably won't be any good during a collapse, but it might be useful after the collapse, when people start trading again, for the same reasons it was useful in antiquity: it's durable, easily recognized, and combines portability (as coins) with difficulty to steal (as bars).

If you really did expect a major collapse of society, it would make sense to consider the best way to transfer wealth from our pre-collapse civilization to whatever later, post-collapse society develops. Guns and ammo will run out, food will be eaten. Gold will at least last, without much maintenance.

However, if I were a believer in the coming demise of civilization, while I might store a bit of gold for the above reasons, I'd probably rather invest the majority of my current wealth in things that would make me valuable in the post-collapse recovery. Things like high quality hand tools, and the skills to both use and maintain them. Not too mention copies of books like one my Father gave me, "Old Ways of Working Wood".

See I agree with what you have written. I think my point was that hoarding large amounts of gold wouldn't be worthwhile, because you can't really take it with you effectively. Supplies do run out, but skills would be more important.

SezMe · 3rd November 2009, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by parky76

... and I see the add for gold to the right..

Originally Posted by Childlike Empress

And most of the adds on his sites are for himself

They're "ads" (short for advertisement) not "adds".

zaphod2016 · 4th November 2009, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by Brainster

It is my impression that virtually every radio station in America is blanketed with advertisements for gold.

This is very true.

Also- gold is just the tip of the "conspiracy economy"; you also have packaged foods, water filters, ammunition supply, and all sorts of other "survival" gear being marketed to the paranoid and unemployable.

Speaking of gold- nearly $1100 USD as of Weds, Nov 4. That's not a conspiracy- that's money in the bank. Not coincidentally, the Euro is creeping back to $1.50 USD, as nearly all economic analysts say we are now 3 years away from the full recovery (the point at which jobs come back).

But who cares about silly things like that? No, far more important: some doofus named Alex Jones is paid to hawk products to his audience by people who own a controlling stake in those products (just like O'Reilly, Limbaugh, the folks on Air America, and every other major radio broadcaster in the history of the medium).

Also: Ted Anderson is a guest on Alex's show all the time (at least, he was back when I still listened). I don't think its any big secret that Ted runs GCN to hawk gold.

3rd November 2009, 11:52 AM	#1
parky76 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11,797	Alex Jones is a shill for the gold industry? http://www.prisonplanet.com/us-gold-...-imf-sale.html I have had this theory for some time. Now I looked at this most recent article on Prisonplanet, and I see the add for gold to the right..and it becomes pretty clear to me. Now, how do I go about proving that the gold industry is somehow paying Alex Jones to constantly advertise their product through political fear tactics and frequent posting of gold values?
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3rd November 2009, 12:04 PM	#2
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3rd November 2009, 12:16 PM	#3
parky76 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11,797	Originally Posted by Childlike Empress One of my first posts on JREF contained this link. It may be helpful for your task. where is the connection to the gold selling industry?
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3rd November 2009, 12:46 PM	#5
Childlike Empress Ewige Blumenkraft Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ivory Tower Posts: 1,883	Is Anderson really the owner of it or only a straw man? In the last third of the (2004) article i've posted above, circumstantial evidence is presented that GCN and Midas are owned by Adnan Khashoggi.
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3rd November 2009, 01:18 PM	#7
Childlike Empress Ewige Blumenkraft Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ivory Tower Posts: 1,883	Well, i also don't intent to read it again. We have parky on the case.
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3rd November 2009, 12:33 PM	#4
fullflavormenthol Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,480	The entire network which employes Alex Jones is about gold. Genesis Communications Network is owned and operated by one Mr. Ted Anderson. All the commercials for gold on GCN are for Midas Resources, and the person who runs Midas Resources is one Mr. Ted Anderson. Sort of puts a context to way the network would constantly run conspiracy shows that talk about the imminent collapse of all the banks and how gold will somehow still retain value.

3rd November 2009, 12:57 PM	#6
fullflavormenthol Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,480	I'm just going to go by the above the board information that is available and not get into all that stuff in the link.

3rd November 2009, 02:03 PM	#8
parky76 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11,797	Originally Posted by fullflavormenthol The entire network which employes Alex Jones is about gold. Genesis Communications Network is owned and operated by one Mr. Ted Anderson. All the commercials for gold on GCN are for Midas Resources, and the person who runs Midas Resources is one Mr. Ted Anderson. oh my. im gonna look into this.
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3rd November 2009, 02:13 PM	#9
parky76 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11,797	Midas Resources Inc. (the gold sellers) http://www.midasresources.com/about.html Midas Resources Inc. OWNS Genesis Communications Network http://www.gcnlive.com/ The Alex Jones Show is owned and sponsored by...GCN http://www.gcnlive.com/programs/alexJones/ Prisonplanet, owned by Alex Jones, advertises Gold and posts many news stories, telling YOU to buy gold....NOW!!!! http://www.prisonplanet.com/us-gold-...-imf-sale.html http://www.prisonplanet.com/gold-hit...e-to-1064.html http://www.prisonplanet.com/jim-roge...ve-status.html http://www.prisonplanet.com/gold-hea...t-pending.html Now it alllllll makes sense. Alex Jones is a **ing shill for a Gold seller!!!!!! Unbelievable!! Mr. Jones loves to accuse the media and politicians and us here at JREF, of being SHILLS for the Mossad, the CIA, the NWO, the evil corporations, big drug companies, etc. But he is clearly, obviously, and with no doubt, shilling for Midas Resources Inc.!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a ing prick!!!! What a **ing hypocrite!!! Do the truthers know about this? Do they even care? Unbelievable!!
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3rd November 2009, 02:26 PM	#10
Toke Godless Socialist Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,763	Quote: What a **ing prick!!!! What a **ing hypocrite!!! I did not realise your opinion of him could get lower.
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3rd November 2009, 02:30 PM	#11
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3rd November 2009, 02:32 PM	#12
parky76 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11,797	Originally Posted by Toke I did not realise your opinion of him could get lower. neither did i. its one thing to be a liar. its one thing to be a demagogue and a fear-monger. but i really...really....hate hypocrites. oy vey!!!!!! makes me blood boil.
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3rd November 2009, 02:34 PM	#13
rjh01 Fire Warden Tagger Join Date: May 2005 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 9,062	Is this a conspiracy theory about the people who promote conspiracy theories?

3rd November 2009, 02:41 PM	#14
parky76 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11,797	Originally Posted by rjh01 Is this a conspiracy theory about the people who promote conspiracy theories? yes it is. but as i have shown, it is no longer a conspiracy theory. it is an actual fact. Alex Jones is a Shill for Midas Resources, Inc.
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3rd November 2009, 02:44 PM	#15
Toke Godless Socialist Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,763	Originally Posted by parky76 yes it is. but as i have shown, it is no longer a conspiracy theory. it is an actual fact. Alex Jones is a Shill for Midas Resources, Inc. I wonder if he realise it.
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3rd November 2009, 02:49 PM	#16
cwalner Muse Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Deepest Darkest Indiana Posts: 919	Originally Posted by parky76 yes it is. but as i have shown, it is no longer a conspiracy theory. it is an actual fact. Alex Jones is a Shill for Midas Resources, Inc. He could be a 'useful idiot' or whatever term the CTers like to use for someone who believes what he says, but is then put out there by the conspirators to fool the masses. In other words, he may actually believe what he says, but only gets his platform to spew his nonsense because the goldsellers who own the network find him useful to thier purposes.
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3rd November 2009, 02:49 PM	#17
parky76 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11,797	Originally Posted by Toke I wonder if he realise it. "A gold company owns my show, so I post various news stories to convince people to buy gold. Whats wrong with posting stories telling people that the world is gonna end and that they should buy gold right now? what does that have to do with my show being owned by a company that sells gold coins? and yes, my website which is NOT owned by the gold company, frequently has ads from the same gold company. so what? i see no problem here."
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3rd November 2009, 02:54 PM	#18
Childlike Empress Ewige Blumenkraft Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ivory Tower Posts: 1,883	If he believes what he says he may also think that the gold sellers do a real social service. And most of the adds on his sites are for himself - he isn't dependent on GCN and Midas. At least not anymore.
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3rd November 2009, 02:56 PM	#19
parky76 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11,797	Originally Posted by Childlike Empress If he believes what he says he may also think that the gold sellers do a real social service. And most of the adds on his sites are for himself - he isn't dependent on GCN and Midas. At least not anymore. I will give him the same benefit of the doubt, that Alex Jones and his 9-11 Sheepers give us, the media, and politicians. Which is NONE.
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3rd November 2009, 02:58 PM	#20
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3rd November 2009, 03:03 PM	#21
cwalner Muse Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Deepest Darkest Indiana Posts: 919	Hmm, I can see the PrisonPlanet logic now Parky76 on JREF is spreading disinformation to discredit AJ Parky76 also admits in many posts on JREF of being a Jew Therefore the Jews are behind 9/11
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3rd November 2009, 03:04 PM	#22
LightinDarkness Graduate Poster Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,358	Its a reasonable conclusion. There is a VERY close business nexus between conspiracy mongering and gold, since spreading unnecessary fear and conspiracy-style hysteria will prompt those who believe in it to hoard gold.

3rd November 2009, 03:08 PM	#23
parky76 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11,797	Originally Posted by cwalner Hmm, I can see the PrisonPlanet logic now Parky76 on JREF is spreading disinformation to discredit AJ Parky76 also admits in many posts on JREF of being a Jew Therefore the Jews are behind 9/11 and yet, I have spread no disinfo. does Midas NOT have ads on Prisonplanet? Does Prisonplanet not post many stories about gold, often times alarming and chicken little-ish? does Midas NOT own GCN..which owns the Alex Jones Show? connect the dots people...connect the dots. follow down the rabbit hole..and the blue pill will be there.
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3rd November 2009, 03:37 PM	#24
Toke Godless Socialist Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,763	Quote: and yet, I have spread no disinfo. I don't think your definition of disinfo matches the truthers.
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3rd November 2009, 03:43 PM	#25
parky76 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11,797	Originally Posted by Toke I don't think your definition of disinfo matches the truthers. my definition of disinfo= "false-information, lies, meant to disrupt or destroy a movement or groups' sense of trust/integrity" 9-11 Sheeper definition of disinfo= "any statement or information or Youtube video or JREF post which denies 9-11 truth, in ANY way"
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3rd November 2009, 03:47 PM	#26
Toke Godless Socialist Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,763	See, of course you will be accused of spreading disinfo.
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3rd November 2009, 04:00 PM	#27
parky76 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 11,797	Originally Posted by Toke See, of course you will be accused of spreading disinfo. see, the ironic thing is, by exposing Alex Jones, we are actually doing the 9-11 Sheepers a favor.
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3rd November 2009, 05:37 PM	#28
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3rd November 2009, 05:57 PM	#29
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3rd November 2009, 06:11 PM	#30
fullflavormenthol Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,480	A little bit off topic here, but I have never really understood the obsession with gold by those who believe we will end up in some kind of post-apocalyptic world. I mean all things being equal (assuming I have the ability to defend whatever resources I have) why would I want to trade food and ammo for gold? I could understand trading some boxes of shotgun shells for some canned food, or maybe trading some food for clothes, or fire wood; but gold seems rather pointless. Gold is still dependent on a system to assign actual value to it, and honestly this worst case scenario the CT'ists believe is coming doesn't fit. I am reminded of Gremlins 2 when the one Gremlin is on the phone and says, "I'm advising all my clients to invest in canned food and shotguns." That makes actual sense in the EOTWAWKI scenario.

3rd November 2009, 06:39 PM	#31
Horatius NWO Kitty Wrangler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada Posts: 11,173	Originally Posted by fullflavormenthol A little bit off topic here, but I have never really understood the obsession with gold by those who believe we will end up in some kind of post-apocalyptic world. I mean all things being equal (assuming I have the ability to defend whatever resources I have) why would I want to trade food and ammo for gold? It probably won't be any good during a collapse, but it might be useful after the collapse, when people start trading again, for the same reasons it was useful in antiquity: it's durable, easily recognized, and combines portability (as coins) with difficulty to steal (as bars). If you really did expect a major collapse of society, it would make sense to consider the best way to transfer wealth from our pre-collapse civilization to whatever later, post-collapse society develops. Guns and ammo will run out, food will be eaten. Gold will at least last, without much maintenance. However, if I were a believer in the coming demise of civilization, while I might store a bit of gold for the above reasons, I'd probably rather invest the majority of my current wealth in things that would make me valuable in the post-collapse recovery. Things like high quality hand tools, and the skills to both use and maintain them. Not too mention copies of books like one my Father gave me, "Old Ways of Working Wood".
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3rd November 2009, 06:53 PM	#32
fullflavormenthol Graduate Poster Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,480	Originally Posted by Horatius It probably won't be any good during a collapse, but it might be useful after the collapse, when people start trading again, for the same reasons it was useful in antiquity: it's durable, easily recognized, and combines portability (as coins) with difficulty to steal (as bars). If you really did expect a major collapse of society, it would make sense to consider the best way to transfer wealth from our pre-collapse civilization to whatever later, post-collapse society develops. Guns and ammo will run out, food will be eaten. Gold will at least last, without much maintenance. However, if I were a believer in the coming demise of civilization, while I might store a bit of gold for the above reasons, I'd probably rather invest the majority of my current wealth in things that would make me valuable in the post-collapse recovery. Things like high quality hand tools, and the skills to both use and maintain them. Not too mention copies of books like one my Father gave me, "Old Ways of Working Wood". See I agree with what you have written. I think my point was that hoarding large amounts of gold wouldn't be worthwhile, because you can't really take it with you effectively. Supplies do run out, but skills would be more important.

3rd November 2009, 07:27 PM	#33
SezMe Philosopher Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 8,795	Originally Posted by parky76 ... and I see the add for gold to the right.. Originally Posted by Childlike Empress And most of the adds on his sites are for himself They're "ads" (short for advertisement) not "adds".

4th November 2009, 04:11 PM	#34
zaphod2016 Muse Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Beaches of Florida Posts: 731	Originally Posted by Brainster It is my impression that virtually every radio station in America is blanketed with advertisements for gold. This is very true. Also- gold is just the tip of the "conspiracy economy"; you also have packaged foods, water filters, ammunition supply, and all sorts of other "survival" gear being marketed to the paranoid and unemployable. Speaking of gold- nearly $1100 USD as of Weds, Nov 4. That's not a conspiracy- that's money in the bank. Not coincidentally, the Euro is creeping back to $1.50 USD, as nearly all economic analysts say we are now 3 years away from the full recovery (the point at which jobs come back). But who cares about silly things like that? No, far more important: some doofus named Alex Jones is paid to hawk products to his audience by people who own a controlling stake in those products (just like O'Reilly, Limbaugh, the folks on Air America, and every other major radio broadcaster in the history of the medium). Also: Ted Anderson is a guest on Alex's show all the time (at least, he was back when I still listened). I don't think its any big secret that Ted runs GCN to hawk gold.
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