Comments on: The Great Gold Robbery http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/ Author James Bovard Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:34:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Of Fare Hikes and Fiat Currency | Lew Rockwell http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-131789 Of Fare Hikes and Fiat Currency | Lew Rockwell Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:21:51 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-131789 [...] 95 years since the introduction of the Federal Reserve, and especially since the Federal Government outlawed private ownership of gold in 1933. First, with apologies to Nietzsche, one nation may try to lie to its citizens with fiat currency, [...] [...] 95 years since the introduction of the Federal Reserve, and especially since the Federal Government outlawed private ownership of gold in 1933. First, with apologies to Nietzsche, one nation may try to lie to its citizens with fiat currency, [...]

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-128406 Jim Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:37:29 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-128406 Thanks for the kind words. Holy shizam! I had not noticed that the blog had the html code when it got reloaded on a new web server. Thanks for the heads-up - I'll try to get that fixed dammit! Thanks for the kind words.

Holy shizam! I had not noticed that the blog had the html code when it got reloaded on a new web server.

Thanks for the heads-up - I’ll try to get that fixed dammit!

]]> By: Bob Baker http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-128405 Bob Baker Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:20:50 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-128405 Hey Jim, great piece. I'm linking to it on my sight. I noticed after you had the trouble with your blog being unavailable for a bit about a month ago, that when the piece reappeared all the quotes and apostrophes appear as html code. It makes it hard to read. Still love the piece. Thanks, Bob Baker Hey Jim, great piece. I’m linking to it on my sight. I noticed after you had the trouble with your blog being unavailable for a bit about a month ago, that when the piece reappeared all the quotes and apostrophes appear as html code. It makes it hard to read.
Still love the piece.

Thanks,
Bob Baker

]]> By: Internet Censorship is Alive and Well in America Today « Victoria Kelley Waking Up Humanity http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-127972 Internet Censorship is Alive and Well in America Today « Victoria Kelley Waking Up Humanity Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:10:25 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-127972 [...] Read Jim Bovard’s articles and book…. “No American president has rivaled Roosevelt in his denunciation of what he called “economic royalists.” He sought to “master” the “forces of selfishness” by making government master of every person’s private financial destiny. Like today, the citizen who wanted to retain control over his own life was selfish, while the bureaucrat who wanted to seize power over the citizen was automatically presumed benevolent. One of the most controversial New Deal policies was the seizure of citizens’ gold.” [...] [...] Read Jim Bovard’s articles and book…. “No American president has rivaled Roosevelt in his denunciation of what he called “economic royalists.” He sought to “master” the “forces of selfishness” by making government master of every person’s private financial destiny. Like today, the citizen who wanted to retain control over his own life was selfish, while the bureaucrat who wanted to seize power over the citizen was automatically presumed benevolent. One of the most controversial New Deal policies was the seizure of citizens’ gold.” [...]

]]> By: Victoria Kelley Waking Up Humanity » Blog Archive » Internet Censorship IS Alive and Well In America http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-127971 Victoria Kelley Waking Up Humanity » Blog Archive » Internet Censorship IS Alive and Well In America Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:02:36 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-127971 [...] Read Jim Bovard’s articles and book…. “No American president has rivaled Roosevelt in his denunciation of what he called “economic royalists.” He sought to “master” the “forces of selfishness” by making government master of every person’s private financial destiny. Like today, the citizen who wanted to retain control over his own life was selfish, while the bureaucrat who wanted to seize power over the citizen was automatically presumed benevolent. One of the most controversial New Deal policies was the seizure of citizens’ gold.” [...] [...] Read Jim Bovard’s articles and book…. “No American president has rivaled Roosevelt in his denunciation of what he called “economic royalists.” He sought to “master” the “forces of selfishness” by making government master of every person’s private financial destiny. Like today, the citizen who wanted to retain control over his own life was selfish, while the bureaucrat who wanted to seize power over the citizen was automatically presumed benevolent. One of the most controversial New Deal policies was the seizure of citizens’ gold.” [...]

]]> By: When to sell your writing. When to pawn it. « Words from the Woods http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-127915 When to sell your writing. When to pawn it. « Words from the Woods Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:24:58 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-127915 [...] of the bar?  Coral.  The 1500′s bar was from a ship wreck.  Apparently, Granny and Grandpa hid the gold during the depression to save it from Roosevelt and his gold ban.  This little gem was found almost forty years after the ban was lifted in [...] [...] of the bar?  Coral.  The 1500′s bar was from a ship wreck.  Apparently, Granny and Grandpa hid the gold during the depression to save it from Roosevelt and his gold ban.  This little gem was found almost forty years after the ban was lifted in [...]

]]> By: Tim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-120240 Tim Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:57:55 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-120240 The US got into WWII because the US implemented an oil embargo on Japan. FDR claimed he did not want to go to war but his administration actually planned on it to get us out of the Great Depression. Pearl harbor was the sacrificial lamb and the government knew all about it. If you research it enough, you will find that there were so many errors made in security just prior to Dec 7 1941 that it could be nothing else but a plan to go to war. It wasn't until 1943 that we returned to employment levels of 1928. Going to war was a last resort to end the depression. Currently, Saudi Arabia won't take the US dollar for debt payment. They are demanding gold. What will happen if China does the same. Bury your gold now and get it out of safe deposit boxes if you have any because the gov't will raid them if it follows in the steps of FDR. I have seen at least 3 newsletters already from reputable groups that say the end of personal ownership of precious metals is about to end. The US got into WWII because the US implemented an oil embargo on Japan. FDR claimed he did not want to go to war but his administration actually planned on it to get us out of the Great Depression. Pearl harbor was the sacrificial lamb and the government knew all about it. If you research it enough, you will find that there were so many errors made in security just prior to Dec 7 1941 that it could be nothing else but a plan to go to war. It wasn’t until 1943 that we returned to employment levels of 1928. Going to war was a last resort to end the depression. Currently, Saudi Arabia won’t take the US dollar for debt payment. They are demanding gold. What will happen if China does the same. Bury your gold now and get it out of safe deposit boxes if you have any because the gov’t will raid them if it follows in the steps of FDR. I have seen at least 3 newsletters already from reputable groups that say the end of personal ownership of precious metals is about to end.

]]> By: Alon http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-115905 Alon Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:33:28 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-115905 Rather... Buy yourselves more guns and ammo.. and don't tell a soul! ;-) Rather… Buy yourselves more guns and ammo.. and don’t tell a soul! ;-)

]]> By: English Phil http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-17374 English Phil Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:28:57 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-17374 After reading this informative and well written piece I have an odd feeling that history is in the proccess of repeating itself. Buy yourselves some gold real soon.. and don't tell a soul ;) After reading this informative and well written piece I have an odd feeling that history is in the proccess of repeating itself.
Buy yourselves some gold real soon.. and don’t tell a soul ;)

]]> By: whig http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-10007 whig Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:44:48 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-10007 Hm, but what about the decision twenty years earlier to create the Fed and place the United States in a debt-financed currency to begin with? Coupled with an income tax to revolve payments on the debt. Hm, but what about the decision twenty years earlier to create the Fed and place the United States in a debt-financed currency to begin with? Coupled with an income tax to revolve payments on the debt.

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-10000 Jim Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:35:04 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-10000 whig - yes, FDR had a choice. It was his own perfidy that made the gold default and gold seizure so devastating to many Americans. He and his halfwit economic theorists... and his moon cow Brain Trust that thought Stalin was the model for the future... whig - yes, FDR had a choice. It was his own perfidy that made the gold default and gold seizure so devastating to many Americans.

He and his halfwit economic theorists… and his moon cow Brain Trust that thought Stalin was the model for the future…

]]> By: Saturdaynightspecial http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-9971 Saturdaynightspecial Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:00:56 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-9971 Maine, Lusitannia, Pearl Harbor, Tonkin Gulf, and 9/11 (and the USS Cole) Maine, Lusitannia, Pearl Harbor, Tonkin Gulf, and 9/11 (and the USS Cole)

]]> By: whig http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-9968 whig Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:56:11 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-9968 But did Roosevelt have a choice in light of the default to the Federal Reserve? But did Roosevelt have a choice in light of the default to the Federal Reserve?

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-9951 Jim Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:15:00 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-9951 Thanks for the feedback! Yes, hopefully FDR will get the reputation he deserves. Thanks for the feedback!

Yes, hopefully FDR will get the reputation he deserves.

]]> By: Marc Swanson http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-9914 Marc Swanson Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:20:27 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2006/12/06/the-great-gold-robbery/#comment-9914 Amazing that someone who greedily snatched gold coins from little old lady "hoarders", hindered recovery from what came to be known as the Great Depression by creating of a multitude of insanely counterproductive corporatist economic programs, and either looked the other way or remained clueless as the Japanese fleet closed to within striking distance of Pearl harbor during a period of dangerously heightened tension, is often regarded by politicians, intellectuals, and nostalgic senior citizens as America's greatest President. Amazing that someone who greedily snatched gold coins from little old lady “hoarders”, hindered recovery from what came to be known as the Great Depression by creating of a multitude of insanely counterproductive corporatist economic programs, and either looked the other way or remained clueless as the Japanese fleet closed to within striking distance of Pearl harbor during a period of dangerously heightened tension, is often regarded by politicians, intellectuals, and nostalgic senior citizens as America’s greatest President.

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