The Glenn Beck/Goldline Scam (large graphic)

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

And so the cycle repeats. The only thing that changes are the faces.

Ding. Ding. Cigars for this man!

[nikimcbee]

So if mookie wins the the FFL this year, just to spite him, the prize will be a goldline coin... from Glen Beck.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

So if mookie wins the the FFL this year, just to spite him, the prize will be a goldline coin... from Glen Beck.

I'll take the tshirt!

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

And so the cycle repeats. The only thing that changes are the faces.

Lets hope you are wrong this time.

I'm praying for a 'change' we cannot continue down this path or we will be all screwed.

Hey speaking of math...



http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/116xx/doc...isis_Brief.pdf

But yea lets argue about some talk show host 'fleecing' his listening audiance.

Originally Posted by Tribesman

November??????
Oh thats when you change some of the muppets for different muppets and become happy for about 10 minutes before it dawns on you that you got a bunch of muppets again so you look forward enthusiasticly to the next election after that where you again change one bunch of muppets for some more muppets.

On that we agree.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

How so? (the scam part regarding gold)

I was referring to what mookie pointed out (along with similar services), plus all the "sell your gold" advertisements. If you're not buying and selling direct at wholesale prices, you're getting ripped off most likely.

The problem with dealing in precious metals at all is that you are responsible for transporting and storing it. If you use a service for it, they are going to take a large cut off the top, which, even with the boom in price, will be hard to make up.

Finally, gold isn't accepted as currency in most cases so it only has value if you can find someone willing to buy it. While the market may be high, finding someone to pay that price is another story.

[TLAM Strike]

If you are really in the market for cheap gold find some old circuit boards (if you are like me you have a closet full of them) and melt them down in your back yard. You will find all sorts of valuable metals in it!

[antikristuseke]

Most of it is just copper though, with trace amounts of gold and platinum.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Most of it is just copper though, with trace amounts of gold and platinum.

and zinc, cadnium, tin, tantalum, and on and on 'heavy' metals.

I dont think melting down circuit boards would be a very healthy exercise. The amount of gold is definatly not worth the effort.

I know that commercial facilitys do it but its for enviromental reasons not for a profit.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

I dont think melting down circuit boards would be a very healthy exercise. The amount of gold is definatly not worth the effort.

Yea I was joking. Its very dangerous, but it doesn't stop people in China and India from doing it.

I know that commercial facilitys do it but its for enviromental reasons not for a profit.

Funny I have a family friend who works at one that does that for profit, but its not their only operation they do jewelry, industrial, and government jobs.

[SteamWake]

I found my own infographic !!!

[mookiemookie]

Needs more teary-eyed Glenn Beck.

I missed where Glenn Beck mandated buying gold from any source.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

I missed where Glenn Beck mandated buying gold from any source.

He hasn't.

However, I'm quite sure that, say Chris Matthews was advocating gold and doing so using his economic theories, he'd be villified by the right for misleading people.

I have no problem with Beck doing this, by the way. If people aren't smart enough to realize that it is their responsibility to be informed consumers, than that's THEIR fault - not Beck's.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Aramike

I have no problem with Beck doing this, by the way. If people aren't smart enough to realize that it is their responsibility to be informed consumers, than that's THEIR fault - not Beck's.

Agreed, but the whole point to the story is that Beck is either too dumb to realize he's helping Goldline take advantage of his audience, or he's actively helping them to do so.

Idiot or con artist. Either way, screw him.