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Dubliology: How To Create Your Streaming Audio Studio

September 30, 2009

For Under $100.00 Create Your Own Streaming Audio Studio

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Creating your own Streaming Audio audio studio has never been easier. There are so many great products around today that will allow you to produce high quality streaming audio for a fraction of the price it used to cost.

 

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The first thing you will need is a compatible computer. Today every new computer is already set up with everything you will need. A basic sound card with a mic and line in jack. If you do not have a sound card they are very cheap and you can get a good one from any standard computer shop.

Next you will need a good mic. These come in all sizes and shapes with different configurations however a general all round mic like the Logitech Noise-canceling microphone is fine for beginners. I suggest you get a desk top one to start with, as you may want to move into video later and so you wont want a headset in your videos.

Of course you could go up a stage and get a preamp with a professional mic but this will start running into dollars and the whole aim of this article is to help you get started.

Next you will want to get some cables to connect up your tape recorder and other audio equipment. Again the computer stores now have packs that will connect up pretty well any device into your computer to digitalize your sound. You want to record directly onto your computer however you can get those old tapes and Vinyl records into a digital format also.

 

SOFTWARE – RECORDING

Recording your audio is probably one of the most critical parts of this process and again you can get software that ranges from free to many thousands of dollars. For this exercise I suggest you download the free copy of Audacity. This is an excellent free software package that will allow you to record from your microphone or any equipment you have.

It provides excellent editing capabilities and also will allow you to edit multiple tracks and then combine them into one single track. For a quick overview of how to do this you can watch this video and also download the software

http://mp3soundstream.com/Audacity_Tutorial_-_Free_Audio_Editing_Software.html

SOFTWARE – CONVERTING

The next piece of software you will need for your studio is a converting program that will allow you to convert different formats. For example you may have a real audio file and you want to convert it to mp3. dBpoweramp is like the Swiss army knife for the audio industry and will convert just about any file to any other file format.

Convert from one format to another, just about every audio type is supported: mp3, mp4, Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Monkeys Audio, FLAC and many others whilst preserving ID Tags. It will also rip CDs for you.

http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

SOFTWARE – REDUCTION

If you are going to stream an mp3 direct then you may want to recompile the file to a smaller format. RazorLame is a so-called "front-end" for use with LAME. LAME is a great MP3-Encoder, it’s very fast, it produces high-quality files, has many advanced features (like Variable Bitrates and Joint-Stereo), and it’s open source. Unfortunately, it is a command line utility, and that is where RazorLame comes in: It provides an easy-to-use graphical user-interface which makes MP3-encoding even easier!

The best way to use this software is to get one file and compile in a number of different formats to test the size against quality.

http://www.dors.de/razorlame/download.php

SOFTWARE – STREAMING

There are a few different ways of streaming your new audio files. If you have Macromedia products you can simple organize this your self however there are some great third party programs around that will do it all for you at a fraction of the cost.

 

MP3 SOUND STREAM

This is a simple piece of software that takes any mp3 or wav audio and converts the whole file into a swf file and then attaches a button so that viewers can listen on a web page without needing to download any extra software. This is because the flash plug-in is on 98% of computes and if not it will automatically detect and load the small plug-in. This is great for anyone not wanting to get into all the technical aspects of streaming audio.

You will not need to reduce your files at all with this program as it does it all for you. This is perfect for anyone wanting to stream one file at a time and wants to do it quickly and efficiently. It will stream even over most modem connections.

http://www.mp3soundstream.com

 

MSIJUKEBOX

For people wanting to stream a number of files then MSIJukebox is a great alternative. This software lets you choose any number of mp3 files and then organizes them using an XML file. By using the above free programs you can significantly reduce the size of these files to save on bandwidth.

Because MSIJukebox streams the actual mp3 you can also have a lot higher quality playback including stereo files. This is much better for those wanting to stream a number of very high quality mp3 files.

http://www.msijukebox.com

SUMMARY

So there you have it. A complete studio set up for under $100. Just download all the free software and purchase any of the streaming audio products that you want. You can then create, edit and manipulate any audio files you like. You will also be able to add these audios to your website.

With the web surfer becoming much more "web savvy" than they were a year ago, they are expecting not only information but also an entertaining web experience.

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EBay Secrets For Your Success

September 30, 2009

EBay Secrets For Your Success

Chuck Madere

Gaining success through the eBay selling business may not be as complicated as you think. You only have to know where to find free eBay secrets that count. Once you get hold of free eBay secrets, start applying them in order for you to put up a successful eBay selling business.

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Philippians 1:9-10“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,”

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Gaining success through the eBay selling business may not be as complicated as you think. You only have to know where to find free eBay secrets that count. Once you get hold of free eBay secrets, start applying them in order for you to put up a successful eBay selling business.

No need to look high and low for free eBay secrets, we’ve got them compiled here for you. You can use these free eBay secrets to create a booming business on eBay.

Once you decide to become an eBay seller, choose the user ID you will have to use, carefully. Choose a User ID that represents your business or the items you sell.

Your User ID automatically becomes your eBay identity to potential buyers. Look up the “How to Sell” Tour and watch the eBay selling demonstration video. Then learn of free eBay secrets in starting up at the eBay Learning Center.

Get your ID verified by using the ID Verify option when setting up a Seller’s Account. This gives you an ID Verify icon in your feedback profile thereby giving the eBay community more confidence to buy from you. Don’t let this free eBay secret go unheeded.

Make sure to get computer backup disks in order for you to store up valuable data.

A free eBay secret of using accounting software will help you know how your business is doing so you can make it more profitable. Look for a good place where you can put your inventory and shipping materials. It’s a free eBay secret that they need to be in a safe, dry place nearby.

Writing a daily To-Do List will help you organize your schedule. It is also the free eBay secret for you to manage your time on normal tasks and follow up on opportunities that aren’t part of them.

Taking eBay’s fees into account may be the free eBay secret you need that’ll guided the pricing of your items. Find the best category where to list your products under.

This free eBay secret is probably known by everyone. From eBay’s home page, click the Buy button, and browse the categories to find categories that apply to your items.

Another free eBay secret that’s necessary for your products’ success is checking where competing items have been placed. It’s a good idea to choose two categories for your listings to reach more buyers. Even if you have to pay additional fee, spotlighting your title is a practically free eBay secret that’s guaranteed to grab buyers’ attention when they search for listings.

Hiring a Trading Assistant can free up the time you need to let you focus on the more important aspects of your eBay business.

Constantly monitor My eBay for your listings performance and other activities on the site. Keep track of your eBay correspondence by using My Messages. Surely, this free eBay secret will be a great help.

Attending trade shows is not only a free eBay secret advice it is also a great opportunity where you can get product trends preview and connect with manufacturers and discuss the opportunity of selling their products on eBay. Make sure to bring your business cards and be ready for discussions.

Protect yourself from potential fraud. Be wary for unusual buyer requests and consider it as a fraudulent sign if such requests come to light.

EBay consultants are available for advice and even free eBay secret tip offs. Once you know how to sell on eBay and checked out the eBay Community, your head will be buzzing with new business ideas.

Subscribing Chatter may get you not only feature articles, tips, helpful links and member interviews but maybe also free eBay secrets to success.

Signing up for the PowerUp Newsletter can get you advanced notice of upcoming events and promotions. You’ll get to know free listing days, feature discounts, seller sweepstakes and more.

There’s nothing wrong in promoting your eBay store. In fact it is another free eBay secret that you design marketing materials to promote your store.

Once you made a final sale price, donate part of it to a Nonprofit Organization of your choice.
Remember that the ultimate free eBay secret to success is passing on the blessings and knowledge you acquire!

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Perhaps A Budget Can Help

September 29, 2009

 

Creating A Budget For Yourself Can Dramatically Improve Your Severe Debt Issues

 

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Figuring out a budget is something that too many people have difficulty with and there is definitely no doubt about that. Unfortunately people, including myself, are just not educated enough about finding debt relief by having the ability to properly manage a well balanced budget. Following a strict budget each month or week, however you would want to do it, is no doubt the best way for everyone to improve their debt condition.

This is something that you should all really have already started thinking about because knowing how to manage your money properly and being consistent with it, will drastically pay off down the road. You will finally be able to enjoy your life completely, without all of the worries that come along for anyone who is just totally overloaded with debt over debt over debt.

Your budget will make it possible for you to recognize that you can survive every single month, not just survive though, much better than that, you could potentially have a little bit of extra money each and every month! How fabulous would that be people? You know you want it, you know you are exhausted thinking about your debt, so get up off that couch and stop pitying yourself, try fixing your debt problems instead of forgetting about them!

Allow your budget to work for you, no matter what might come up unexpectedly. If you can do this month after month, I do believe that you are just really going to be shocked by the wonderful results. You will have so much more confidence each day just knowing that you can make it on your own, you are a responsible, mature and highly intelligent individual. Learning about managing your money and following strict budgets at an early age in life sure did pay off for you as an adult, aren’t you so proud of yourself!

Most of us do have a great deal in common unfortunately, whenever it comes to spending more money than we can truly afford to spend each month and it is definitely a very serious problem, or could eventually become a serious debt concern of yours. Creating this amazing budget for yourself can dramatically improve your severe debt issues for good, how fantastic does that sound?

Take the time out of your busy and very hectic schedule, sit down, take a deep breath and prepare yourself for this fun and exciting learning experience. You will learn so much about yourself once you have prepared a budget for yourself, to follow each and everyday that passes, that is going to rid you from all your debt. It will definitely be an eye opener for many of you out there that tend to go a little overboard from time to time when you are out shopping around for things.

Debt is your worst enemy so if you can do anything at all to prevent this from occurring with you all throughout your fun life, start at an early age figuring out how you will follow your budget each month and make it work.

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Use It On Land Or Sea Garmin 76

September 28, 2009

Use It On Land Or Sea Garmin 76

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Land or Sea Garmin 76 is one versatile GPS system that can be used on land or at sea.  It’s a hand held unit weighing in at 0.2kg and measuring 15.7 cm high by 6.9 cm wide. If you’re looking for a GPS system that can keep you updated and informed while you enjoy a variety of different activities, then this is the GPS system for you.

When used on the water, this waterproof tough unit can not only help you get from A to B while on the water but by way of the sophisticated nautical navigation aids that are features of this unit, it can also give you up to date information about tidal changes, buoys, sunrise and sunset times and day beacons.  Not only that it has a built in current speed route calculator, a shallow/deep alarm and a host of other features all designed to keep the user safe and on track while on water.

What has to be crucial though with a unit that can be used on water, is that it is waterproof.  Well the Garmin 76 is waterproof and what’s more, if it is dropped in water it will not only keep on working after you fish it out, but the unit will also float for you making recovering it that much easier.

The accuracy of the Garmin 76 is pretty amazing too and is accurate to within 3 meters.  This is because this unit uses WAAS or Wide Area Augmentation System.  WAAS is simply the working together of satellites and ground base stations that allows any unit that can make use of this system, with the corrections and data needed for better positioning and ultimate navigation accuracy.

What’s great about the WAAS system is that there is no need to buy any further equipment or pay a fee to use this system.  Once a unit is configured, WASS comes free to use as standard.

The larger than normal screen that the G 76 uses means that it is very user friendly and the unit gives a clear and visible display back to the user.  Not only that, although the unit comes preloaded with some maps and information, the large 8 MG of memory space of this GPS system means that POI – points of interests – plus any additional maps that might be needed, can be downloaded in detail online and then uploaded to the unit.

The Garmin 76 is truly an action packed system that has been designed to be used for the more rugged outdoor activities such as boating, fishing, hunting and climbing.

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Dubliology: Use It On Land Or Sea Garmin 76

September 28, 2009

Use It On Land Or Sea Garmin 76

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Land or Sea Garmin 76 is one versatile GPS system that can be used on land or at sea.  It’s a hand held unit weighing in at 0.2kg and measuring 15.7 cm high by 6.9 cm wide. If you’re looking for a GPS system that can keep you updated and informed while you enjoy a variety of different activities, then this is the GPS system for you.

When used on the water, this waterproof tough unit can not only help you get from A to B while on the water but by way of the sophisticated nautical navigation aids that are features of this unit, it can also give you up to date information
about tidal changes, buoys, sunrise and sunset times and day beacons.  Not only that it has a built in current speed route calculator, a shallow/deep alarm and a host of other features all designed to keep the user safe and on track while on water.

What has to be crucial though with a unit that can be used on water, is that it is waterproof.  Well the Garmin 76 is waterproof and what’s more, if it is dropped in water it will not only keep on working after you fish it out, but the unit will also float for you making recovering it that much easier.

The accuracy of the Garmin 76 is pretty amazing too and is accurate to within 3 meters.  This is because this unit uses WAAS or Wide Area Augmentation System.  WAAS is simply the working together of satellites and ground base stations that allows any unit that can make use of this system, with the corrections and data needed for better positioning and ultimate navigation accuracy.

What’s great about the WAAS system is that there is no need to buy any further equipment or pay a fee to use this system.  Once a unit is configured, WASS comes free to use as standard.

The larger than normal screen that the G 76 uses means that it is very user friendly and the unit gives a clear and visible display back to the user.  Not only that, although the unit comes preloaded with some maps and information, the large 8 MG of memory space of this GPS system means that POI – points of interests – plus any additional maps that might be needed, can be downloaded in detail online and then uploaded to the unit.

The Garmin 76 is truly an action packed system that has been designed to be used for the more rugged outdoor activities such as boating, fishing, hunting and climbing.

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Here’s A Cool GPS Unit Garmin 2720

September 28, 2009

Here’s A Cool GPS Unit Garmin 2720

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Looking for a way to navigate your way around as you drive? You won’t go far off track if you opt in for the Garmin 2720.  This Global Positioning System (GPS) for short is offered to the market by Garmin. They are considered one of the market leaders in the supply of all things GPS.  No surprise then that this unit performs beautifully and has a very user friendly interface.

The 2720 comes with a plethora of features that makes it stand out in a field of other GPS units.  One of these great features and one you would think is available as standard on all GPS systems is the text to speech functionality.

What this means is that when you’re driving along you will receive turn by turn verbal commands so that you never have to pull your eyes away from the road, or for that matter, pull over every time you need to read the display.  Plus the sunlight free glare display of the 2720, will also bring you the visuals of your maps in either two or three dimensions.

What the Garmin 2720 also has is the ability to notify you of upcoming Points of Interest (POI) for short.  For instance, need to know if a school is approaching so you can take extra care as you drive by?  Need to know before hand where a hotel might be so that you can take a well needed break from your journey?  Well the 2720 can point out these special POI so that you can decide what you want to do in good time.

Adding more functionality to your unit is easily done and will obviously expand the capabilities of your 2720.  Take the FM receiver which you can add as a useful addition.  This will give you the ability to make use of radio and that means that you can find out when there might be planned obstacles up ahead such as road works or for that matter, unplanned obstacles such as traffic accidents or broken down vehicles blocking the road.

All this great information that will give you time to make your detour and keep you on your way to your destination.

Another great feature of the Garmin 2720 is that you can very easily save your past journeys and then access them when you need them again without having to reprogram the unit all over again.

With the 2720 comes the extras that you need to mount the device onto your dashboard or windscreen and you also get a USB port cable that means you can upload information to access as you travel to your destination.

The Garmin 2720 is a compact and efficient GPS unit that is worth looking up!

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GPS For Canada A Vast Country

September 28, 2009

A GPS For Canada A Vast Country

GPS For Canada

Finding  yourself looking for GPS for Canada?  Well if you’re
traveling to Canada, or perhaps you already live in Canada, and you want to get out and about and explore this vast country, then without a doubt one of the best ways to see this country up close and personal is to get in a car and drive yourself.

Depending on how much you to spend and what you actually want
to do with the unit, with most units designed to be used in car or in hand, you will usually have access to some fairly sophisticated entertainment features such as picture viewing, music and even the ability to upload the media of your choice.

So now, you’re going to need to find the best GPS Canada unit and maps for your journey and your needs.  Well luckily there are a host of maps that are specific to Canada and you can further drill down your search to specific areas and locations within the country itself.  From the Rocky
Mountains to the city scapes and the lakes and wildernesses of Canada, there are GPS maps and tracking that will point you in the right direction of where you want to go.

What you can also get to expand your mapping resources are a variety of subscription services that offer detailed and specialized maps online that you can download and then upload to your GPS unit.  The good thing about using a facility like this is that the maps are updated regularly and so will bring you the current and relevant information of a changing area.  As a general rule the maps for GPS
Canada are sold by province or territory and there are usually a variety of scales by which you can view the maps.

If you’re going off the beaten track into the wilderness of Canada, then a rugged portable GPS unit  would be ideal.  From hiking, trekking, camping, hunting and fishing, whatever it is you want to do there’s a GPS unit that will fit in with your needs and requirements.  What might also be worth noting, if you’re a serious out door person who craves the real remote wilderness of Canada, is that the unit you opt for should have the ability to relay your position back to the authorities on the ground, if you should suffer an accident or mishap.  So provided you take the necessary precautions, if you find yourself in a situation, you know that help will always be able to find you.

Provided you have the correct GPS Canada system for your needs, your exploration of Canada within the cities or the more remote areas, can be a complete, safe and an exciting experience.

Chuck Madere
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GPS For Canada A Vast Country

September 28, 2009

A GPS For Canada A Vast Country

GPS For Canada

Finding  yourself looking for GPS for Canada?  Well if you’re
traveling to Canada, or perhaps you already live in Canada, and you want to get out and about and explore this vast country, then without a doubt one of the best ways to see this country up close and personal is to get in a car and drive yourself.

Depending on how much you to spend and what you actually want
to do with the unit, with most units designed to be used in car or in hand, you will usually have access to some fairly sophisticated entertainment features such as picture viewing, music and even the ability to upload the media of your choice.

So now, you’re going to need to find the best GPS Canada unit and maps for your journey and your needs.  Well luckily there are a host of maps that are specific to Canada and you can further drill down your search to specific areas and locations within the country itself.  From the Rocky
Mountains to the city scapes and the lakes and wildernesses of Canada, there are GPS maps and tracking that will point you in the right direction of where you want to go.

What you can also get to expand your mapping resources are a variety of subscription services that offer detailed and specialized maps online that you can download and then upload to your GPS unit.  The good thing about using a facility like this is that the maps are updated regularly and so will bring you the current and relevant information of a changing area.  As a general rule the maps for GPS
Canada are sold by province or territory and there are usually a variety of scales by which you can view the maps.

If you’re going off the beaten track into the wilderness of Canada, then a rugged portable GPS unit  would be ideal.  From hiking, trekking, camping, hunting and fishing, whatever it is you want to do there’s a GPS unit that will fit in with your needs and requirements.  What might also be worth noting, if you’re a serious out door person who craves the real remote wilderness of Canada, is that the unit you opt for should have the ability to relay your position back to the authorities on the ground, if you should suffer an accident or mishap.  So provided you take the necessary precautions, if you find yourself in a situation, you know that help will always be able to find you.

Provided you have the correct GPS Canada system for your needs, your exploration of Canada within the cities or the more remote areas, can be a complete, safe and an exciting experience.

Chuck Madere
650-366-5307

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There are three things every Internet/Network Marketeer’ needs to make money online. You need a Domain Name; a Hosting Account and an Auto-responder. The ones I use are: Aweber, JustHost, and GoDaddy. These tools are very reliable and are use by professionals all over the world.

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The Destruction of the US Empire by Bill Bonner

September 14, 2009

The Destruction of the US Empire

by Bill Bonner
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What was America’s Golden Age?

It is much too soon to write the history of America’s decline and fall. Still, that doesn’t stop us from guessing. We would name the period between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the fall of Lehman Bros – a period of only 19 years – as the peak of US power and wealth. Of course, Americans were dreaming during those years. The dreams were the usual imperial sort – that the US Empire was such a benefit to the rest of the world that the foreigners would support it indefinitely.

Rome didn’t take any chances; it forced its conquered nations to render tribute…slaves…gold…and wheat. The American empire depended on trade…and the dollar. As long as the United States had a commercial advantage, the empire was profitable. But as the 20th century aged, so did the US economy. Its competitors – notably Germany and Japan – had a big advantage. They had been bombed out in the ’40s. They could build anew.

America’s trade advantage slipped away…and then its trade balance went negative in the mid-’80s. It has been getting more negative almost every year. The trade losses shrank after the fall of the House of Lehman. Americans cut back. But today we get news that the trade deficit has just grown more than in any month in the last 10 years.

Have Americans suddenly become big spenders again? Probably not. But we’ll have to wait for another explanation; we don’t have one.

No account of America’s glory years – roughly the period between the reign of George Bush I and that of his son, George Bush II – would be complete without mention of the events that happened on this day eight years ago. A small group of terrorists pulled off an amazing coup – bringing down two of America’s iconic buildings, right in the heart of New York City…and on primetime TV!

Historians might be tempted to use this event as a milestone, marking the end of the period of maximum happiness in the United States of America. We caution against it. It was only later that it became apparent that the US reaction to the terrorist incident was suicidal. The nation desperately needed to bring its ambitions back in line with its means. It needed to save and invest in new factories and new infrastructure. Instead, it wasted trillions fighting phantoms and nobodies. But as far as anyone knew, US influence, prestige and power remained near its zenith throughout the wars on terror and Iraq.

The fall of Lehman changed things. Then it was obvious that not only was America vulnerable, she was an enemy to herself. She had diddle-daddled during the glory years, dawdling with the lion cubs
that would grow up and maul her. Now, in the period we are living through, she attempts to go back to sleep and rerun her balmy dreams.

That is what “recovery” is all about – a return to the land of nod and nonsense…in which people think they can actually become wealthier by squandering money they don’t have on things they don’t need.

Fortunately, as near as we can tell, most private citizens are now awake.

A report at the beginning of this week showed that they repaid debt at a rate four times faster than economists projected.  Savings rates are rising. Spending is falling. People are doing what they
should do – they’re cutting back. But the feds continue their efforts to sabotage the correction and
destroy the empire. They have already blown-up the budget – with $9 trillion in deficits expected over the next 10 years. Now, they’re working on the dollar.

Yesterday, the dollar fell to $1.45 per euro. Gold remained just below the $1,000 an ounce mark. And the Dow rose 80 points. Stock market investors seem to be looking forward to another big bull
market. But with the economy deteriorating, they are probably just dreaming, too. Median household income fell 3.6% over the last 12 months. Of course, that’s just what you’d expect in a correction. But
it’s not what the feds were hoping for. So, they’re pulling out all the stops to try to turn it around. Most important, they’re pulling out the stop that keeps the dollar from rolling down the hill.

The empire sinks into the mud. Yes, this is the downhill period…the slide into corruption…the period in which Juvenal complained that Romans were only interested in “bread and circuses.” When you are on the board of a decent corporation, for example, if you have a direct financial interest in a matter under consideration you’re expected to “declare an interest” and absent yourself from the vote.

But in a mature democracy, the most self-interested citizens are those most likely to vote. Currently, about 20 million people work for government. About 45 million receive Social Security benefits. About
34 million depend on food stamps. (People who count on the government to feed them, warned Jefferson, “will soon want bread.”  That doesn’t seem to worry many people. But at least the state of Maryland has an Orwellian sense of humor about it. People who depend on government for food are given “Independence” cards.)

That’s 99 million people who have a direct interest in expanding government outlays…with some overlap, of course. And it doesn’t mean that every person receiving a Social Security check is going to back the feds. But it doesn’t count all the millions more who get subsidies, bailouts, welfare payments (often masquerading as tax credits), government contracts, and so forth, either.

Well, how many people does it take to win a national election? Obama won with 63 million votes.

The dollar’s weakness hasn’t been missed by it biggest foreign holder – China.

Reported earlier this week in the Telegraph: “‘We hope there will be a change in monetary policy as soon as they have positive growth again,’ said Cheng Siwei…talking about America. “‘If they keep printing money to buy bonds it will lead to inflation, and after a year or two the dollar will fall hard. Most of our foreign reserves are in US bonds and this is very difficult to change, so we will diversify incremental reserves into euros, yen, and other currencies,’ he said.

“China’s reserves are more than – $2 trillion, the world’s largest. “Mr.. Siwei continued: ‘Gold is definitely an alternative, but when we buy, the price goes up. We have to do it carefully so as not to
stimulate the markets,’ he added.” Then, two days ago, in came a report that China is going to issue
bonds of its own – in Yuan. This news is a shot across the bow of America’s imperial currency. It
signals that China is moving into position to eventually challenge the greenback.

Investors will have another alternative to the dollar…another bond issued by another government and backed by another economy…maybe one that is on the way up, rather than on the way down.

Meanwhile, Americans grow poorer. Bloomberg reports:

“‘The decline in incomes we’re seeing certainly has implications for consumer spending, particularly post-housing bubble when families can’t tap into home equity through loans,’ said Heather Boushey, a senior economist at the Center for American Progress, a research organization headed by John Podesta, a leader of the Obama administration transition team. “The poverty rate is likely to keep rising through 2012, even after the recession ends, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to enact a second economic stimulus package, said Isabel Sawhill, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, a policy research group.

“‘We will likely have not only a jobless recovery but also a poverty-ridden recovery,’ Sawhill said. ‘The stimulus money is going to go away long before the poverty rate peaks.’”

September 14, 2009
Bill Bonner [send him mail] is the author, with Addison Wiggin, of Financial Reckoning Day: Surviving the Soft Depression of The 21st Century and Empire of Debt: The Rise Of An Epic Financial Crisis and the co-author with Lila Rajiva of Mobs, Messiahs and Markets (Wiley,
2007).

Copyright © 2009 Bill Bonner

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Should we care about $1,000 gold?

September 14, 2009

Should we care about $1,000 gold? Or has the "key psychological level" lost some of its impact

by Geoff Candy
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
www.mineweb.com
GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS –

Invest In gold Since early morning trade in Europe began Tuesday, headlines were shouting about the psychological $1,000 level. First, they were asking whether or not gold would break through it and then later, wondering whether or not the breach was likely to be sustained. But, another question to ask is: "How significant is the
$1,000 mark. According to Aram Shishmanian, CEO of World Gold Council, "Reaching the $1000 mark once again shows that this price level is no longer the watershed for gold that it once was.

"Investors are turning to gold as they seek assets which preserve their wealth, whatever the financial weather." John Mulligan, Investment Marketing Manager at the World Gold Council, says the most significant factor underpinning the price in the last
few years has been the development of the investment markets. "The development of the gold ETFs (which in just over 5 years, have grown to hold more than 1670 tonnes of gold – worth around $54 billion at current prices) have clearly made an impact and facilitated easier institutional investment in gold. However, more recently, we’ve also
seen a real reawakening of retail investment demand in Western Europe and the US.

Mulligan adds, "The fallout from the credit-crunch and subsequent general uncertainty regarding financial institutions and traditional markets has caused investors to seek out safer and simpler investment solutions and this has resulted in unprecedented demand for physical gold at the retail level: investment demand in general has seen an annual increase (to end of June 2009) of 133%; but retail demand for physical gold in Europe over the same period increased by 733%."

This has meant, he says, that the price of gold is now much more driven by demand factors and less by sentiment which has resulted in the psychological element of the "$1,000 level" being less of a factor. And, could therefore, indicate that the $1,000 becomes much less of a price ceiling than it once was.

However, the council does identify four other factors that have contributed to the recent jump in the price of the metal. Firstly it says, gold is now considered to be a separate asset class. "Both retail and institutional investors are increasingly turning to
gold as an independent asset class to ensure their portfolios are properly.

Secondly, as a result of the massive fiscal stimulus the world has enjoyed recently there are many people, including the likes of celebrated hedge fund manager, John Paulson who are fearful of the impact of inflation. "Gold," it says, "is a proven hedge against inflation; while its real value can vary in the short term, its purchasing power has remained stable over centuries. Recent weakness in the dollar is given as a third reason and the fourth consideration has been concerns among investors about how
sustainable the recent jump in equity markets is likely to be.

Chuck Madere

Silver Snowball