Goldwin

With the economy looking weaker than single-ply Dollar Store toilet paper, the price of gold hit an all-time high yesterday.......$1,600 per ounce!  Yikes!

Why, you might ask?  

Well, with President Obama attempting to negotiate with Congress on raising the U.S. government debt limit before the August 2nd deadline, it appears that Wall Street is forecasting based upon the old adage of "all that glitters isn't gold"  isn't true.  The Street is betting "gold is king".

I'm sure you were raised similarly to me, in that you were encouraged to buy land and buy gold.  Hey, if not, that's on you.  

My family was ALL about owning land and gold.  Maybe my father knew something that I didn't?

When I was 8-years-old, I wanted a "dookey" rope chain!  You know, the fat gold chain similar to those worn by all the rappers in the '80s.

I wanted to look like Run DMC, LL Cool J, but I shied away from looking like Slick Rick (Mr.T took it to the extreme).

Now, that I'm sitting on a mound of gold, I just might buy an island!  Oh, wait, I already own one!

Ignorance breeds fear.....fear fuels the hatred...

Ignorance breeds fear......fear fuels the hatred, and hatred feeds the ignorance.  

This is a quote that I've shared with many folks from various walks of life and it is appropriate now, more than ever.

Word quickly spread on the Twitterverse that the New England White Pride group was going to hold a protest outside the Worcester Public Library, on Saturday, to protest the fact that the New Hampshire group was being banned from using the library to host their meetings. (Read T&G article)

As word quickly spread through various Internet channels, an anit-Nazi protest was planned by the Progressive Labor Party, chaired by Gordon Davis, whom I've known for years.

The anti-Nazi protest was well attended and peaceful.

Many anti-Nazi protesters carried signs promoting laws that protected and allowed immigrants to become US citizens, as well as there being no place for hatred in Worcester, and the world.

What I found interesting, was the number of people that were hanging out in the Worcester Common who seemed to not care one bit that there was a protest taking place.  There was more interest by the passerbys in cars who wondered what was going on, and a few stopped to ask.

Worcester Police Department made sure that their presence was seen and known, and I must have counted 6 officers, and additional officers who drove by, probably circling the Common and the library to make sure there were no issues.

I'm sure this is not the last planned protest by the New England White Power group, directed toward the Worcester Public Library, but we can only hope that any and all protests are peaceful and uneventful.

Stay tuned!