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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 2723256, member: 1886&quot;]There&#039;s some irony in it you know. Free Silver was the &quot;qualitative easing&quot; of the day aka debasing the gold standard that existed at the time. Today we stack what would have been the debasers of past as a hedge against the debased of present.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Wizard of Oz, in some circles, is believed to have been about the free silver movement.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.themoneymasters.com/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-a-monetary-reformers-brief-symbol-glossary/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.themoneymasters.com/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-a-monetary-reformers-brief-symbol-glossary/" rel="nofollow">http://www.themoneymasters.com/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-a-monetary-reformers-brief-symbol-glossary/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll see if can find Mencken&#039;s tribute to Bryan. It was pretty funny as I remember it--as<span style="font-size: 16px"> if Mencken was backing the car over the body to make sure he was dead. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px">Edit: I think this is it. Print is too small to tell.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"><a href="http://www.peeniewallie.com/2005/06/h_l_menckens_ob.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.peeniewallie.com/2005/06/h_l_menckens_ob.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.peeniewallie.com/2005/06/h_l_menckens_ob.html</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16px"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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