Afterthoughts

Published: Monday, Dec. 21 2009 12:04 a.m. MST

"Buy gold!" shout the increasing TV commercials, hawking a commodity that thrives on global gloom. Buy gold and the hovering vulture could be a golden goose.

Among the loudest gold hucksters on cable is the convicted Watergate burglar G. Gordon Liddy — the man I would pick to break into Fort Knox.

At $1,100 an ounce and rising, gold feeds on war, disaster and a world gone mad. Not to worry about the price dropping anytime soon.

If peace ever comes, don't panic. Get rid of grandma's jewelry. Quick!

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