I think McCotter is awesome but you hit the nail on the head. The TV generation will never ever ever again elect a president that isn't photogenic. A damn shame, but there it is.

The people who sell gold make money on the margin. They hedge both up and down and can't lose or make money on the gold itself.
That said, individuals at those companies may invest in gold themselves and often do.

Hud, did you know she played the voice of Sophie (old version) in Miyazaki's movie, "Howl's Moving Castle"...?
When I was younger, her and Glynis Johns were two of the older actresses that most made my heart go pitter-pat.

There's no doubt that the reason the Rwanda horrors were so meticulously ignored by the MSM was because, despite all efforts, they were unable to blame it on America.

"The community"...? Is that the political way of saying "Well, my friends said they heard it from this guy's sister"...?
Let's see the paperwork, Dellums.

Let's see...we can shoot Muslims in the head with these guns, and that's alright, but we can't have a tiny coded message hidden in the serial number of the scope because they won't like that?
Um. Okay.
And the media is still listening to the convicted terrorist funding CAIR? As the saying goes, the liberal media are not just against America, they're actually on the other side.

Jackson and Walsh are making a habit of finding a book that is popular, that people have enjoyed, paying big bucks for that popularity...and then changing it. Why? I mean, Hollywood does this all the time, but it never gets any easier to understand. Another thing they changed that made the story more poignant is that the girl was not just murdered, but raped and murdered. Which makes an important difference in how you see the motivations and actions of the father and the killer. But they found that part "icky" and cut it out. It reminds me of when Adrian Lyne remade Lolita and cast some makeup slathered late teen model as Lolita. It kind of ruins the entire point of the story, doesn't it?
(Special shout-out to Fran Walsh--despite your claims on the commentary track to Lord of the Rings, you are NOT a better writer than J.R.R. Tolkien. Just so you know.)

Since you're quoting Milton, try this one from Jonson:

"Who is so patient of this impious world,
That he can check his spirit, or rein his tongue?
Or who hath such a dead unfeeling sense,
That heaven's horrid thunders cannot wake?
To see the earth crack'd with the weight of sin,
Hell gaping under us, and o'er our heads
Black, ravenous ruin, with her sail-stretch'd wings,
Ready to sink us down, and cover us.
Who can behold such prodigies as these,
And have his lips seal'd up? Not I: my soul
Was never ground into such oily colours,
To flatter vice, and daub iniquity:
But, with an armed and resolved hand,
I'll strip the ragged follies of the time
Naked as at their birth."
--Ben Jonson, 1601

Great show. Funny, smart, and boy howdy do they get away with a lot! I was shocked when I first started watching and saw people like PAB and John Bolton (!!) appear as guests. I think maybe they just like a chance to be a little "naughty" and of course, they have a good sense of humor. And the regulars know where to draw the line, too--no "mustache rides" jokes for Bolton. Or were there? Ahh, he can take it.
And personally, I don't care when it's on since I have a magical DVR thingie.

Epictetus is awesome.