The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. – Theodore Roosevelt
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world. -Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484
Once the inflation is felt for all of the currency that has been created because of the financial mess then I think gold and silver will start moving up again. The reason however the dollar has moved up recently is not so such because of dollar strength, but more because of foreign currency's weakness. As other counties started to print there way out of the recession investors felt if all currency is bad I might as well be in the dollar. I personally see a strong dollar for the next year. The dollar for most is the safest bet outside of silver and gold.