I just had a conspiracy theorist moment. Contemplate:

1) The reason that "they" bailed out all of the big banks at fuck reality prices is that these banks are too big to fail. Notice that all of the small banks are falling like dominoes (or pizza hut? ) and no one gives a shit. But the BIG banks? No way are they allowed to fail.

2) Notice the comments of late regarding the imminent collapse of the dollar and how the embassies in foreign countries are being told to stock up on the local currencies?

3) If... IF... there is a planned collapse (and how could anyone with any intelligence whatsoever NOT know that the whole thing is going belly up and proceed to try and plan an excape hatch?) by those who pull the strings (financial types of "big mucky muck variety), wouldn't you want to have all of the financial system of your target to be in a very centralized form so that you could engineer the transition to your NEW AND IMPROVED form of fiat currency as easily and seamlessly as possible?

4) You certainly wouldn't want to have a bunch of chaos with a bunch of individuals running around making their own choices and mucking up your perfectly good method of milking the sheep of their work. Nope. Gotta keep the regimentation in line.

5) End of perfectly good speculation.

- NonE