reading up on what's happening, lots of doom n gloom and lots of it is from somewhat high profile or somewhat reputable sources. in an attempt to get a more accurate picture of the situation, i deferred to the austrian economics site given by 2_thumbs_up. here's an article about if the bail outs will work. http://www.mises.org/story/3119 . they conclude it wont, and they seem to know what they're talking about

so my freaked lazy broke ass is now working as much as possible to buy as much gold as i can. if the shit hits the fan hopefully i'll have enough by then to weather the storm

so thumbs or sarbox or somebody who knows tell me it gonna be all right. or at least, if anybody knows (or at least has a good idea), can you explain whats actually gonna happen, when, and how long. im sure an accurate picture exists, it's just that finding it is difficult