My Grampa just had a birthday and my Dad asked him what the secret was to his longevity. He paused and said " being honest with yourself." Deep stuff for me when I rolled it over in the head for a few days. Corrolation here is the basic premise of honesty and integrity have been lost in many strings connecting to the ball of yarn we call society/government (the key holder to the gates). Our system is so corrupt from the bottom all the way to the top events like the crumbling of our economic corner stone disasterous events like such are bound to occurr. How America and its' leaders and authorities of the checks and balancing react to this B.S. is the key to stopping it. For example if the powers that be slap these corrupt organizations on the wrist get ready for more if they lock em up and take all their money that they can find then the greed based assanine theft might slow down. Another deterent is Americans getting pissed off and showing it through various types of protest. I wish politicians would spend more time slving the problems on American soil rather than dinkin around with foreign strife. It's time for the floor to be swept in America and the cupboards cleaned out of the stale entities that feed the rats. Sorry for hijacking Dave.