Alex Jones and Ben Stein Impress the Cretins...What?

We want a second opinion on the economic fuck-fest America is currently experiencing. So we went to Info Wars, as promised. (Emphasis mine, for comedic/informational purposes)

Most do not realize there is a crash right around the corner and it is part of the New International Economic Order — synonymous with the phrase New World Order — proposed by the Trilateral Commission, a coterie of bankers and directors of transnational corporations headed up by the chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank and a central figure in the Council on Foreign Relations, David Rockefeller.

He continues:

In other words, if passed by Congress, Paulson and Bernanke will have the authority to intervene in the markets as they — as minions of the global elite — deem necessary. It is not a stretch to imagine the outcome: a cornering of the gold, silver, or platinum markets, the snatching up of prime real estate and corporations, running the competition out of business. In essence, this represents the sovietization of the U.S. economy. It is central planning as envisioned by the global elite. It is a triumph for the New International Economic Order. It is a fait accompli for the globalists.

Now, the really fucked up thing: Besides all the New World Order crap, this article makes a ton of sense.

And here's what Ben Stein had to say today:

The profit can be wildly out of proportion to the real amount of defaults, because speculators can push down the price of instruments tied to the subprime mortgages far beyond what the real rates of loss have been. As I said, the profits here can be beyond imagining. (In fact, they can be so large that one might well wonder if the whole subprime fiasco was not set up just to allow speculators to profit wildly on its collapse...)