My opinion is that all this is bogus. I happened to watch (live) Ben’s congressional testimony, and he was a saint. Each representative rambled pure nonsense for 10 minutes before asking an idiotic question (like the one above). Ben would look serious, try not to laugh, and then would politely reply: “Yes, Sir”, or “No, Madam”, or “I don’t think I follow, Sir”.

Conspiracy theories are now more popular than ever. That doesn’t make them true. The fact (and this IS a fact) that conspiracy theories are most widespread among the uneducated underclass should be food for thought: if they think they can figure out the truth so well, how come they can’t get ahead? Conspiracy theories are mostly a denial mechanism for failure.

PS: Have you ever read stock message boards? When a stock goes up, everyone is a genius, and when it goes down, it’s all a big conspiracy. Give me a break. If a stock I buy goes down, I made a mistake. I can acknowledge that.