I actually believe that Alex is really a memeber of the MSM who comes here for material for his / her articles. Think about it, if you were a lazy MSM reporter who is now being asked to report on the “Subprime Problem” because now it is news worthy (two years too late), how easy would it be to get excellent material by baiting posters in a well known RE Bear Blog, and getting quality arguments for free. Look at the quality of posts this generated (except mine of course), and tell me that they were not quote worthy? Read some of the latest articles in the MSM and you would swear that the author is pulling directly from the blogs whether they acknowledge them or not.