It's much easier to blame a conspiracy than to admit you are wrong. Crashistas and permabears are a unique group of people who have been blessed with extremely hi IQ's and the most eloquent reasons anyone could dream of for the world coming to an end. However, their plans are constantly dashed on the rocks by those nameless, faceless hobgoblins who keep buying stocks to fool us sheeple into thinking everything's ok. I wonder why the Dow has lost 3000 points in the last year while a PPT is supposedly standing by to prevent just such a catastrophe. You have to admire the persistance of those crashistas who have been calling for the end of the world since Dow 4000 in 1995.