Funny, I was thinking relatively the same thing after I posted regarding MSM.

On a side note: I live in San Diego and have been frequenting housing blogs for well over a year, which as you might imagine were calling for a major decline long before MSM even thought about it. When I tried to warn a few freinds that were in the market back in early 06 I was met with the same skepticism and labeled a "doomer". Well one of my freinds bought and lost about 15% on their home, which equates to about 75K. Now those same freinds are calling me a "doomer" in regards to PO. I give up...

Like me, you need better friends. Seriously, cut off ties with these losers and get in with some group that understands. Even if it's just a buncha weird survivalists that are mostly misguided, you're better off associating with them than with mainstreamers.