. >> don luskin, it is interesting. a currency collapse and inflation explosion. of the articles today, meat prices a luxury good has gone sky high. there's a stockpile of goods of various other foods. home appliances you can't get them. everybody is hording everything. this is an implosive situation. france a couple of centuries ago. >> what typically happens after a hyperinflation like that is everything collapses and a totalitarian dictator picks up the pieces. oh, wait in iran we already have one. >> so you're talking about germany. >> talking about all the great inflations throughout history. this does not end well. and look, maybe i'm myopic but i got to link this to the presidential situation. everybody knows iran is an event that could influence this election. if israel takes this moment to take advantage of iran's weakness, takes this moment to take out their nuclear capability, that's going to put barack obama in -- i think is going to have an opportunity to be amazingly presidential. instead of running for president he can actually be president. what do