there is 100's of articles that are contradicting themselves. Europe isnt as bad as the USA to start of with and credit analysts such as Standard and Poor have been known to over dramatize the ratings they put out... i dont blame them since they have to stay in business as well. I wont worry about the commodities until they stop priting all this currency thats flooded our economy, we are entering a new era of hard assets (things you can put value on) and China will continue to use their US currency to buy it.