[Mariner]

"Playing all the suckers... "

The only suckers are the one's who are buying this bubble.

[DarkWaters]

As long as the fiscal situation here in the US and frankly just about every other economy is in dumps, gold has a long way to go to be in a bubble and yes I do believe we will get a mania stage like we saw in the tech stocks or in housing but we are far from it. Also, if by some miraculous circumstance and the politicians actual start to care about their countries, morals, real values, and just all round decency then yes you could say where in a bubble at that point. However I believe the chances of this happening is about as good as a snow ball lasting in hell.