Panic selling the USD for BTC

i doubt it...IMO the current exchange rate is the result of speculation and hoarding, there's 5 million BTC out there yet only a fraction of that gets turned over at exchanges, just look at today's MtGox spread, High:0.97Low: 0.845 with that sort of volatility the exchange rate could go anywhere.
Wrong, there's just not enough speculators to stabilize exchange rate.
I'm sure there's a reason why MtGox doesn't have USD accounts? i mean why the muck around with liberty reserve?
It's called paypal screwing with people.