Silly article. One of the biggest signs is that he blames Alan Greenspan directly when the Fed chair is nothing more than a public figurehead. That's not how the Fed works, even by official explanations.
The financial system is a little more than CDOs, SIVs, ABCPs and MBSs. If you keep up with what's going on, you would know that banks have been aggressively looking for new projects to lend for since this meltdown happened. Some are ahead of others. Most will be washed out.
Most financially savvy individuals were calling for this to happen since 2003. Just check posts on Elitetrader from back then. Even Greenspan gave out hints in during 2003-2005 of the derivatives market heading for trouble. Few caught on to what he was saying.
Do you really think the real power brokers in the field of finance did not see this coming? It's just a transition, same as with the tech boom & bust.