[DRey]

"we've got to get the rotten fruit out of our financial orchard or we'll be in an even worse fix tomorrow"

Why? Why do "we" have to get rid of the rotten fruit? It will fall, rotten, off the tree by itself. That's what this is all about. Why can't we let the FREE MARKET correct itself? Answer: We can. Cash will be king for a while, gas lower, savings rates higher. We will be fine leaving that apple to the worms.

[jacquej]

Spend a lot of hours downloading World of Warcraft.

Vent mightily on the monsters you find there. Pretend they are all demonrats! Get to level 70 ASAP. Then go nuts on the castle!