I would take it more seriously if you actually had any power to make it crash. But the fact is that no one here in thei Forum is likely to have so many resources that they could make even a minuscule difference in the economy.

As it is, I recomment investing in good global no-load mutual funds, or perhaps single-country funds. I have made money several times buying the Brazil Fund (BZF) when it dips below $9 and selling it when it reaches $25. Right now it's around $29, but there are better options, like DODFX and ARTKX, and I am sure of many others.

Some actions are just dumb. Where I teach, we have an elevator where there is a plastic grid handing from the ceiling. Some idiots have obviously tried to set this on fire with their Bics. I cannot imagine what sort of fool would try to set fire to an elevator which could trap them inside it to burn to death. Luckily for said morons, the plastic is of a non-flammable sort and merely was charred a bit. If you could and did cause the economy to plummet, this would be a similar act. I can see wanting Juniorbush and Cheney to plummet, either figuratively or physically, but not the economy we all depend on.

When I was a kid, no one bagged the leaves.  They were piled in the gutter at the curb in front of each house, and when they were dry enough and the pile big enough, we could have a bonfire.  Sometimes, neighbours merged their two piles together to make a bigger bonfire.  The bonfires were fun, kids would come together and light them off, staying till the last leaf was burnt off and then moving together to another pile, another fire.

At some point the city decided that this wasn't too good for the pavement, and bonfires were outlawed.  Since then, I guess they learned that the bonfires aren't good for the environment either, so bonfires are not a trend that is coming back any time soon.

This was a beautiful fall day.  It rained, then the sun came out, now it's overcast again but the sun still keeps poking out.  It reminded me of "football season" when I was a university student.  I wasn't much of a football fan - - never attended a game, in fact - - but I always was a big fan of J. D. Salinger, and the day was something like the day in "Franny and Zooey," when Franny comes up by train to Lane's Ivy League college, only milder.  I thought of the student hangout where Lane takes Franny, and its Toronto equivalent, now long gone, where I used to take the "Franny" in my own life, who I'm still married to.

If the army is good enough to give be part of when it gives them free training, pay while in school, college tuition and numerous bonuses (not to mention a steady job and living conditions some could never hope to have otherwise) then it is good enough to serve in when the balloon goes up. 

I offer an alternative, though, just to be fair.  Any soldier that fails to comply with a recall order should be given the choice of a dishonorable discharge with an appropriate jail time or repayment of all pay, bonuses and allowances (with interest as appropriate) earned over their military career (including GI bill colllege benefits, etc).  The only exception to a recall should be those whose life circumstances have changed since their discharge to a condition which would have precluded their joining in the first place.  (Examples are medical conditions that would have initially disqualified them, "coming out" as gay or converting to a religion like the JW's who prohibit military service).  "I got married and have a kid now" doesn't cut it.  Lot's of soldiers have wives and kids before or after enlisting. 

As for this misstatement, Bush does that all of the time - and when it is convenient Democrats use it as a reason for ridicule.  Bush obviously was trying to say the Army would continue to be all-volunteer and that there would be no draft.  Those being recalled are in that position because they volunteered to be.  Now that they are being called on that deal, they are upset.  Tough.  If they call me tomorrow, I will go Diabetes and all if they will have me.  I really hope that doesn't happen.  I don't want to die in combat, however honorable such a death may be.  But I will be damned if I will take the cowardly stand of those who refuse to return.  They deserve discharge, disdain and dishonor.