commodities will be bashed around for a while until we see what happens to the 700b. If 700b isn't enough, they'll ask for another 1trillion. If they get that, things should settle down a bit. We CAN help, get on to ebay and start buying US real estate. Last time I looked, there were some great houses in Detroit Michegan going for around $US1200.00 (twelve hundred dollars). Yep, YOU can make a difference.