In what economists are hailing as a clear sign of economic recovery, Walmart customers across the U.S.A. jammed into stores on Black Friday, sometimes killing each other to buy useless shit. We have been looking for evidence that the economy is on the mend, said Davis Logsdon, chairman of the economics department at the University of Minnesota. When people resort to homicide to buy a Blu-ray player, that is very, very good news indeed. Mr. Logsdon said he was impressed by the lengths to which some Walmart customers were going to grab coveted sale items: Theyre using tactics we usually associate with the U.C.-Davis police. With many customers using pepper spray and other weapons to get a shopping advantage, however, Mr. Logsdon advised Americans not to enter a Walmart unarmed. If you want to get your hands on a doorbuster, youd better have a firearm, he said. Fortunately, Walmart is offering several great doorbusters on firearms. Walmart and other retailers decision to commence their Black Friday sales a day early carries with it an added benefit for consumers, he noted: Now Americans will be able to declare bankruptcy one day earlier. All in all, Dr. Logsdon said that the increased violence and mayhem at retail outlets across the country was a testament to the greatness of the American consumer. Egyptians risk their lives for new government, he said. Americans bravely do the same for new flat screens. 