Executive Order 11582

President Bush issued an executive order earlier today closing down all federal agencies and offices this coming Friday in remembrance of former President Reagan who died this past weekend. All of the financial markets followed suit so it appears our desk will be closed as well. Thought it was an interesting coincidence that Reagan, best known as the man who helped end the Cold War, died the day before the sixtieth anniversary of the D-Day invasion, which everyone knows, hastened the end of WWII; but also, by introducing a large American troop presence to Germany, was a major factor leading up to the beginning of the Cold War after the German defeat.