Don't buy into that crap.
If the government actually lets the market do its work, it mean the crash will be sudden and shocking.
Instead, the government will surely prop up dead wood like GM, Ford, Wachovia, Lehman, whoever, maybe indirectly, because to not do so would set off a chain of events that would quickly spiral out of control.
So instead we'll have the government standing on the brakes, which will mean that, instead of sudden and shocking, it will somewhat less sudden and just as shocking.