Comments on: Jim Cramer, Me and One Week in July http://criticalmas.com/2008/12/jim-cramer-me-and-one-week-in-july/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jim-cramer-me-and-one-week-in-july Blog for Michael Allen Smith of Seattle Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:20:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Matt http://criticalmas.com/2008/12/jim-cramer-me-and-one-week-in-july/#comment-1012 Matt Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:54:07 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=1895#comment-1012 I completely agree with you, Jim and MAS. Turning off the TV was painful for me at first, but it has been a blessing. I completely agree with you, Jim and MAS. Turning off the TV was painful for me at first, but it has been a blessing.

]]> By: MAS http://criticalmas.com/2008/12/jim-cramer-me-and-one-week-in-july/#comment-966 MAS Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:15:22 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=1895#comment-966 Quitting TV over a year ago has made me a better investor. You don't realize just how mindless it is until months after you turn it off. Quitting TV over a year ago has made me a better investor. You don’t realize just how mindless it is until months after you turn it off.

]]> By: Jim http://criticalmas.com/2008/12/jim-cramer-me-and-one-week-in-july/#comment-965 Jim Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:58:20 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=1895#comment-965 I was channel-surfing last night (New Years Eve) and realized that the world has been surrendered to the "beautiful people." Local or national coverage didn't seem to matter ...it was all shiny people with mindless smiles, shrill voices and 1-dimensional comments. I used to tease my 16 year old daughter that good music was easy to spot ...it was made by ugly people (Dylan, Lennon, Young, Jagger, etc.). Cramer is certainly not beautiful ...but he is still part of this malaise. He sells ...just like beautiful people. It doesn't matter if he is right, or truthful, or insightful ...he sells. America has to get beyond this BS. Moving product is important, but it should not replace truth and decency. As a nation, we have a long hard road ahead. I was channel-surfing last night (New Years Eve) and realized that the world has been surrendered to the “beautiful people.” Local or national coverage didn’t seem to matter …it was all shiny people with mindless smiles, shrill voices and 1-dimensional comments.

I used to tease my 16 year old daughter that good music was easy to spot …it was made by ugly people (Dylan, Lennon, Young, Jagger, etc.).

Cramer is certainly not beautiful …but he is still part of this malaise. He sells …just like beautiful people. It doesn’t matter if he is right, or truthful, or insightful …he sells.

America has to get beyond this BS. Moving product is important, but it should not replace truth and decency. As a nation, we have a long hard road ahead.

]]> By: Jim http://criticalmas.com/2008/12/jim-cramer-me-and-one-week-in-july/#comment-963 Jim Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:22:28 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=1895#comment-963 My amazement at the audacity and the hubris of the clowns out there that claim to be experts is only exceeded by my amazement of the stupidity of those who continue to support them. Strangely I am reminded of Socrates ...he claimed to be the smartest man in Athens ...because he was the only one who realized that given the vastness of all that there is to know, he knew relatively nothing. In stark contrast stands Cramer (and the rest of his ilk) ...they know nothing, but claim to know everything. My amazement at the audacity and the hubris of the clowns out there that claim to be experts is only exceeded by my amazement of the stupidity of those who continue to support them.

Strangely I am reminded of Socrates …he claimed to be the smartest man in Athens …because he was the only one who realized that given the vastness of all that there is to know, he knew relatively nothing.

In stark contrast stands Cramer (and the rest of his ilk) …they know nothing, but claim to know everything.

]]> By: ed http://criticalmas.com/2008/12/jim-cramer-me-and-one-week-in-july/#comment-960 ed Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:49:42 +0000 http://criticalmas.com/?p=1895#comment-960 well said indeed! And you are right on about Cramers wife calling the shots. Jim is just an orator. well said indeed! And you are right on about Cramers wife calling the shots. Jim is just an orator.

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