Our financial system is crumbling this week.

[GatewaySnayke]

Jim Cramer's an idiot and Joe Scarborough is pissing me off. He got snippy about Stewart yesterday morning (while defending Cramer) because Stewart "cherry picks" something a pundit or politician says, edits it down, makes a face then gets a "Pavlovian" response from the crowd. My head was about to burst; Stewart is a [expletive] comedian! That's his job.

[KyCardinalFan]

Jim Cramer's an idiot and Joe Scarborough is pissing me off. He got snippy about Stewart yesterday morning (while defending Cramer) because Stewart "cherry picks" something a pundit or politician says, edits it down, makes a face then gets a "Pavlovian" response from the crowd. My head was about to burst; Stewart is a [expletive] comedian! That's his job.

I didn't see much of Scarborough of yesterday, but I was surprised at seeing some of his comments. I like him, but I can't believe he doesn't get the satire of Stewart and The Daily Show. It's not supposed to be a news show, Joe.

[TimeForGuinness]

Interesting read: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/5/16720/74815

[ghostrunner]

Jim Cramer's an idiot and Joe Scarborough is pissing me off. He got snippy about Stewart yesterday morning (while defending Cramer) because Stewart "cherry picks" something a pundit or politician says, edits it down, makes a face then gets a "Pavlovian" response from the crowd. My head was about to burst; Stewart is a [expletive] comedian! That's his job.

Eh, I kind of agree with this in general. In small doses, it's funny. But it got kind of old as schtick a few years ago, IMO. It's Dane Cook's job to make a face and get a Pavlovian response. I'd rather Stewart just focus on saying funny things.

Same goes for the bits they used to do where they'd interview a bunch of small town hicks and edit the video to be as unflattering as possible. I'm not sure if they still do it, but I quit watching because of that.

[Cronos]

Eh, I kind of agree with this in general. In small doses, it's funny. But it got kind of old as schtick a few years ago, IMO. It's Dane Cook's job to make a face and get a Pavlovian response. I'd rather Stewart just focus on saying funny things.

Same goes for the bits they used to do where they'd interview a bunch of small town hicks and edit the video to be as unflattering as possible. I'm not sure if they still do it, but I quit watching because of that.

These are both good reasons as to why I don't watch Jon Stewart, myself.

[ghostrunner]

Interesting read: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/5/16720/74815

You know, I watched parts of Cramer's tv show a few times. Why anyone needs more than that to dismiss the guy is beyond me.

[KyCardinalFan]

Interesting read: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/3/5/16720/74815

You know, I watched parts of Cramer's tv show a few times. Why anyone needs more than that to dismiss the guy is beyond me.

I tried to watch it a couple of times, but couldn't get past the sound effects. It was impossible to follow his train of thought. I figured I didn't need to know his latest stock tips.

[KyCardinalFan]

Something I've been wondering a while, how is "consumer confidence" established? Is it a survey of consumers or is there some calculation of economic indicators?

[Arthur Dent]

Something I've been wondering a while, how is "consumer confidence" established? Is it a survey of consumers or is there some calculation of economic indicators?

I think there's a couple different surveys, but yeah, it's just an opinion poll.

[Leroy]

The U.S. Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) is an indicator designed to measure consumer confidence, which is defined as the the degree of optimism on the state of the economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending.