All I'm Asking for Is Rigor By Jim Cramer About this article: Oh boy, I hit a nerve. My last two days of donning the bear suit and imitating the bears has brought on a cacophony of critics, all of whom think that I am attacking them personally! That's right, they think I have read them, seen them and heard them and that I am spoofing them or making fun of them. Moreover, they think that I am wildly bullish and that I am mocking them for not wanting to buy things here. In reality, what I was simply saying and have been saying is that the spin on news has cost you money. The news backdrop of good car sales, good existing-home sales, good GDP, good retail sales, good industrial earnings and good pro-business political developments (anti-punitive health care reform) just hasn't mattered to some commentators. That's what I am grousing about. And I have been demonstrating, empirically, how... Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET. Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200. More Stories From RealMoney Durable Goods Up Move Down the Tech Food Chain Jobless Claims Still High Bulls' Tenacity Is the Big Question Mark Should You Buy It? Pharmaceutical Product Development Bad News Trumps All Support for Banks Holds, For Now Bummer, Yields Are on the Rise Money on the Line Makes a Big Difference Structured Products: Unsafe at Any Price MORE STORIES FROM REALMONEY

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