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To: MythMan who wrote (249935)	7/14/2003 3:30:44 PM
From: Giordano Bruno	Respond to of 436258

Hell if I know. I just paste 'em.

To: MythMan who wrote (249935)	7/14/2003 3:57:42 PM
From: Lucretius	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Bears Should Break Out the Old Spice By James J. Cramer 07/14/2003 03:24 PM EDT Click here for more stories by James J. Cramer Last Thursday, we got some "bad" number in employment claims. It was weak and the market freaked out. By Thursday afternoon, when I was making fun of some of the bears out there, including my best contrary indicator, who has been shorting the QQQs (QQQ:Amex - news - commentary - research - analysis), I was getting email from dozens of sources about how we were headed into the big storm. When I wrote "don't sweat it, get some deodorant" I was greeted with more derision. Of course, my congratulations for Tom "Right as Rain" Kurlak created even more negative catcalls. To which, all I can say is, what the heck does the bears' email look like? Can they even bear to look at their email? Is it just a torrent of abuse? Or do the bear intelligentsia stick together, somehow energized, if not comforted, by each other's negativity? My favorites are always comments like "That's the least rigorous analysis I have ever seen," which I got in spades after the "deodorant" piece. It had the effect of galvanizing bears into realizing that I had started some sort of hunting season on them. Talk to the environmentalist hand! Me, I am a simple person. I want to be right. How I get to be right is my business, although I do my best to share it. But when I am right, I think that the equation should change. I think next time I break out the deodorant line, some of these bears should stop emailing and start applying the Old Spice!