{"id":192638,"date":"2009-03-10T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T01:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/03\/10\/when-you-are-in-a-hole-stop-digging\/"},"modified":"2009-03-10T20:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T01:04:00","slug":"when-you-are-in-a-hole-stop-digging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/03\/10\/when-you-are-in-a-hole-stop-digging\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Are In a Hole, Stop Digging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You would think that after <a href=\"http:\/\/40yrs.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/note-to-self-do-not-f-with-jon-stewart.html\">Jon Stewart&#8217;s merciless beatdown of him<\/a>, and of CNBC, Jim Cramer would have the sense to know that he&#8217;d been beaten, and not get into a pissing contest with a comedian and what may be the best, and smartest, writing staff on TV.<\/p>\n<p>But, you&#8217;d be wrong, and Mr. Cramer continues to call out John Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>So Stewart, and and His Minions<sup>\u2122<\/sup> on the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Daily Show<\/span> respond.<\/p>\n<p>So Cramer dressed himself up as a fish&#8230;..And jumped in a barrel&#8230;&#8230;And handed Jon Stewart a gun.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display: inline; float: left; width: 60px; height: 31px;\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); border-width: 1px 0px 0px 1px; background: transparent url(http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com\/comedycentral\/video\/assets\/syndicated-logo-out.png) repeat scroll 0% 0%; float: left; width: 60px; height: 31px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(207, 207, 207); border-width: 1px 1px 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; float: left; width: 299px; height: 31px; color: rgb(112, 112, 112); position: relative;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; background-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); padding-left: 3px; height: 14px; padding-top: 2px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Show With Jon Stewart<\/a><span style=\"position: absolute; top: 2px; right: 3px;\">M &#8211; Th 11p \/ 10c<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 1px 3px 3px; overflow: hidden; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); line-height: 14px; height: 21px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/video\/index.jhtml?videoId=220288&amp;title=in-cramer-we-trust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In Cramer We Trust<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><embed style=\"float: left; clear: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:220288\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"window\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"autoPlay=false\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allownetworking=\"all\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"360\" height=\"301\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color rgb(207, 207, 207) rgb(207, 207, 207); border-width: 0px 1px 1px; float: left; clear: left; width: 358px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; color: rgb(185, 185, 185); background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);\">\n<div style=\"width: 177px; float: left; padding-left: 3px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/full-episodes\/index.jhtml\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a><br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com\/shows\/important_things\/index.jhtml\" rel=\"noopener\">Important Things With Demetri Martin<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 177px; float: left;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Political Humor<\/a><br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/tagSearchResults.jhtml?term=Clusterf%23%40k+to+the+Poor+House\" rel=\"noopener\">Economic Crisis<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is shooting fish in a barrel.<\/p>\n<p>Any questions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You would think that after Jon Stewart&#8217;s merciless beatdown of him, and of CNBC, Jim Cramer would have the sense to know that he&#8217;d been beaten, and not get into a pissing contest with a comedian and what may be the best, and smartest, writing staff on TV. 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