let's say they own xyz stock, i don't even want to dignify it by mentioning a particular stock.hey can go in with multiple brokers and eat and buy millions of shares, just say, hey, listen, buy me a million shares of xyz, four or five guys, that all then causes a short squeeze or alternatively just sops up all of the volume, all the sellers, and they can walk it up by continually putting in those buy orders if they have 1 million shares of a stock and it goes up five, they just added 5 million to their performance. why is that illegal? because the sec, the securities and exchange commission of 1934 act specifically forbids the fomenting or manipulation of stocks. that's why you're getting a violation there. the sec's only approved it a couple of times, but it's illegal to manipulate up a stock. can i go to paul in florida? sunshine, paul. >> caller: boo-yah, jim. >> boo-yah. i'm doing fine, thank you. >> caller: i want to say first of all, i appreciate what you're doing for the average investor. i think it's a great thing. >> thank you, you know what? i would tell the cramer hat

tests and if you ask them is xyz a problem, they have to say yes or they're not paying attention, but it's interesting that the left is attacking these what is obviously totally genuine protests, consistent with what we know the american people think about the issue, and, you know, as fake, phony fraud astroturf, illustrating the ann coulter principle that liberals can tell what you're up to depending on what they accuse you of. politicians may be stupid, and they may be philanderers more than the average person, but the one thing politicians is good at is reading what americans really care about, so as much as the media bashes americans for being fake phony frauds put up by the pharmaceutical industry, i think politicians are prayed to know the difference. >> steve, i'm watching obama approval ratings plummet. it started at 67% when he was elected and now it is approaching 50%. was there a directive from are the white house to go out, hey congress, hey senate, go out and kind of garner support for this healthcare bill in any, way, shape possible? where does the white house stand on t

and as kosciuszko was made an honorary citizen of france during the french revolution, after the xyz jefferson sent kosciuszko back to try to free -- help win the freedom of these american sailors. and so he did go back to paris and did help get the freedom of these soldiers. but while he was there, he also met napoleon bonaparte. napoleon had been running around with all his different conquests. he had just returned from egypt where he'd stolen a bunch of artifacts and murdered a bunch of egyptians and when he got back to paris the first person he wanted to see was kosciuszko and he walked in his room in paris and said, i urgently wanted to meet the hero of the north. and kosciuszko replied, and i'm happy to see the conqueror of europe and the hero of the east. but after talking to him for a while, kosciuszko realized that he doesn't care about freedom or liberty or any of those things. in fact, he's going to be a tyrant. so he contacted his friends and the french directorate who was running the government. keep an eye on that i don't think might he might spoil your arrangement. tur

unlike xyz. actually making it into the white house.wanted to smack him, being that too familiar. but i understood what he said. i said i hope it makes you feel as good as it makes me as a fellow american. but the point is, barack can, kind of like a drip, drip, drip but reversed chinese water torture. >> you were doing that panel at harvard last night, because his press conference last night -- >> i watch a. scene and place it over and over. i thought it was great. >> i thought it was awesome. but i also thought he was just a deep dive into competence. and you know, quite a difference from the past eight years. >> yes. absolutely. he is very self confident. in fact, he is right. that is a good way to describe him. very self confident. he assembled a good team. is a quick learner. friend of mine said that barack is the ultimate stealth. one of his professors at harvard law school. he can learn anything. i think that is why he picked larry. clasclass. . >> he's transcended race in one way. in another way he's still imbued in his racial c

one thing i find fascinating, whenou ask most economists something like that, you usually get a very xyz, here is what is going to happen. i have to tell you, i have no idea what is going to happen. the bush tax cuts are schuled to sunset next ye. when you look at how t economy did pre-tax cuts in the '90s, they seemed to do fine, so i don't think they'll be the be all and end all. lot of economists have said once the tax cuts end, the economy will grind t a halt. most of those people are telling yo what the polits are, not what the economics are. the war has been unbelievably costly. if y want to make the argument that the war in iraq was a war of of choice as opposed to the war in afghanistan, which is where the 9/11 attacks came from, you're not going to get an argument from me. i think we've spent about a trillion dollars in iraq. quite frankly, there are better things that could be done with a trillion dollars than losing 5000 soldiers and causing that situation in iraq to be so unstable. on the other hand, i don't know what is going to hpen with the healthcare policy. theris no dou

over and over again fema says we don't think we have the authority to xyz and exasperated the patience of the people on the ground are you suggesting, a mr. decker, that changes may not be necessary to cope with a troop catastrophic disaster given what you have seen or how you saw an fema is especially when somehow you seem to relay this authority "at the expense of the authority and responsibility of state and local government even been and what some would describe as catastrophic events" end quote. we certainly are suggesting if anything that our role is supplemental and we needed to be supplemental matter what you call it but you can call it a supplemental all you want when it comes to hurricane katrina but we put forth $4 billion we're not about to authorize anybody do anything with a disaster we have seen before. so we're left with the agency trying to figure out how to resolve disputes between the two agencies, federal and local precisely because we never put anything in the statute to say what to do so they set there with their thumb in their mouth although under this president

tell anybody to jump but if you are abc mutual fund and you ask questions and they just came public xyz says this guy is giving us grief and a threat 102 drop we will not handle the 401(k) you will not get the ipo money or get to the fees so nothing happens. the mutual fund has to get more involved air the only ones with the time or money or expertise to keep the board membs honest that is the only. >> point* that i found to keep the board members on this because left to their own devices they eat all of the cookies. >> what do think about the fact that the federal reserve system come central-bank which is essentially a private company made up of the large banks of this country being a regulator, not the main regulator? isn't that like the fox guarding the hen house? >> part of the problem under alan greenspan day disappeared and greenspan is the odd creature, a free market guy who was constantly intervening in the free market which is a very difficult conundrum to reconcile. he makes no sense or belt the federal reserve is charged with doing a couple of things. they said interest-rate

thing i find fascinating, when you ask most economists something like that, you usually get a very xyzre is what is going to happen. i have to tell you, i have no idea what is going to happen. the bush tax cuts are scheduled to sunset next year. when you look at how the economy did pre-tax cuts in the '90s, they seemed to do fine, so i don't think they'll be the be all and end all. a lot of economists have said once the tax cuts end, the economy will grind to a halt. most of those people are telling you what the politics are, not what the economics are. the war has been unbelievably costly. if you want to make the argument that the war in iraq was a war of of choice as opposed to the war in afghanistan, which is where the 9/11 attacks came from, you're not going to get an argument from me. i think we've spent about a trillion dollars in iraq. quite frankly, there are better things that could be done with a trillion dollars than losing 5000 soldiers and causing that situation in iraq to be so unstable. on the other hand, i don't know what is going to happen with the healthcare policy. t

to be fooling around with whoever is the lead agency, you're not want to tell the secretary of the xyz what to do. that is a bureaucrat's behave. that is why we are looking at how far we should go. we are very reluctant broaden an already broad statute or to pull it then. we just do not want to be sitting here with the next one occurs and nobody jumps up and act like he knows what he is talking about. for that matter, general dunbar really complicates matters for us but rightly so. . . @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @@ d guest: my pleasure. host: we have a half-hour left in our program. joining us now is allan sloan, senior editor of fortune magazine to talk to us about social security. you have a piece you have written d we can see it today in "the washington post" -- called a flimsy trust. was social security needs major repairs. what do you see right now? guest: fantasy numbers, and if you look it those numbers the social security looks healthy, but if you look at how much money is coming in compared to what is going now, we either have a problem now or are about to have one. host: t

many people do not understand that it's not as simple as, oh, xyz country is willing to take the detainee so we can send him back. there needs to be in place and adequate rehabilitation programs where the circumstances warrant, or the ability to monitor in that accepting nation so that the detainee doesn't simply read turned to the fight. and we minimize to the fullest extent possible any acts of recidivism for those who are transferred or released. the safety of the american people is the utmost concern. so we bieve strongly that rehabilitation programlike the one you referred tore something that we should encourage, promote, and it's something we are very, very focused on. >> mr. kris? >> i agree with everything that mr. johnson said. it is absolutely essential tt when we transfer these people to foreign countries, that we do so under conditions that ensure safety. and a rehabilitation program that the saudis have is an excellent program, from what i understand. >> sator, i would agree with mr. johnson on ts, and in particular with our military members. we are returned about returning f