Quote from AutoMate:
Well count me among the "tenth of a brain" contingent. What a fucking joke, you actually think that the whole mkt meltdown is because of some Boogey man rumors and a little short selling, give me a break. The reason this shit is coming unglued is because everyone has been turning a blind eye to the assinine leverage that the FNM and FRE 's of the world have been operating with and crossing their fingers hoping the whole thing doesn't blow up. Well guess what, it didn't work. The music has stopped and there appears to be a shortage of chairs. All this pissing and moaning about short sellers misses the point. The prices of the GSE's and financials have been coming to earth like Value Jet airliners over the Florida everglades because they are toxic shit, and built on a house of cards. Not because I shorted a few thousand shares, or cuz Stevie Cohen shorted a few hundred thousand. The emperor has no clothes folks, and the shorts aren't afraid to say it. If these companies don't belong in the shitter they will bounce, and hard (just like today).
However, Fannie and Freddie are leveraged to the tits and have been writing checks they can't cash without their daddy's help (Uncle Sam). If you want to be willfully blind to it, that's your perogative I suppose, but don't blame the shorts for creating the problem. It's the fault of those who were asleep at the switch while Fannie and Freddie were out partying like no tomorrow and telling the bartender to run a tab saying, "relax you know my Uncle Sam is good for it".
Let's not even get started on the issue of 'tier 3 assets' with investment banks.
LOL, ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies. I guess it's ok if your wife is out screwing all the neighbours, as long as no one tells you about it.