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Market Down, Cramer's Blood Pressure Up

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Have CNBC on in the background this morning. From a sheer entertainment perspective, the meltdown of the global financial markets is a tremendous thing.

Jim Cramer, of course, is sitting in on the coverage, losing his crap on camera like a reliable professional. What strikes me, though, is that nearly every analyst on CNBC sounds like Jim Cramer now–screaming, straining, reaching for the most dire metaphors. Symptom of market trouble, or just of the general Cramer-ization of business news?

Cramer currently going pop-eyed over the “ast-AHN-ishing!!!” losses banks are experiencing. Tuned In’s market guidance this morning: when Jim Cramer’s head explodes, it is finally time to buy again.