[Thumper1960]

I'm sure you'll make a wonderful leech...er, lawyer. Already an apologist for the unbridled greed is good cult. Stock manipulation and fraud. Short selling and counterfeit stocks. Where are the MSM investigations? Where are the Congressional hearings, the SEC oversight? The outrage over a relatively few thieves in select places making a killing and slowly slaughtering the nation's economy?

I sense your stand and where your sympathies lie. Maybe ole Soros can make room on his legal staff for your kind. I believe you'd fit right in.

[Arguendo]

Stock manipulation and fraud. Short selling and counterfeit stocks.

Who's guilty of stock manipulation and short selling? Surely not the Lehman execs you're ready to hang--their company was a victim of it. Counterfeit stocks? What does that even mean?

[Arguendo]

BTW, where on earth did you get the idea short selling was a crime? It’s an essential part of a well functioning market, and while it might be appropriate to curb in extreme circumstances, no one who knows anything about securities markets would permanently ban it.