Polite Conversation; Fingers were pointing in all directions, as commentators apportioned blame for the economic unrest.(Water Cooler)(Editorial)

Byline: Editorial Staff

"I understand you want to make finance entertaining but it's not a *$%#!* game. It says to me you all knew what was going on. You can draw a straight line from those shenanigans to the stuff being pulled at Bear and at AIG and all this derivative-market stuff that is this weird Wall Street side bet...And now to pretend that this was some crazy, once-in-a-lifetime tsunami that nobody could see coming is disingenuous at best and criminal at worst."

- Jon Stewart, on the Daily Show, in an interview with James Cramer

"I had a lot of CEOs lie to me on the show. I don't have subpoena power."

- James Cramer's response

"The Journal editorial page has been …