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Cramer's 'Mad Money Lightning Round': Monsanto's Corny

TheStreet.com Staff

Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks that callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" Monday evening:

Hudson City Bancorp(HCBK): "A really well-run savings and loan ... but with yield curve inverted, Don'tBuyDon'tBuy."

Monsanto(MON): Bears and analysts don't understand that this is part of the ag play, Cramer said. They look at it too much as a chemical company. "Has hybrid corn seeds in a world in which we are short corn seeds. I would be an aggressive buyer right here at 59." Cramer has referred to Monsanto before as a biotech play.

Force Protection(FRPT): "I am torn on this. ... I believe that Spartan(SPAR) [a stock Cramer learned more about on his visit to Indiana University last week], which then gives the products to Force Protection, is a better play."

Veraz Networks(VRAZ): "It is not working. It is worrisome to me. ... Better to admit that I'm wrong than to pretend that I'm right and have it keep going against us."

XM Satellie Radio(XMSR): "Very problematic. ... I wanted the two to merge, but the FCC [Federal Communications Commission] is making it very difficult. The hope for Sirius(SIRI) is that XM goes bankrupt. ... The FCC and Congress have made this deal too difficult. I want to SellSellSell XM Satellite."

"Crystallex(KRY) has been creeping up ... I think in part because of the fantastic CNBC game. Buy on weakness, sell on strength." Cramer fears that one of the company's mines in Venezuela could be confiscated by President Hugo Chavez's government, which informs his approach to this stock.

Virgin Media(VMED): "I want VMED to be bought here. A play for cable in London, Europe. ... I think I want you to pull the trigger on Virgin Media."

Research In Motion(RIMM): "Hit a 52-week high today ... almost no other tech stock I follow did that ... this one is bucking an incredibly negative tech tape. ... RIM goes higher!

Toyota Motor(TM): "Been hurt by weak sales of Tundra (Ford's(F) F-150 truck competitor). ... Also been hurt by a strong yen." With a price of "126, c'mon, I'm doing a TripleBuy, all aboard."

Hexcel(HXL): "Down more than 20% from its high. ... That's a colossal mistake [by the market]. BuyBuyBuy. I like that more than Precision Castparts(PCP) here."

Washington Group(WNG): "Foster Wheeler(FWLT) is the way to play construction."

CDW(CDWC): "Technology products to businesses and government ... like a contract company. ... I say ixnay, I can't go there."

Saic(SAI): "Why am I worried about this company? ... I don't want to be linked to government spending right now because I don't think it is trustworthy." If you're going to go that route, Cramer suggested, lean toward defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin(LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD) and L-3 Communications(LLL).

Cramer also was bullish on Sears (SHLD), Agrium (AGU), Deere (DE), Time Warner (TWX), Comcast (CMCSA) and Allegheny Technologies (ATI),

*For all you home-gamers, a 'mon-back opportunity means Cramer would back up the figurative truck and load up on a stock.

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