tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post8256158661407910662..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: They call him "Mr. Sunshine"Mungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-43578735973924122292008-01-15T11:19:00.000-05:002008-01-15T11:19:00.000-05:00"I'm just struck by how stridently and repetitivel..."I'm just struck by how stridently and repetitively grim it all is."<BR/><BR/>Well, it <B>is</B> a selection of lines specifically picked, from six-plus years of two columns a week, to portray grimness.<BR/><BR/>"To me, he's clearly hoping for a recession."<BR/><BR/>Or--alternatively--he's expecting one. If you believe that unchecked deficit spending, energy price increases, and a housing price bubble are things that will lead to a recession, and you observe these events in the world, then you expect a recession.<BR/><BR/>The simple fact that one expects or predicts a bad outcome does not mean one is "hoping for" it.Dirty Daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908818235405186822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-86953146772274427412008-01-14T22:56:00.000-05:002008-01-14T22:56:00.000-05:00Yeah, I'm not saying "9 of the last zero" or anyth...Yeah, I'm not saying "9 of the last zero" or anything like that in my post. I'm just struck by how stridently and repetitively grim it all is. To me, he's clearly hoping for a recession.Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03656436431053306500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-65842897409895133702008-01-14T16:30:00.000-05:002008-01-14T16:30:00.000-05:00Yglesias suggests that if you look at the timing a...<A HREF="http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/01/the_goods.php" REL="nofollow">Yglesias</A> suggests that if you look at the timing and substance of these quotes, Krugman is actually batting somewhere over .500.Dirty Daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908818235405186822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-78954466649775244582008-01-13T18:52:00.000-05:002008-01-13T18:52:00.000-05:00I suspect that once a Dem/socialist gets into the ...I suspect that once a Dem/socialist gets into the white house he'll see things to be much rosier.Speedmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193689033214490178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-59801036765966919462008-01-13T13:14:00.000-05:002008-01-13T13:14:00.000-05:00Just think, he'll eventually be correct!Just think, he'll <I>eventually</I> be correct!Steven Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.com