Which is your favorite paranoid fantasy?

Undertoad · 07-13-2006, 09:56 AM

Right. When you climb out of the truth hole you will notice that the actual numbers don't just "sound" great, they are objectively great.

It's remarkable to see the spin. CNN and the Times eked a negative out of them too. What hard work that must be. In 2004 the total emphasis was on job creation figures because that was the worst figure available. They mentioned it every day in 2004. They don't mention that number AT ALL any more.

The spin is always that things are secretly bad, or secretly good, according to incomprehensible matters just around the corner, or by certain numbers being emphasized differently. The numbers that are important are all good today. So it's harder to spin.

The administration got the last three projections wrong. The projections are based on past receipts. The receipts went up. So? Zat BAD?

The stupid thing is they can still easily criticize the administration (and I do) because if it weren't for all the stupid spending, the budget would be balanced today and the resulting boom would be really amazing. But fie on criticizing spending.

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07-13-2006, 09:56 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Right. When you climb out of the truth hole you will notice that the actual numbers don't just "sound" great, they are objectively great. It's remarkable to see the spin. CNN and the Times eked a negative out of them too. What hard work that must be. In 2004 the total emphasis was on job creation figures because that was the worst figure available. They mentioned it every day in 2004. They don't mention that number AT ALL any more. The spin is always that things are secretly bad, or secretly good, according to incomprehensible matters just around the corner, or by certain numbers being emphasized differently. The numbers that are important are all good today. So it's harder to spin. The administration got the last three projections wrong. The projections are based on past receipts. The receipts went up. So? Zat BAD? The stupid thing is they can still easily criticize the administration (and I do) because if it weren't for all the stupid spending, the budget would be balanced today and the resulting boom would be really amazing. But fie on criticizing spending.

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