tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post2196269566681013633..comments2024-03-08T23:02:52.735-06:00Comments on Little Blog In The Big Woods: "Cooking" the HeadlinesGreenpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-28541938471953536692008-05-19T22:28:00.000-05:002008-05-19T22:28:00.000-05:00Very true. Here in Vancouver where people still th...Very true. Here in Vancouver where people still think real estate will NEVER go down, the newspaper printed a full page article dispelling "15 myths about Vancouver Real Estate". It was a bunch of propaganda to satisfy their biggest advertisers (the realtors and developers). They even when so far as to delete the slew of negative comments they got from people who know a bubble about to burst when they see one. You can read about it at http://tinyurl.com/5t5bl9. But hey, anything to keep the consumers spending, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-80341672100863838672008-05-17T13:02:00.000-05:002008-05-17T13:02:00.000-05:00I, too, find most of the MSM economics reporting t...I, too, find most of the MSM economics reporting to be hilarious.<BR/>And that has been true since about 1965 when I got interested in that world. OK, my father is a retired banker/financier/economist and I was raised reading his once read executive version Business Weeks and getting the kitchen table lowdown on high finance every night from a tender age.<BR/>It is a crime that in a capitalist country {yeah, I happen to like capitalism} one may be educated in the school systems right through graduate level and NEVER be taught even one hour of basic basic economics.<BR/>Of course you nicely point out here that the first lesson is that the statistics are cooked, completely.<BR/>None of this is a theory but it may well be a conspiracy, I don't know.<BR/>I do know that those readers selling a house right now or looking for a construction loan are experiencing the reality, and it isn't pretty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-50610026327158228932008-05-17T09:38:00.000-05:002008-05-17T09:38:00.000-05:00Me, too, Christy. Really, the picture is rosy her...Me, too, Christy. Really, the picture is rosy here. <I>Everybody</I> wants to move here! (big innocent eyes)Chilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406176434011890590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-56247557863199411642008-05-16T21:19:00.000-05:002008-05-16T21:19:00.000-05:00As someone who has a house on the market so I can ...As someone who has a house on the market so I can move to a small farm, I'm all for the media convincing people the economy is getting better! I just want my house to sell.Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920326845870515381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703718837080088488.post-46340844649576651072008-05-16T12:20:00.000-05:002008-05-16T12:20:00.000-05:00Sad, but true.We are manipulated through fear or f...Sad, but true.<BR/>We are manipulated through fear or false hopes.<BR/><BR/>Kick me now, but I'm a former Republican. (Now independent.) I just can't do it anymore. I read the headline that said "if a Democrat is voted in and ends the war in Iraq too soon, America could again be under attack". Do they really think we are all skitterish sheep who will run to our GOP protectors to save us from the evil threat of "them"? Apparently they do. And apparently, it has worked before. It just makes me sad.<BR/><BR/>I know this is off-topic sorta. I just have such a heavy feeling about all of this fear-mongering and false hopes. <BR/><BR/>PeaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com