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tridim

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7. That's what I was talking about, blind pessimism.

Reply to MrCoffee (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 9, 2012, 05:36 PM

Feb 2012

Everything you see is negative and nothing is positive.

It's your right to think that way, but please don't assume that everyone sees things the way you apparently do through your shit-colored glasses.

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Experts react to the foreclosure settlement [View all] ProSense Feb 2012 OP

summary of the 4 people quoted in the OP - crappy settlement nt msongs Feb 2012 #1

Or if you're not a pessimist.. Tepid settlement, with lots of silver linings. A good start. tridim Feb 2012 #2

I only read the actual words lol nt msongs Feb 2012 #4

How could you read those four statements and NOT come to a negative conclusion? MrCoffee Feb 2012 #5

Because I didn't do what you just did and cherry pick the negative and ignore the positive. tridim Feb 2012 #8

Point out the positive. Not the pie-in-the-sky hopes and dreams, the concrete positive. MrCoffee Feb 2012 #10

Jared Bernstein's assessment is also good. n/t ProSense Feb 2012 #3

No, it's just a lot of wishful thinking and hopeful nonsense. MrCoffee Feb 2012 #6

That's what I was talking about, blind pessimism. tridim Feb 2012 #7

Where's the positive in Bernstein's statement? MrCoffee Feb 2012 #9

The positive is clearly stated in the two paragraphs you stripped out of his statement tridim Feb 2012 #11

I directly quoted exactly what ProSense quoted of his statement MrCoffee Feb 2012 #12

Prosense didn't quote anything from Bernstein's statement in the OP. tridim Feb 2012 #13

Now you're just messing with me MrCoffee Feb 2012 #14

"Jared Bernstein's assessment is also good. n/t" tridim Feb 2012 #15

Still waiting for the positives MrCoffee Feb 2012 #16

Check your copy queue, it's probably still in there. tridim Feb 2012 #19

Reading is fundamental MrCoffee Feb 2012 #20

I already read it. Saw the postives, saw the negatives. tridim Feb 2012 #21

So you don't care to point out the positives? MrCoffee Feb 2012 #22

Read his statement, you'll see the postives. Don't worry, they are very concise paragraphs. tridim Feb 2012 #23

Aaaannnnddd....scene MrCoffee Feb 2012 #24

In case you were wondering, now I'm fucking with you. tridim Feb 2012 #25

They want more justice Rex Feb 2012 #17

Yabut, what about Joe the Plumber's opinion? Major Hogwash Feb 2012 #18