"John H" wrote in message
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On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:04:37 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 02:06:34 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


You know what, Gene? I believe you've made up your mind that the
economy
stinks, and no statistic will convince you otherwise.


When you are peeing on my leg and telling me it is raining, I'm
supposed to believe it is cloudy because somebody said there was a 98%
chance of rain? You are stranger than I thought.... and I'd be a
total idiot if I bought into your scenario. Geesh...


The loss of manufacturing jobs has very little to do with the economy,
and
more to do with free trade in a world economy.

That is the most incredible "fact" I have ever heard. You are simply
not a rational person. There is nothing in this world that would
indicate to you that this economy is not as good as the statistics you
choose "proves" it to be. This is crazy.

Are you kidding me? *EVERY* single economic indicator that we've used to
gauge our economy for the last 50 or so years have been trending upward.
What is crazy is that you choose to ignore *all* of them...and then try
to
prove that you know better than all of the indicators because of what's
happening your small corner of the world. A few anecdotal stories don't
paint the whole picture. I thought you were smarter than that. Look at
the
national overall trend of the major economic indicators...and then tell
me
the economy hasn't been improving for the last 4-6 months.


Do you mean to tell me that when NBC interviews Billy Bob in West
Virginia who says, " My brother has been out of work for six months
and can't find nothin' to do...," that his statement doesn't represent
the entire USA? NBC seems to imply that it does!

And Gene just goes right along agreeing with Billy Bob, NBC, and Harry.