Cowen plays politics with the economy

[meriwether]

Listen, you absolute retard, I have stated that I have no problem reading opinion either pessimistic or optomistic.
I have a problem with biased opinions, either pessimistic or optomistic.

To quote Oscar Wilde:

To spell it as optomistic once may be regarded as a misfortune. To spell it as optomistic twice makes it look as though you don't know how to spell optimistic.

You're not quoting him.
You're paraphrasing him.

Even when you're trying to be clever, it just doesn't work, does it?

Well done. Now learn how to spell.

Do you feel a little bit silly for pulling me up on spelling, while at the same time making a mistake regarding the actual meaning of a word in the very sentence?
You should.
It completely undermined you.

[freedomlover]

Listen, you absolute retard, I have stated that I have no problem reading opinion either pessimistic or optomistic.
I have a problem with biased opinions, either pessimistic or optomistic.

To quote Oscar Wilde:

To spell it as optomistic once may be regarded as a misfortune. To spell it as optomistic twice makes it look as though you don't know how to spell optimistic.

You're not quoting him.
You're paraphrasing him.

Even when you're trying to be clever, it just doesn't work, does it?

Well done. Now learn how to spell.

Do you feel a little bit silly for pulling me up on spelling, while at the same time making a mistake regarding the actual meaning of a word in the very sentence?
You should.
It completely undermined you.

Yes I do. I didn't know the difference between 'to quote' and 'to paraphrase'. To be honest, I had no idea and I'm grateful that you pointed it out. I've learned something new today, which is unusual at my age. English was never my strongest subject at school. In fact, I was abysmal. I only just scraped a pass in English Language O'Levels. I got 40%. And I failed English Literature O'Levels. I got 34%. Mathematics and statistics were my best subjects. If it wasn't for those, I'd never have got to university and would indeed be unemployable now. But, I did learn how to spell. We all make spelling mistakes here, mainly typos. Also, there are some words like 'guarantee' that I often struggle to remember myself and frequently get wrong. But, it was unusual to see a simple word like 'optimistic' spelt wrongly twice in the same post and spelt the same way each time. That suggested it wasn't a typo, although co-incidences do happen. Just out of curiosity, was it two typos both co-incidentally the same? Or did you really not know how to spell it? If the latter, you also have learned something new today. So, a mutually beneficial day for both of us.

[meriwether]

[quote=freedomlover]

Listen, you absolute retard, I have stated that I have no problem reading opinion either pessimistic or optomistic.
I have a problem with biased opinions, either pessimistic or optomistic.

To quote Oscar Wilde:

To spell it as optomistic once may be regarded as a misfortune. To spell it as optomistic twice makes it look as though you don't know how to spell optimistic.

You're not quoting him.
You're paraphrasing him.

Even when you're trying to be clever, it just doesn't work, does it?

Well done. Now learn how to spell.

Do you feel a little bit silly for pulling me up on spelling, while at the same time making a mistake regarding the actual meaning of a word in the very sentence?
You should.
It completely undermined you.

Yes I do. I didn't know the difference between 'to quote' and 'to paraphrase'. To be honest, I had no idea and I'm grateful that you pointed it out. I've learned something new today, which is unusual at my age. English was never my strongest subject at school. In fact, I was abysmal. I only just scraped a pass in English Language O'Levels. I got 40%. And I failed English Literature O'Levels. I got 34%. Mathematics and statistics were my best subjects. If it wasn't for those, I'd never have got to university and would indeed be unemployable now. But, I did learn how to spell. We all make spelling mistakes here, mainly typos. Also, there are some words like 'guarantee' that I often struggle to remember myself and frequently get wrong. But, it was unusual to see a simple word like 'optimistic' spelt wrongly twice in the same post and spelt the same way each time. That suggested it wasn't a typo, although co-incidences do happen. Just out of curiosity, was it two typos both co-incidentally the same? Or did you really not know how to spell it? If the latter, you also have learned something new today. So, a mutually beneficial day for both of us.[/quote:2z3k8gzi]


Since we're sharing life stories, you may know from another thread I posted on today, that I lived in a chimney until I was 16, only being let out for a darn good beating.
Its hard to be optimistic/optomistic when you have that sort of background.

[Watcher]

Also, there are some words like 'guarantee' that I often struggle to remember myself and frequently get wrong. But, it was unusual to see a simple word like 'optimistic' spelt wrongly twice in the same post and spelt the same way each time.

So guarantee is hard but optimistic is easy?

Grow up and get on with the topic at hand.

[kerrynorth]

Expert report says tough Budget 'unjustified' and 'no rationale' behind minister's figures

http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 00589.html

Didn't the same happen in 2002????

Looks as if the Sindo may have to eat their words if the CIF are to be believed. The Irish Times say that the CIF are forecasting just 33k housing starts for next year. If, and it is a big if, then the economy is headed for recession without a doubt. I cannot see it going that low myself, I reckon somewhere south of 50k. Of course the CIF's agenda is most likely to pressure for Stamp Duty relief in the budget.