[Rich Toscano]

This is the most telling paragraph to me:

“So I don’t think this is really about Greece, or indeed about any realistic appreciation of the tradeoffs between deficits and jobs. It is, instead, the victory of an orthodoxy that has little to do with rational analysis, whose main tenet is that imposing suffering on other people is how you show leadership in tough times.”

He won’t even acknowledge that there are some sound arguments (whether he agrees with them or not) as to why debt levels should stay within sustainable limits. Instead, he dismisses that approach as just some sort of power trip. He is truly delusional.

[Rich Toscano]

This is the most telling paragraph to me:

“So I don’t think this is really about Greece, or indeed about any realistic appreciation of the tradeoffs between deficits and jobs. It is, instead, the victory of an orthodoxy that has little to do with rational analysis, whose main tenet is that imposing suffering on other people is how you show leadership in tough times.”

He won’t even acknowledge that there are some sound arguments (whether he agrees with them or not) as to why debt levels should stay within sustainable limits. Instead, he dismisses that approach as just some sort of power trip. He is truly delusional.

[Rich Toscano]

This is the most telling paragraph to me:

“So I don’t think this is really about Greece, or indeed about any realistic appreciation of the tradeoffs between deficits and jobs. It is, instead, the victory of an orthodoxy that has little to do with rational analysis, whose main tenet is that imposing suffering on other people is how you show leadership in tough times.”

He won’t even acknowledge that there are some sound arguments (whether he agrees with them or not) as to why debt levels should stay within sustainable limits. Instead, he dismisses that approach as just some sort of power trip. He is truly delusional.

[Rich Toscano]

This is the most telling paragraph to me:

“So I don’t think this is really about Greece, or indeed about any realistic appreciation of the tradeoffs between deficits and jobs. It is, instead, the victory of an orthodoxy that has little to do with rational analysis, whose main tenet is that imposing suffering on other people is how you show leadership in tough times.”

He won’t even acknowledge that there are some sound arguments (whether he agrees with them or not) as to why debt levels should stay within sustainable limits. Instead, he dismisses that approach as just some sort of power trip. He is truly delusional.

[Rich Toscano]

My theory is that instead of posting on pigg, urbanrealtor has been watching this over and over:

A giant shark that eats jumbo jets out of the air… vs Debbie Gibson!

[Rich Toscano]

My theory is that instead of posting on pigg, urbanrealtor has been watching this over and over:

A giant shark that eats jumbo jets out of the air… vs Debbie Gibson!

[Rich Toscano]

My theory is that instead of posting on pigg, urbanrealtor has been watching this over and over:

A giant shark that eats jumbo jets out of the air… vs Debbie Gibson!

[Rich Toscano]

My theory is that instead of posting on pigg, urbanrealtor has been watching this over and over:

A giant shark that eats jumbo jets out of the air… vs Debbie Gibson!

[Rich Toscano]

My theory is that instead of posting on pigg, urbanrealtor has been watching this over and over:

A giant shark that eats jumbo jets out of the air… vs Debbie Gibson!

[Rich Toscano]

pri_dk —

Thanks for the followup.

I agree that the primary issue is that real estate has gotten kind of boring. It used to be this huge crazy bubble with totally out-of-whack prices and people doing and saying all kinds of nutty things. Now prices are much less out of whack, and the whole market is based more on govt policy than on economic fundamentals. The resulting quagmire is just not all that interesting to analyze or discuss, at least in comparison.

As far as “apocalyptic” posts, I don’t find them particularly compelling in their analysis, but it’s not the kind of thing I would delete. If people want to discuss that stuff, and they are being nice about it, that’s ok by me. And even the non-apocalyptically inclined can get something out of them, as often, the more optimistic (or less gloomy) among pigg posters often make counterpoints and a decent discussion results.

But that said I have definitely abandoned my former policy of benign(?) neglect towards name-calling, political flame wars, and general nastiness. Hopefully that will help.

Rich

[Rich Toscano]

pri_dk —

Thanks for the followup.

I agree that the primary issue is that real estate has gotten kind of boring. It used to be this huge crazy bubble with totally out-of-whack prices and people doing and saying all kinds of nutty things. Now prices are much less out of whack, and the whole market is based more on govt policy than on economic fundamentals. The resulting quagmire is just not all that interesting to analyze or discuss, at least in comparison.

As far as “apocalyptic” posts, I don’t find them particularly compelling in their analysis, but it’s not the kind of thing I would delete. If people want to discuss that stuff, and they are being nice about it, that’s ok by me. And even the non-apocalyptically inclined can get something out of them, as often, the more optimistic (or less gloomy) among pigg posters often make counterpoints and a decent discussion results.

But that said I have definitely abandoned my former policy of benign(?) neglect towards name-calling, political flame wars, and general nastiness. Hopefully that will help.

Rich

[Rich Toscano]

pri_dk —

Thanks for the followup.

I agree that the primary issue is that real estate has gotten kind of boring. It used to be this huge crazy bubble with totally out-of-whack prices and people doing and saying all kinds of nutty things. Now prices are much less out of whack, and the whole market is based more on govt policy than on economic fundamentals. The resulting quagmire is just not all that interesting to analyze or discuss, at least in comparison.

As far as “apocalyptic” posts, I don’t find them particularly compelling in their analysis, but it’s not the kind of thing I would delete. If people want to discuss that stuff, and they are being nice about it, that’s ok by me. And even the non-apocalyptically inclined can get something out of them, as often, the more optimistic (or less gloomy) among pigg posters often make counterpoints and a decent discussion results.

But that said I have definitely abandoned my former policy of benign(?) neglect towards name-calling, political flame wars, and general nastiness. Hopefully that will help.

Rich

[Rich Toscano]

pri_dk —

Thanks for the followup.

I agree that the primary issue is that real estate has gotten kind of boring. It used to be this huge crazy bubble with totally out-of-whack prices and people doing and saying all kinds of nutty things. Now prices are much less out of whack, and the whole market is based more on govt policy than on economic fundamentals. The resulting quagmire is just not all that interesting to analyze or discuss, at least in comparison.

As far as “apocalyptic” posts, I don’t find them particularly compelling in their analysis, but it’s not the kind of thing I would delete. If people want to discuss that stuff, and they are being nice about it, that’s ok by me. And even the non-apocalyptically inclined can get something out of them, as often, the more optimistic (or less gloomy) among pigg posters often make counterpoints and a decent discussion results.

But that said I have definitely abandoned my former policy of benign(?) neglect towards name-calling, political flame wars, and general nastiness. Hopefully that will help.

Rich

[Rich Toscano]

pri_dk —

Thanks for the followup.

I agree that the primary issue is that real estate has gotten kind of boring. It used to be this huge crazy bubble with totally out-of-whack prices and people doing and saying all kinds of nutty things. Now prices are much less out of whack, and the whole market is based more on govt policy than on economic fundamentals. The resulting quagmire is just not all that interesting to analyze or discuss, at least in comparison.

As far as “apocalyptic” posts, I don’t find them particularly compelling in their analysis, but it’s not the kind of thing I would delete. If people want to discuss that stuff, and they are being nice about it, that’s ok by me. And even the non-apocalyptically inclined can get something out of them, as often, the more optimistic (or less gloomy) among pigg posters often make counterpoints and a decent discussion results.

But that said I have definitely abandoned my former policy of benign(?) neglect towards name-calling, political flame wars, and general nastiness. Hopefully that will help.

Rich

[Rich Toscano]

[quote=pri_dk]
Rich, if you do want feedback, I will say that I don’t visit here much lately, and I don’t recommend the site to friends anymore. The doom-and-gloom extremist clique has pretty-much taken over. It’s pretty obvious who the offenders are. No tattling should be necessary.[/quote]

Thanks for the feedback, but I don’t see how it’s actionable. I try to keep my own commentary (infrequent as it may be) even-handed, but I can’t control the attitudes and beliefs of those posting in the forums. Do you have specific recommendations?

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