A curious juxtaposition of thread titles

[Fumesucker]

I cropped this out of a screen shot of the first page of GD earlier today, in my mind the juxtaposition of two such contradictory thread titles raises a lot of questions.

[Fairgo]

1. Yes, yes it does

Nice catch.

[elleng]

2. Yes, it does.

The economy is supposed to be doing well, gdp/gnp and all that, but the reality in people's homes and minds differs.

One piece: GDP as a trick for masking neo-colonialism http://www.democraticunderground.com/111677732

another: Recession Watch: Inventory Glut, Iffy Consumer Demand Sink US Freight Volume http://www.democraticunderground.com/111677724

[Aerows]

5. One trip to the grocery store

will tell you that the evaluation on what constitutes inflation is horse hockey.

I honestly don't know how a person that doesn't know how to cook in this economy keeps their head above water.

[TM99]

3. One is reality,

and the other is propaganda brought to us by yet another Bill Clinton 1990's change.

One makes the job creators look and feel good inside. Presidents also get to secure their 'legacies' on a slight of hand.

The other shows us just how desperate and angry real people in the real world actually are.

[Fumesucker]

4. I think the candidates are largely appealing to two different groups

One group sees the one headline as their truth, the other sees the other headline as their truth.

[TM99]

6. Except one is the truth, and

the other is an illusion.

[JaneyVee]

9. Theyre both true. The illusion is...

Tying suicides to economics.

[Fumesucker]

10. Try losing your career, your home, your savings, your marriage, your retirement

See if that doesn't have some effect on your desire to continue living.

[vintx]

8. +1

[corkhead]

7. Yes, and the second one is partially due to those who have

given up and became a statistic in the first one.