Comments on: Dennis Kneale

By: jacques

jacques — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:48:43 +0000

@theodore haha � the one who is posting the comments

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:54:41 +0000

You are entitled to your opinion. I would disagree as we did go on his show and provided a picture, etc so are we really anonymous or was he just BSing you? You decide. However, in 15 seconds could you make your case?? I highly doubt it you had unlimited room to write and you could not make your case. Not only that, but why did you not leave your last name? How many Ron’s are in Seattle? Yup, anonymity is nice isn’t it Ron?

By: Jane Quatam

Jane Quatam — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:40:54 +0000

Kudos, for standing up to that moron of moron on a network of morons, Dennis Kneale & CNBC. Dylan Ratigan (sic) was the only one with an ounce of integrity and he bailed.

Kneale is just like the rest of the corporate media, they have a line of propaganda to deliver and the facts are incidental. Just remind Kneale, in 3 months or so that he called the bottom at 6/09, cause we will still be dropping jobs and GDP, foreclosures will be up and the recession will begin to be realized for what it is, a depression.

This isn’t about business or home inventories, or liquidity or credit, its about a broken financial system occurring simultaneously with the retirement and reallocation of assets by baby boomers, while we have massive financial fraud on Wall Street and a series of broken investment bubbles.

The talking heads control the air time, they will cut you off, they will marginalize your arguments and they will shout louder and longer, those are their tools of controlling the propaganda. They are experts and well funded, they will deny reality until they say they saw it coming all along. They are paid liars. Do not confuse reality for what you see and hear on the television.

By: Rogers Cadenhead

Rogers Cadenhead — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:54:50 +0000

I was on a couple TV shows years ago. TV producers always lie when they’re trying to cajole someone into going on the air. They churn through guests so quickly, and are under such pressure to get them, that they have evolved into a merciless lifeform.

You did a good job with the time you got, and I was impressed by your cogent defense of anonymity and pseudonymity in blogging. The whole thing was a set up, so you never were going to be allowed to challenge the host on his statement about the recession.

By: Shaunak

Shaunak — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:24:54 +0000

Hey, you put up a good fight. Kudos!
As for Dennis KNEEL, well, the guy’s rant was really tiresome.

By: Allen

Allen — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:23:12 +0000

RonFromSeattle thinks its juvenile to want anonymity.

Really? RonFromSeattle?

Look…if you are able to get your message out there on the internet, on the teevee as a caller on a show, etc., what difference is it whether you are anonymous or not. When you have nothing left to criticize on the net, you criticize something dumb like wanting to be anonymous.

By: imajoebob

imajoebob — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:04:08 +0000

Here’s the answer Kneale didn’t want based on “real” numbers: “Job losses will continue.” Period. End of Argument. The “end” of a recession” has to include an increase in jobs, otherwise, IT’S STILL A RECESSION!! Slower job losses may be an improvement (the good news is you only got shot once…) but it’s still bad news.

Okay, the recession is slowing. That’s good news. But it’s still hasn’t bottomed out.

And your point about pent up demand is supported by the biggest example of artificially controlled economics, Nixon’s wage and proce freeze. That killed two presidencies, Ford and Carter. Hopefully the CNBC god of the markets, W, hasn’t already destroyed Obama.

By: RonFromSeattle

RonFromSeattle — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:38:57 +0000

I am no fan of CNBC, but I’ll take Kneale’s side on this one. Your explanation to him as to why you wish to remain anonymous was a weak one. There are plenty of bloggers who use their real names. He’s right, it makes it easier to hide behind that anonymity and take pot shots. Juvenile.
He did give you a chance to state your case. You just didn’t do it well.

By: Calhoun

Calhoun — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:29:10 +0000

Props for trying to stop the madness. Markets seem to want optimsism maybe because many large funds do not go short. But when you go on someone elses show it is almost impossible to win even if you have a valid argument. Mike you got balls and I hope you impressions and CTR skyrocket!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:28:51 +0000

Mike,

Good job getting around not getting (gonged? so 70’s) knee capped…

I look forward to the next round. Maybe the guy will actually let you speak.

Don’t forget it is CNBC…and we all know what that means.