There are some economists who are not propagandists who are challenging that we are in a double dip. According to them we are still on the first decline. Never went up enough to consider it a change in direction on an upside to give us a double dip.
Grampa:
That kind of reminds we of whenever I hear a government spokesperson saying we are in a "fragile recovery". Do you know of anyone personally who is currently recovering fragilely?
Also another good one is when the government says that the numbers are worse than expected, yet they never really say what those expected numbers are!