Which brings us to the still grim fundamentals of the economic situation.
The suggestion made by Mr. Grim that the Peter G. Peterson Foundation attempted to "skew the results" of the recent AmericaSpeaks National Town Meeting is completely inaccurate and demonstrates Mr. Grim's fundamental misunderstanding of the Foundation's role in this important initiative.
Our grim economic fundamentals haven't stopped the stock market from reaching record highs, as speculators and Fed-driven bubbles cash in on the short-term opportunities created by a two-tiered economy.
Of course... the economic fundamentals also look grim".
Those on the left, in this view, do not understand – or cannot bring themselves to accept – the grim reality in relation to the fundamental determinants of human behaviour.
The report makes for grim reading and its findings encapsulate the fundamental flaws of the Conservative ideology.
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber added: "These grim figures show the need for a fundamental reform of our tax system to rebuild the public finances, and makes the case for a financial transaction tax even stronger.
Jefferson's utopian visions of a new age of democracy, which have inspired millions throughout the years, are, to Ellis, the expressions of a fundamental evasiveness in Jefferson's character, a shrinking fear of the grim realities of his life.
"Oh no, no!" interjected the author, recalling that there was some grim weather in the book, but conceding that the beautiful "raggedness" of the landscape was fundamental to the story.
The key question now is whether this is a one-time blip, a short-term correction after a particularly grim few years, or if it is a sign that the economy has made a more fundamental change.
