It's what vice president Spiro Agnew used to call the nattering nabobs of negativism.

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Nattering nabobs of negativity have filled the press and punditry surrounding cleantech in 2012.

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At that point, nattering nabobs of scientific negativism will no longer be given the time of day.

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But, inevitably, some Nattering Nabobs emerged to argue that all of these Positives were actually Negatives, especially for enterprises.

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There are a few nattering nabobs who say the figures are skewed because the Mint credited some December sales to January.

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We should each be allowed to pursue our own paths without these nattering nannies always trying to shame us or worse yet, legislate us.

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So, are you a nattering nabob of negativism?

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And nattering left-wing congressional Democrats and maybe even Al Gore who say they are for ridding Iraq of weapons of mass destruction but are leery of trying to topple the man who has amassed them would be silenced, if not actually brought on board.

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The general atmosphere of both stories and even some of the characters are very similar: both are set in Woodyland, that familiar elegant fantasy version of Manhattan, impeccably furnished, with no brightness, no neon, no pop culture anywhere, and the characters are largely a nattering, trivial, shallowly self-serving bunch.

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