"You are certainly welcome to your pessimistic thoughts."
One person's pessimism is another person's acknowledgment of reality.
But then, lots of folks go though life in a constant state of denial -- because it doesn't require risk or action.
84 posted on 03/01/2009 12:35:25 PM PST by river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)