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Aug. 30, 2014  America is country full of pessimists  Sunday,
October 16, 2005  It's fairly obvious that America has become a
country filled with pessimists. And as ironic as it may sound,
that is not a pessimistic assessment. For some reason or
another, we look for the downside to events and issues long
before we consider the potential for optimism.  Here's just the
latest example. A slew of economic reports came out Friday.
Among them was one report that indicates inflation reared its
ugly head last month at the fastest pace in well over a decade.
That means - among other things - that Social Security checks
will jump just over four per cent beginning in January. And it
fueled concerns that the federal monetary gurus would likely
continue to raise interest rates in their feeble attempt to
control the economy.  Pundits on the internet and on television
quickly brought out their pessimistic pistols and began
predicting doom and gloom because of