Know someone with an attitude?  I guess we all have an attitude, but I mean a bad attitude or a negative attitude.  They are hard to deal with, eh?  My cynicism is sometimes misinterpreted as negativity.   

Just read a scary article from MSN website which reveals the media’s love for the negative.  I’m not linking you to the article because it’s this kind of stuff that makes a bad situation worse. The  media runs the negative and shocking because that’s what gets people’s attention and without our attention they can’t get our money.   

The article ran on and on about the foreclosure problem.        

Here are the plain facts.  Foreclosures are bad in Ohio, but 97 ¾ % of homeowners are making their payments.  Unemployment is bad too, but 93% of able bodied Buckeyes are employed. 

 This recession in no way compares to the 1929 depression.  It’s not even as bad as the ’79–’82 recession…I know I was there for that one!  The ‘29 depression had 3½ times the unemployment we have now.  Even then 70% of the people had jobs!

So, join me in optimisticizing (I made this word up) America.  Skip the newspapers and the nightly news.  Upgrade your TV time to shows like Andy Griffith and Bonanza.  Read more fishing magazines.  Every time someone says anything negative about the economy or the government respond with two things that are positive about the economy or the government…Okay two things positive about the government may be tough so here are a couple things you can use.  1.) None of our congressmen or senators have had to be laid off.  2.) Gas is a great deal as long as we don’t use much of it!  Okay, I’m being cynical again, but seriously we do live in the best country in the world!  Where else can you make fun of your leaders without losing your head?  

We may not be able to affect the big picture, but we can certainly affect our own little world!  So, go forth and Optimisticize America!