OPTIMISM, 12,000

12,000 REASONS TO BE OPTIMISTIC. THE PLEXUS OF ECONOMIC INDICATORS POINTS UPWARDS. WHO SHOULD LOOK DOWN OR BACKWARDS AT A MISERY INDEX CREATED BY OUR PESSIMISTIC, PAST PRESIDENT, JIMMY CARTER? NO ONE. FEDERAL TAX REVENUE FOR THE FY 2006 (FISCAL YEAR) APPROACHED 2.4 TRILLION. THE DEFICIT IS FALLING. THE DJIA (DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE) NEARS ITS ALL TIME HIGH OF 12,000. OPTIMISM IS CALLED FOR ON ALL FRONTS; IT INSURES OUR FUTURE. UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS ACTUALLY CAUSED THE DEATHS OF SOME SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS. THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S OPTIMISM THAT THE IRAQI PEOPLE WOULD EMBRACE DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM ACTUALLY HINDERED THE CREATION OF EFFECTIVE SECURITY STRATEGIES AND TACTICS AFTER THE INVASION. WE FACILITATED INSURGENTS AND TERRORISTS TO BECOME KILLING MACHINES. ON THE OTHER HAND, OPTIMISM CONTINUES TO ASSURE AMERICANS THAT WE WILL WIN THE WAR ABROAD. WE WILL CONTINUE TO EQUATE SUCCESS AT HOME WITH EDUCATION AND HARD WORK.

ONE (OR 12,000) REASON TO EMBRACE OPTIMISM IN OUR WAR AGAINST THE ISLAMOFASCISTS, IS THAT IT ROOTS ITSELF IN THE GOODNESS OF HUMAN NATURE. THE MISOLOGY AND MISOGYNY OF THE IDEOLOGY OF MUSLIMS CONDEMN THEM AND THEIR RELIGION TO FAILURE. HATRED OF REASONING AND DISCUSSION AND HATRED OF WOMEN (AS INHERENT TEMPTRESSES) LEAD THE MUSLIMS TO NO GOOD. REJOICE FELLOW AMERICANS! CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED AMERICA, DEMOCRACY EDUCATED US, SUFFERING AND HARD WORK MATURED US, THE LAWS OF NATURE AND NATURE'S GOD (NOT ALLAH AKBAR) SUPPORT US. OPTIMISM IS THE KEY TO OUR KINGDOM’S SURVIVAL.