Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
OR
Always look on the Dark Side of life??
Madam FF, can we make up a new rule that if thou asks a question or does a poll, you must also answer it? I'd like to know what you do and with you, I've got a good guess.
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My answers seem to almost always require clarification. I am a realist. I am neither optimistic nor pessimistic. Let me sniffle up some simple examples:
1. We had a lovely organic store here called GreenLife when we first moved here. Within a matter of months Whole Foods (WF) bought them out. People in the newpaper were thrilled about WF. Since my partner and I witnessed the destruction of WF takeovers in both NY & NJ, we warned them of what would occur. Did anyone listen to us? Heck no. Did what we say come to fruition - realistically 90% did (shoot me, we were off by a little because of how Asheville is). They changed dramatically and organic foods were replace with foods I eat

- non organic. People saw it somewhat and WF got on board and started minor local buying of food. The end of this fairy tale is the 49% owner in the original GreenLife and wife just opened Katuahs due to the non-organic wares pushed in various stores. It is old GL reincarnate and we are living more happily for now.
2. After the blue collar jobs were siphoned overseas, another wave was about to hit but overseas and in the states. One company I had quit told the workers in a division if they want to keep their jobs, go to Brazil where their work was being sent. Nice and it happened - it was not rumor. I knew my job and other white collar jobs were going to be hit - saw the trends. NAFTA-GANTT was in full swing and we were in trouble.
Pessimist, no I am not. Realist and most of the time as cautious as I can be where it matters, yup, absolutely I am. I'm not the smartest kid on the block but I do see patterns. I remember critical newspaper articles written years ago. They did not lie but the people who were involved in the exposes (envision a slant over the last e) were ignored. Two major events happened because the SEC ignored the different issues.