We are not pessimists we are revolutionaries.

These so called critics sound more like cynics to me.

There are some who have been made understandably cynical by the revolution.

We do not want to be pessimistic we want to be realistic.

It's too late to be pessimistic really too late.

I draw the reverse conclusion.

Instead of sitting there turning out indigestible reading matter for a bilious public.

I may be an optimist, but I believe diplomats should be optimists rather than pessimists.

And the problem, as you might feel, is that we were down, we were depressed, we were looking at him as a problem, not as a son, not from a positive perspective.

But Argentines are not pessimistic about the economy because other Argentines are pessimistic. They are pessimistic because the economy s fundamentals are weak a fundamental difference.

I'm going to try to give you a view of the world as I see it, the problems and the opportunities that we face, and then ask the question if we should be optimistic or pessimistic.

However, not all bloggers are as pessimistic, with one even trying to lighten the mood by joking that if a dirty bomb explodes tomorrow in Makhachkala (Dagestan s capital) Dagestanis will take it in stride