"The Only Thing we have to Fear, is Fear Itself"

[Toots]

Those words said by FDR, a very great man, were said during a time of real national peril. We were Really at war then and the outcome was far from certain. But this day and age those words are haunting in their prescience of todays world. We do have to fear "fear" because it is being used as a very potent weapon. A weapon against the people of America. America "The Home of the Brave" is being brought to it's knees by fear. Every time the Administration speaks it uses that weapon and tries to drive the fear deeper and deeper into the soul of America. 9-11..terra terra..evil lurks..WMDs...Fear is a powerful tool/weapon and we must fear it. By fearing it we will fight it and that is what is necessary to bring this Cabal down. We must wake America up to the fact the it is "the Home of the Brave" We must fight the Fear Mongering and work 24 hours a day in countering it..and go buy duct tape..}(

[Webster Green]

1. As I watched on my TeeVee as the twin towers fell...

...I wondered what the evil chimp would do next, though I had a pretty good idea what he would do.

I am not afraid of terrorists or the terror-chimp and his flying monkeys.

They can all kiss my ass.

And Merry Christmas everyone!:toast:

[indepat]

2. Those will to give up liberty and freedom for a little security deserve

neither. }(

[MADem]

3. We need to remember those words, and understand fully that this

Monkey crew is COUNTING on us being VERY AFRAID.

[TimeToGo]

4. Well, , ,

We were Really at war then and the outcome was far from certain. But this day and age those words are haunting in their prescience of todays world.

I agree with your overall comment, but for the history part of it -- this was said at FDR's first inaugural and he was talking about the Depression, not the war (8 years or so later).

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. FEAR NOT!

As almost a cornerstone of His ministry, Jesus said, "Fear Not" in several ways. How can King George or anyone else for that matter claim to be Christian while creating an environment that centers on fear?

[ladjf]

6. What frightens me is the American people are behaving like

field mice. They are afraid of just about everything. One could say that America is phobic en masse.
As you have stated, that paves the way for unscrupulous leaders to exploit that neurotic fear. One of the lowest days in American history was when the gvt. was suggesting that we use duct tape to prepare our homes for a poison gas attack. Can you imagine what was going through the heads of the little children as they watched their parents seal up part of their home with tape? "Why are you doing that papa"? "To make our house safe if we are attacked with poison gas", said father. That kid was never the same and home was never the same.

[kenny blankenship]

7. And spiders.

and zombies--something to bear in mind especially this time of year and Easter!
Zombies, spiders, and fear itself--that's all we have to fear.
And combinations of zombies and spiders, like Condoleeza Rice.
So to recap, the only thing(s) we have to fear is zombies, spiders, fear itself and Condoleeza Rice.

[ZapaPaine]

8. The Making of the Enemy

This essay, though long, says it all about fear and terror. It is a must read this Holiday season. Print it out as well and leave inside the stocking of your relatives, especially the most republican ones.

The entire article, parts one and two, can be found at dailykos...

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/24/104625/10

[ginnyinWI]

9. In Orwell's 1984

Big Brother kept the people in line by always making sure they were constantly at war. The enemy would shift from time to time, but war was always there-- as a justification for anything the government wanted to do, from spying to rationing food to spiriting people away, never to be heard from again.