Nothing but "Fear Istelf"

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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As I walked through virtually empty airports this week, I was stunned by how polarized by fear most of us Americans are, and how odd our fears are in light of the facts.

During the past week we have suffered the tragic loss of approximately 250 fellow air travelers as a result of these horrific terroist attacks. Even more more shocking is the loss of approximately 6,500 fellow citizens of the world who were simply doing their jobs at the Pentagon and the WTC.

Statistically, an average of approximately 4,100 Americans die in automobile accidents every week.

Given these facts, why are millions of Americans able to get into their cars and drive to work in tall buildings every day, but fearful of flying or investing their money in America?

Are we going to allow ourselves to be polarized by fear of this faceless enemy? The very best way that the average American can fight back is to get on a plane and fly, stay in a hotel or buy some stock–to simply refuse to be broken by fear.

I beseech you, my fellow Americans and all citizens of the free world, to refuse to be broken.

Write, call and/or e-mail your government representatives, mayors, senators, everybody in the Whitehouse, your friends and relatives. Demand that the government provide an emotional rebel rouser of the ilk of Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill or FDR to rally us out of our shells and into action. Put on your thinking caps and come up with brilliant ideas that will help motivate us back into action.

Bush is doing well enough, but he lacks the charisma to rally us beyond our fears. What an amazing impact it would have upon Americans now if G.W. Bush, et al, had the insight and courage to appoint and publicly support Bill Clinton to use his powerful speaking skill to push us beyond our fears–to call us to act on the home front to save the freedom we have long fought to earn.

These are radical times that call us to think and act way out of the box. We must all reach deep inside ourselves and find the courage to act NOW.

IMHO

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Well Punki, it might have gone in the IMHO forum but well said anyway. it’s going to take a lot more than a poisitive attitude to get through the days ahead but we can’t let ourselves build a self fulfilling prophecy.

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Thank you very much, Padeye, for your input.

I, too, thought that IMHO would be a better place to post, but since this was my first post, I bowed to the advice of my friend to post it here.

How can I move it? Does an Administrator have to move it? If so, please do so.

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Punki,

I doubt Bush’s advisors would even let him consider it. While some things sound great in theory, the reality of it would be an absolute nightmare. Granted, many Americans watch in stunned amazement while Bush stumbles over his words and makes every attempt to say something truly profound, but that is what America gets for electing a dolt. Believe me, even the Republicans with half a brain have to muffle their laughter every time he steps up to the mic.

Seeing as how it is highly unlikely that GWB actually does anything other than make public appearances, what else is there for him to do? The Republican party would no doubt see it as a total mockery that goes against everything they believe in, not to mention stripping them of their individuality in a sense. It would probably even be slated by the public as a step toward communism. Also, I doubt that the majority of our nation and humanity as a whole could recognize it’s strong points and muster the level maturity required to take such a decisive action.

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I have noted several instances where Dubya has attempted to come up with a sound bite the equivalent of ‘Day of infamy’, but hasn’t succeeded. It’s not likely now that he can make it. Of course, this just means that he doesn’t have great speech writers.

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No. He has horribly inept speech writers.