Real Fear

I've been wanting to say something pithy about Sen. Kennedy's remarks at the DNC, but really haven't much to say. . .being an engineer and all. Then Lileks rips off this sarcastic gem:

Teddy Kennedy said in his [Democratic National] convention speech: “The only thing we have to fear is four more years of George Bush.” It’s really quite simple, isn’t it? We live in a manufactured climate of fear ginned up by war-crazed neocon overlords. There is no threat. The only thing we have to fear is Bush. . .

If so, I wonder why anyone agreed to the stringent security policies that characterize this year’s conventions. Why the bomb-sniffing dogs? Why the snipers? Why the metal detectors, the invasive inspection of bags? Is it all an elaborate defense against Bush crashing the party and setting off a bomb belt, shouting God is Great, y’all.

Don't fear Dub. Fear what President Bush and the country is up against. We must not let our complacency over the few years of relative peace we've had or our hatred for one man's religion dull our minds and purpose.