My brother and I watched a really good movie tonight, Bowling for Columbine. I’ve been meaning to see it for a while — I’m a fan of Michael Moore. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend it strongly. For me, the overwhelming bottom line is that we Americans live in a culture of fear. We’re afraid of damn near everything, and all the wrong things. Our children are growing up steeped in fear. Our president takes his podium and says things like today, the justice department issued a blanket warning, based on general information. And we let him get away with it; we let him hand feed us fear, to bolster his chances for reelection. Then we go out and stock up on duct tape, soup and ammo.

It’s time to take back this country — and our minds — from the neocon fear-pushers.