America No Longer "Home of the Brave"
Home of the Brave? Nah, home of terrified nervous nellies. We are safer today than just about any other time in history. I'm tired of this epidemic of irrational fear that has been induced by media propaganda from all kinds of people that profit from fear. We are strangling our society as a result. Irrational fear has been around for a long time and I think is a significant reason for white flight in communities old and new. My home town of Midwest City, Oklahoma had a triple homicide today and you'd think from the reaction that the entire city is under siege, watching the news coverage. So those who are already terrified are going through a number of reactions that are irrational. Look, there are some facts about life that are inescapable. First, we will all die. Sorry to break that to you if you didn't know. You will die somehow. You can sit around and worry about how that will be or you can accept your mortality and just live freely until that day comes. Second,...