Mindset

Much like the mindset of the nineteen-fifties when the threat of 'nuclear war' caused a wave of panic, school safety drills and a flurry of bomb shelter sales, the current wave of 'terrorism' coupled with a resurgence of religious fervor fueled by Christian zealots (and the word 'zealot is apprapro). In the fifties it was called the 'red menace', now it's the 'evil-doers' (the dumbing down of America really shows up on this one) who are out to bring down our nation. Our government is on an agenda of aggression unlike anything they've ever attempted before under the umbrella of 'democratizing freedom lovers everywhere' (another good example of dumbing down).

I believe we'll survive the next four years if the constitution can stand the rigorus beating the religious right intends on giving it, and all of our elected representatives don't completely forget why our forefathers founded this country. The most important words in Lincoln's Gettysburg address were: 'a government of the people, by the people and for the people'. The words should be chiseled on every building WE own in Washington.