Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Fear itself

Taking a quick break from photo-centric posts, it's becoming more and more obvious that many of us are being driven by fear. For months it's been the economy, which is sputtering, but isn't nearly as bad where I am as it could be. If anything, it's the media machine beating the drum of despair that's fulfilling its own prophecy.

This week, it's swine flu. Don't worry about the fact that as of this writing, there weren't even 100 confirmed cases in 11 out of 48 states in the contiguous US of A. Yes, it's serious. No, it's not cause for alarm.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Oh, how history repeats.

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