The Only Thing We Have to Fear . . . .

With Heathrow now resembling Northern Ireland and the typical American home transforming itself into Ace Hardware, and with everybody across the globe being told, essentially, to be afraid, but please deal with your fear in a "vigilant," and thus in a go-about-your-business kind of way (aka, find your sedative substance of choice), I thought we could use the perspective on fear that only Google can bring. You see, fear itself is a sedative -- if you're always afraid, you're never afraid. We medicate paranoid schizophrenics, though, because they're not being active about their fear; that is, they don't know they're supposed to be afraid because they know of no other way to be. At Silentio, inspired by the commitment to fear exemplified by our nations' leaders, but more importantly by the Communal Fear Project, I can't let that happen to you, the non-sufferer of paranoid schizophrenia. There are plenty more reasons in this to be afraid than nuclear and biological annihilation! So sit back, upon taping your doors and windows, readying your battery-powered radio by the computer, and lets remember to fear fear.

Merely a few that are sure to have you quaking, and more importantly, reflecting upon the fact that you're quaking(!), in your boots:

• Fear of asset forfeiture.

• Fear of physics

• Fear of Flying

• Fear of George W. Bush, Jr.

• Fear of God

• Fear of Allah

And most important, there is:

• Fear of Fluoride

Oh, and just in case none of this flesh-and-blood stuff is good enough to scare you, well, try some good old-fashioned religious existentialism.

Now, head for the hills!!!