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Fear can paralyze you, or fear can motivate you.
My morning routine is pretty simple.  I get up, turn on the coffee, read Active Rain, scan the national news on TV, shower and head to the office or somewhere.  When I was scanning the news this morning I heard the exact same statement twice.  The commercials said, "You don't need to be afraid . . ."
That made me wonder.  Why would multiple commercials for different products use that line?  Are we a nation that is becoming afraid?  Or, has the marketing industry seized upon an undercurrent of concern that is in our national psyche?  Politicians use fear to get your vote. One side swears the other side is going to take your Medicare, and the other side says the other guys are going to take more taxes.  "Vote for me and I will protect you!"  It's marketing, and in the political scene it's buffalo biscuits designed to control you.  It's fear.
Fear can be a great motivator.  This morning, I watched a surveillance video of a pharmacist pepper spray a robber.  The small female pharmacists took out the would-be robber and put him in the hospital because of the bear repellent pepper spray she used against him.  Good ... more

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