What's scary now by Jeff Goode

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You know what's scary now? Last week they arrested a guy at a shopping mall for wearing a T-shirt that said, "Give Peace a Chance". It was a T-shirt that he bought at that mall. ...So now even wanting peace is a crime. That's scary. Think about it: Peace crime tribunals.

No, you know what's scary?

We are in a state of war. This is a war on terrorism. Osama bin Laden is still out there somewhere. And we think we can just go on about our business like nothing has happened. We don't have to change what we do. We can just go to work, come home, and watch it all on the evening news.

If we don't start acting like we're at war, then the terrorists win. That's what's scary.

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No, you know what's scary?

They just did an interview with Saddam Hussein last week. And they got back the ratings. And they ranked it against the biggest news interviews of all time. And there were more people watching the Gary Condit interview than Saddam Hussein. More people watched the Michael Jackson interview that same week, and we already knew he was crazy.

We're about to possibly start World War III over this guy, and we're not even curious about who he is. It's like we're so sure that we're totally dead wrong about this, that we don't even want to talk about it, because we're afraid anything we say on the subject will sound idiotic, so let's not even discuss it. That's scary.

No, you know what's scary?

Time Magazine said that North Korea, Iran and Iraq are the three countries in the world who don't have nuclear weapons, but are trying to get them. And we know for a fact that the minute Saddam Hussein gets one, he's going to have it on a plane to Israel that same day. And all we want to do is sit around talking about it, and delay, and hesitate. Because if we debate it long enough we'll forget why we're even doing this, and then someone will finally come up with a good reason not to go to war - with probably the most dangerously insane man on the planet - and that'll be it.

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You know what's scary?

A few days ago, two lawmakers walked off the floor of the Washington House of Representatives during a prayer by a Muslim religious leader, saying it was an "issue of patriotism". And this was the prayer...

IMAM

We pray to God or Allah to bless the state of Washington and guide the House in making good decisions. At this time, we also pray that America may succeed in the war against terrorism. We pray to God that the war may end with world peace and tranquility.

(Pause. They both just stare at the IMAM for a while, then...)

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You know what's scary---

Fucking towel-head.