let feardom ring

i was on the treadmill watching c-span.
(i'm not normal, what can i tell you.)
anyway i was watching the last half hour of today's tea party freedom march in washington, the one promoted by glenn beck and the fair and balanced gang.
(not only am i not normal, but i'm a masochist to boot.)
so i'm watching and people are ranting and raving about the constitution, taxes, taking the country back and all sorts of scary stuff.
and i'm treading away wondering, what the f%#K are they talking about?
have i missed something?
has obama declared marshall law, ransacked the constitution, and upped taxes while i slept late this morning?
i don't think so.
and that is when it occurred to me that they fear all this.
none of this stuff has happened and isn't going to, but the fear of it happening is so much more fulfilling to scaredy cats than any reality.

then it hit me like bird shot on a hunt with cheney.
all their signs had misspelled "feardom".
it was a "feardom march", not a "freedom march".
"let feardom ring", not "let freedom ring".

and i felt like calling them up and telling them of their folly but it was too late.
the tea party was breaking up.
no more crimpets.
oh well, maybe next time.