Folks, the American

[Ocelot II]

6. Britain was getting the crap kicked out of it, when Churchill said,

"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender..."

We aren't even close to that kind of crisis, and we need to remember that throughout history people have pulled themselves together and defeated oppressive forces against them. I really hate reading these pronouncements that it's over. It's bad and it sucks but we aren't hiding in subways while bombs fall on our cities. Prophets of doom, get a grip. Do something, and there's plenty to do.