Fear Sucks! Let's Ride!

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"I DON'T DO FEAR! Over the last 105 years in the saddle, I've seen my share of conflict in the world, but every time this country has come out stronger than before. Because chrome and asphalt put distance between me and whatever the world can throw at me. Freedom and wind outlast hard times. And the rumble of my engine drowns out all the spin on the evening news. If 105 years have proved one thing, it's that fear sucks and doesn't last long SCREW IT, LET'S RIDE!" http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/2008_Campaigns/screw_it/screw_it.jsp?locale=en_US ~~~~~~~~~~ Now here's a ad campaign all of America should get behind. We're Americans! Yeah, we've had our crises, but we grow from them. We have a government that gets unresponsive to the people, but no politician lives forever! We have depressions, recessions and hard times, but even in those we have time to cut loose and let go! This is the heart of the American dream! It's not about what we have, but what we do with it. It's not about who we are, but what we do with our lives! It's about freedom to choose, freedom to decide and freedom to ride!I agree with this ad! I've lived the last 5 years of my life in constant fear. Not about terrorism, global warming or Democrats in the White House, but fear in its pure form. I've layed on my bed at times, a quivering mass of meat, scared to move. Not because of what I thought might happen, or wouldn't happen, but scared that moving would bring on the ugly. No more. I'm going back to how I was before the walls came down. Fear is a motivating factor, not an inhibiting one. If I'm afraid to be broke, that's all the reason I need to get out and make some money! If I'm afraid of getting broke, that's all the reason I need to get out an prove to myself it won't break me. If it does, then being broken is all the motivation I need to get fixed! (no, not that way.;~D). We, as Americans shouldn't fear anything, we should be willing to face anything! High gas prices? What high gas prices! We're still better off than most the world that way. 5% unemployment? That means 95% of the people in America who want jobs, have jobs! Want to run a crack house in my neighborhood? Just try it!This is just an ad to sell motorcycles, but there's more to it than that. Advertizers don't try to tap into obscure corners of the world, they try to sing to the choir. They aren't out to reach the one or two people in the shadows, they appeal to the masses. America isn't about fear or cowaring in the corner, so it's about time we start living up to what our Founding Fathers handed to us. FEAR SUCKS! LET'S RIDE!