The only thing we have to fear is ...

shameless politicians using fear to keep their evil asses in power.

Here's an entertaining rant on that very topic:

http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2006/08/wait-arent-you-scared.html

And here's a rather more academic version that's less entertaining, but more quotable in serious circles.

http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv27n3/v27n3-5.pdf

Funny, but I thought the Cato institute was a generally conservative outfit. I didn't realize they'd started to hate America. Well, that may be putting it too strongly. They may only be a bit shrill.