For those of us old enough to remember, the following video, provided helpfully by Matt Yglesias, should remind us of some really bad, scary days.
Scare-mongering is neither new, nor is it particularly startling. What is so horrible about this video is just this - enough people bought this crap that we elected Ronald Reagan President to protect us from the Evil Empire, and now look where we are. We bought a bill of goods nearly a generation ago, and we are at the bottom of the bag, now, with the crumbs and dregs.
