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If the President proposes, as has been suggested, a system in which Americans get to personally own and invest a portion of their Social Security taxes, the results will be nothing short of a revolution in America that will perhaps dwarf the changes brought about by FDR. The Democratic party is built upon, and has dominated the country for over 50 years based on this one program. Nothing that was done on the political front in the last century even comes close to the impact of the Social Security program on the political landscape. This single program locked in the...

Today on a local radio show, a Kerry supporter called in who was commenting on the recent Bush ad showing wolves as surrogates for terrorists. This person understood that the wolves were a metaphor, but was still hopping mad that they were used in the spot. His reason? Wolves are really good creatures and he hated to see their good name besmirched by a crass Bush ad! Even though the ad is aimed at making a point about terrorism, his anger was directed at the folks who would use wolves to make that point - not at the terrorists. According...