[Superman]

He'll attempt to reform SS, and fail. Gosh, I about busted a gut this morning, pouring coffee when a radio announcer appeared to maintain a straight face while reporting that Mr. Bush has told Congress he hopes for their cooperation in doing "big things." Big Things? Well I guess that's almost like a two-syllable word. Pretty catchy phrase. "Big Things." I nearly spilled the coffee pot.

So anyway, he'll try and fail. And hopefully, folks will notice the raping that's about to occur.

Last night I was chatting with someone who was in CA while electric power deregulation was being touted by the industry players who were hoping to make the money. Ultimately, it passed, was tried, and bilked millions of people out of billions if not trillions of dollars. The arguments against it were, of course, correct. But complex. What the voters ultimately concluded because they did not want to think about the consequences, was that deregulation will bring "competition" and "free market" forces.

Guys, water and electricity are utilities. And we already own (we the taxpayer built) the means of production and transmission and distribution. So, its a proposal to buy our electricity from us, and then turn around and sell it back to us at a profit.

Didn't mean to hijack this thread, but some things are so simple that I'm usually frustrated and disappointed at how dense some folks are. SS reform falls into this category. I'm not stupid or naive. Are you?