>>Yes I hate the huge deficit we have now..... but I think it will get better soon.
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>Dean,
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>I hope so too. However, this nonsense about the "Social Security Crisis" and privatizing it to fix it, will only add to it. Guess what? There's no "crisis". Social Security is solvent through 2038 at 1.6% growth (worst case scenario) according to the Congressional Budget Office. Of course, at that rate, the stock market will tank, along with people's retirement accounts.

I remember back when Clinton and Bushes first term, many democrats were crying about how bad Social Security was and how in a couple of decades it will go belly-up. Now when someone is finally trying to do something about it they say it's in good shape. Well, which is it?

Besides I don't see anything wrong with giving people the option of investing a portion of their money in something else. And remember no one is forced to take part. They can still let Uncle Sam be their stock broker if they wish.

>>I really don't care either way on this. Except to say that if/when it is "legal" for homsexuals to be married, it won't open a pandora box for other types of relationships.
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>I don't think that there's any "Pandora's Box" to be worried about

I think I see potential of other type of relationship that might challenge the "institution" of marriage. What about bother and sisters? What about parent and off-spring. Who will stop two adults who happen to be directly related to each other from getting married? For that matter what about pet and owner?
Silly? I don't know. not too long age we thought same sex marriage was out of the question, but now it's just matter of time... IMO.

>9/11, however, might never have happened if the current adminstration had heeded the warnings of the previous.

I think it's unfair to blame 911 on this curernt administration. Heck, Clinton administrtaion didn;t do much when they had the chance. I guess he was to busy taking care of "business" in the oval office during working hours. That's what happens when you're on the phone with other world leaders while you're getting your pipes cleaned by an intern. ;)

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>>What would like to see happen on this area? What have the Bush administration done to harm it?
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>Try the weakening of the "Clean Air and Water Act".

Has that really worsened the environment? How?


>>>So would someone tell me why I'm a "liberal"?
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>>I think you're a liberal-conservative, a la Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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>What should I say here? "I'll be back"? or "Talk to the hand"?:-)