I'm not much of a cartoonist, but if I were I'd like to draw a cartoon showing the piratization of the S.S. Security. Imagine if you will the S.S. Security crowded by huddled masses of poor, elderly and disabled about to be boarded by the Inquisition Armada of privateers, lead by the deadly Skull&XBoners. The well-dressed crew headed by the shrewd evildoer Halibarto Chainey his trained monkey Blackheart Bush, and his lieutenant Trippin' Thomas backed by the notorious gang of Dr. one-eyed Frist, "Hap" Hastert and the ailing but lethal "Ripin" Rehnquist. The "crisis" is coming as the Skull&XBones' Armada is pulling up along side the S.S. Security preparing to board. Things look like their going to get nasty!
But lo! In the distance the dapper and daring Terry McFlynn and The Sea Hawk. Courageous but few in number, will their superior intelligence and the passion for the common folk stop the impending doom? Will they arrive in time to stop the plundering of the S.S. Security???
A carrier pidgeon arrived with the following missive from Terry McFlynn to rally the resistance...
Update: Social Security Action Alert
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:50:03 -0500
Democratic News
Dear Crew of the Sea Hawk,
You are speaking loud and clear. So far, more than 70,000 of you have signed our petition calling on President Bush to disavow the notion of tying Social Security benefits to race or gender.
Democrats were outraged when Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Bush's point man in Congress on Social Security, suggested that the amount of Social Security checks should be tied to the race or gender of the person receiving it.
We're just a few thousand people away from reaching our goal of 100,000 signatures to give to President Bush. If you haven't already signed the petition, please sign it now:
http://www.democrats.org/action/
And once you sign the petition, be sure to send a message to your friends urging them to sign:
http://www.democrats.org/action/tellafriend/
Let's send a message to President Bush: It's time for him to stand up and tell America that tying Social Security benefits to race and gender is wrong.
Sincerely,
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
Chairman
P. S. The Democratic Party needs your help in the fight to protect Social Security from GOP attacks. Your donation today will help us win this fight for today's seniors and future generations of retirees.