It is a sobering thought that half of this country now seems to agree with the John Kerry, Jesse Jackson, Bill Clinton, Al Sharptons of the world. What happened to the rugged inividualists that made this country strong, defeated nazism in world war II and defeated communism. Have half of us become so dependent on big government handouts, which are nothing more than taking from the producers to provide for people who in most cases have no intention of doing anything but whining for someone to give them more money, that we would support these people. Cradle to grave socialism will destroy this nation if we continue to support these misguided politicians supported by most democrats.