I'm getting really tired of the AARP junk mail. It's bad enough being this old without them constantly reminding me. Besides, if I want to join a socialist pressure group I'll change party affiliation.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.