It appears that before the decade's end, every third world despot, and Tijuana street gang, will own a nuclear tipped ICBM.  Our only protection will be Ronald Reagan's missile defense system that, while still not perfect, is advanced enough to offer hope.  Last month, just prior to the election,  Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D - CA) appeared on C-Span's Washington Journal.  She there bolstered my position that every elected democrat is an unconscionable liar, by claiming  liberal democrats have always supported missile defense. It'll be fun watching these die hards attempt to gut a program that even your normally inattentive voter has a vested interest in, i.e., saving his/her own ass. They'll try, though, count on it.