As I left my apartment this morning and waded through the flood waters to get to work (everyone made it in, whew!), there was only one thing on my mind. That's right: Pirates.

Now usually, there's not much to fear because, they're usually held at bay down the Potomac. But today was different. Today they had free reign through the streets. There's no way of knowing how many might be lurking around the corner.

However, being entirely selfless, my concern was for Social Security, you see.

For a long time, Social Security has been taking in more money than it pays out. This extra money has been put into what Congress calls a "Trust Fund". I wondered if it might be exposed to these marauding pirates to run away with.

But then I realized -- the only thing in the "Trust Fund" are government IOUs. I'm not a Pirate expert, but I doubt they're going to run away with a chest of government bonds. It just isn't their style.

What we should really be concerned about are the Pirates in Congress that continue to raid our Trust Fund so they can spend more on government programs.

We at S4 will continue to fight against such dastardly deeds...if we're not taken prisoner on the way home tonight.