Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

To the person who has quit reading superhero books, you're missing out. They are still great fun, even with the somewaht political undertones, but then again, they always had them. It's just that back in the day, they weren't quite as overdone in every other form of media so it didn't feel like "too much." Just check out some of the old Batman Theater serial episodes from the 40s -- lot's of politic even in big screen entertainment.
To the writer who compares the Patriot Act to Hitler claims and talks about fixed elections. You obviously watch too much CNN, read too many far left and far right columnist, and have missed a few hundred chapters of history lessons about Hitler and the Nazis. And to make a comment I would assume you have never actually looked at the so-called Patriot Act itself. I don't necessarilly agree with the entire thing, but it hardly sets a sniper upon our liberties.
Please research legitimate sources for yourself, and don't fall prey to the extremist political battle of the media.
Back to Cap -- you claim he was developed when America was on the moral high ground. His first appearance was in 1941 in his own comic -- the same year the U.S. entered WWII. We were far from on the moral high ground. We had refused to send troops to Europe and watched as much of it was run over by the Germans. We had kept ourselves out of the Pacific theater and allowed Japan to devastate China and other Eastern nations.
We finally entered the war when the enemy came to our soil.
Sound familiar.

Our Glory Days are not gone, we are still the number one country for people all over the world to immigrate too.
Captain America is a symbol of America in the Marvel Universe and at times has been a symbol of America in the real world He will be back to do just that again.