I was discussing the McCain-Obama choice with a friend from Australia, and he
kept on and on about McCain's military record against Obama's lack of one as
a deciding factor as to why the USA should pick McCain. McCain has the military
"experience," and Obama does not.

I see this over and over and over again. We should honor John McCain as a war hero,
his military experience, Armed Services Committee, War College, etc etc etc.

What are we, a friggin' military base?

I know we need a military and all, but that's what we have generals and a Joint Chiefs
of Staff for. That's ONE department of our cabinet. ONE. Has it completely escaped the
attention of the MSM and McCain's campaign that besides the Secretary of Defense, there
are also Secretaries of State, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Energy, Health, Housing,
Education, etc. etc. etc. etc.? Now either they are there for show, or THERE'S MORE GOING
ON IN THE WORLD THAN JUST HOW TO KILL PEOPLE. Yeah, World War II had to be fought, but
plenty of wars since did not, and Vietnam and the Iraq invasion were certainly two of them.

Why is there no comparison of how much more experience Obama has as a community organizer
against McCain's lack of it? And family values? OK, how often has Obama ditched Michelle
in favor of some heiress to $100 million? Right, we all know the answer, because we all
know who pays the MSM's advertising bills, but if he's elected, then Obama decides who is
the next FCC Commissioner, and they have to know this, so there has to be SOME backroom
discussion going on about whether or not to make other comparisons than just who was a
prisoner of war and who was not. At least I hope so.

If our capacity to kill has really become more important than our capacity to do something
for the living, then the America envisioned by the men who founded it is already dead.

**note to pessimists: I'm already uncomfortably close to joining you on that last point, so
for now, please allow me my moment of hope, and don't state the obvious.