TRUST THE MILITARY?

i read an article about how americans, while not trusting the president nor congress, do trust the "military." it goes on to say how in vietnam times the american people "blamed" the military as well as the administration (s) for our southeast asia debacle. now it seems that people want to go out of their way to say they "trust" the troops. the problem with this attitude is that people are confusing the troops with the commanders. a soldier has to obey all lawful orders and has signed a sacred contract to defend our constitution from all enemies both foriegn and domestic. what about the people who are issuing those orders? the generals who have toed the party line and issued false report after false report? the generals who have covered up the abuses in our secret prisons, the murders of civilians, the levels of violence? the "troops" don't issue those reports, the commanders do. the troops are the ones dying and being maimed as a result of stupid moves by their commanders and the neo-cons in the white house. only generals who agree with the "decider" get to stay in command, ones who disagree are shunted off into obscurity. let me be clear: I DON'T TRUST THE MILITARY AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU. ask pat tillman's family if they trust the military. nothing against the men and women who have "boots on the ground", they are, for the most part, honorable and are doing their duty. they deserve our respect and our gratitude but if you want to support them, bring them home.

how many generals have died in iraq? how many full bird colonels? the brass are either here in the states or in the "heavily fortified green zone" and not out in the field with the common grunts. they aren't military leaders they are political pawns and they are sacrificing their troops to advance their careers. they are "going along to get along." they are not to be trusted.

on to other things: i could be wrong but i really don't think michigan deserved their number 5 rating in the preseason polls.

congrats to the unlv football team for playing such a competive game against a top ten opponent. they were a 26 point underdog and barely lost. way to go. very few defeats are "good" but this one qualifies, hope they build on it and win 3 to 5 more games this year.

this atlanta club gets better and better each time i am here. we have had some great shows here and apparently i have quite a little fan base here since in both shows last night better than half the people had seen me before and i took requests in both shows. (as far as i know, i am one of the very few comics who do that)

incidently, there are some out there who really don't like me...see comments on previous post. oh well, fuck 'em.