chickenhawks.....

ok, so again i defer to salon.com for my most interesting fodder for the day...(chickenhawk is the newspeak for folks who want the usa in the war but have not themsleves served in the military).........

Back in June, a brave member of the White House press corps managed to ask Scott McClellan if any members of the Bush family were currently serving in the Armed Forces. McClellan said he didn't know and would have to check, and that's the last we've heard of it.

It's not the end of the question, of course. Editor & Publisher is predicting that more and more pro-war politicians will soon be pressed to say whether their own kids are enlisting in a cause they think is worth the lives of other people's children.

As E&P notes, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney -- a potential Republican presidential contender in 2008 and a staunch supporter of the president's "stay the course" policy in Iraq -- got the question from a Boston Herald reporter last week. He didn't much like it.

Romney has five sons, age 24 to 35, and the Massachusetts National Guard will take 'em up to 39. Asked whether he had encouraged his sons to sign up, Romney said: "No, I have not urged my own children to enlist. I don't know the status of my childrens' potentially enlisting in the Guard and Reserve." As he answered, the Herald says, his voice became "tinged with anger."

as for the family of the meanmamma, i am so proud to disclose that my only sibling is a 20 year veteran of the united states army.......and my father, and all of his brothers save the youngest were veterans as well...the youngest, buy the way, is a staunch texas-based republican....and none of his sons joined up, either....go figure.....if the chickenhawk suit fits, wear it.........as for this pacifist antiwar-liberal......neither of my sons have shown interest in supporting the war by their presence or their confirmation.........my daughter may surprise us all and enlist....but she cannot do that for another 6 years.........amen to small favors.......

which brings me to pat robertson.....the granddaddy chickenhawk......who recently called publically for the elected president of venezuela to be 'taken out'.......to save us the cost of a war to oust him.......the spin on this has been dizzying....i saw an on-line headline.....thou shall not kill, unless you are pat robertson.....and it calls to mind the last time that church-types thought they were in the drivers seat.......it was during the time that martin luther got fed up and raised cain, so to speak......and led the reformation that was to be the beginning of the church's fall from power........pat must still think he still has the kahunas to make such statements....so he must be mostly out of touch, for still being on the air.......we discussed him in sunday school, by the way........i commented that he is acting like a man who lost his son's going-to-college sheets a few years back........(note- you must refer to the sheets blog to get this comment)