Response to Jim

You can read a great story about everything that's wrong with our country over at
www.politicsandletters.blogspot .com
It's so apt that you'll either laugh or cry, or maybe do one to prevent the other. I suspect that the soldiers in the story do a lot of both. Anyway, in order not to be maudlin or otherwise besmirch a great piece of writing, I am posting my coments here and trusting that they will filter back to the pertinent parties (and because this blog is an exercise in smartassedness, not literary growth).
First, what were you thinking, Jim, letting you driver's license expire and then going to Atlanta, the driving capital of the world? The only "walk" those fat assholes have ever even heard of happened at a Braves game. Those submorons have the trifecta of American defects: they're lazy, suburban, and can afford Excursions. Fuck 'em all. I'm surprised you didn't declare that the license is only for the photo, since normal, urban people don't particularly enjoy spending 20 hours a week in transit. It probably wouldn't pay to needle the TSA, though.
Second, as a fellow North Carolinian (albeit an oddly proud one) declared to me over the summer, "It's all about trigger time, dude." He was serious, and many of the kids in uniform at the moment are, too. They could not give less of a shit where they go or what they do; they just want to expend 2000 rounds a minute while they're there. I have no doubt that there is a terrible reckoning down the line for these people, but I suspect it comes in the sweaty middle of the night, when soul-searching reminds us that we ought to fear for ours.
Third, was it Killian's or Bud Light? Please don't tell me you sent our boys off to die on a low-carb beer...