Beating a dead horse....

When I awoke yesterday there wasn't any conscious decision to change the "topic" of my site to bashing lawyers...

Like I said yesterday though...the legal profession just can't stop screwing us so...here is yet another ethical lil creature found within said profession.

http://www.gregpalast.com/rove-pick-for-us-attorney-resigns-following-conyers%e2%80%99-request-for-bbc-documents/

I was actually looking for a story about a good lawyer somewhere to kinda make a point about my earlier generalizations I spoke of--- but this one needed posting too...

Then I came across this story...

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/06/01/the-antiwar-activist-that-the-right-wing-dare-not-smear/

At first I was kinda pissed about Sgt. Kokesh having his status changed. Actually, I still am. However, I must say that this brings up a good point.

If you just read that blurb you would be misled to think that the military was taking action against him for his speaking out {as an official reason anyway}. What that blurb doesn't tell ya is the reason given. It also doesn't tell you why that reason is important.

The reason given is because he wore his uniform in the fake militay patrol. This is a very long standing taboo. Our military is supposed to be apolitical. This is one of the manifestations of this policy. The uniform is not to be used as a symbol for any politcal cause. [I'm curious if he went out and bought some look alike camo that wasn't his actual uniform?] Now, before the flames consume us all...

While I do agree with the military logic on this, I find the hypocritical nature of the enforcement to be the real issue. All the presidents I have ever seen on tv [since Reagan at least] have used the military as a political backdrop. For instance, the well known "Mission:Accomplished" propaganda release from BushCo, used an aircraft carrier and her crew as a backdrop [and a rather over the top one at that] for a political end. The entire crew was NOT dishonorably discharged. That means it is ok to support a political action in uniform ONLY if it is in line with the official political power of the moment. That is not apolitical.

So the points in all this?
1. Sgt. Kokesh should be asked to continue his actions - speaking his mind, exercising his rights --out of uniform. He should also retain his status as honorably discharged.

2. The military itself should either hold itself to it's own standard or abolish it. Uneven enforcement is what corruption is all about. {The military has been a loyal Republicanesque "Conservative" institution for a long time so it is really only apolitical in theory} Remember this...banana republic dictatorships usually spring up out of their "conservative" military apparati.

3. Read deeper than the surface. Writers write themselves into what they write. If not in content then in lack there of. If they didn't who would need a writer? My post could have said this and been done with it:


OUTLAW LAWYERS
TEACH LOGIC

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070601/a_uniform01.art.htm

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070531-115041-1857r.htm <--- tripped off one of my firewalls---sneaky lil bastids or what?


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