Melissa McEwan gets it right

Melissa McEwan hits it spot on regarding the sideshow that Congress is currently engaged in…

Does it seem at all backwards to you that Senate Democrats have written a letter to Clear Channel Communications asking for its CEO to “publicly repudiate [Limbaugh’s] comments,” but didn’t make any fuss when two assholes on XM Radio talked about fucking Secretary of State Condi Rice and First Lady Laura Bush to death? Does it seem at all backwards to you that Congressional Republicans didn’t give a shit about that at all, despite it being said about the two most prominent women in their party, but went completely apeshit because an advertisement said something less than flattering about a general?

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And doesn’t it seem just completely, totally, utterly backwards to you that Congress cares more about what’s said about soldiers by civilians than how soldiers are treated by their own government? Where’s the month-long news cycle about unprotected vehicles? Where’s the month-long news cycle about body armor? Where’s the month-long news cycle about sexual assault against female soldiers in the war theater? Where’s the month-long news cycle about veterans’ care? Where’s the month-long news cycle following up on the conditions at Walter Reed, and exploring the conditions at other recuperative centers? Where’s the month-long news cycle about VA funding? Where’s the month-long news cycle on Bush having defunded traumatic brain injury research? Where’s the month-long news cycle about families torn apart by extended tours, by deaths, by catastrophic injuries, by severe post-traumatic stress disorder? Where’s the month-long news cycle on any of that?

That, I care about.

And so should our Congress — at least as much as they care about stupid fucking adverts and stupid fucking bloviating gasbags.

Just to point out the obvious: The screaming whinebags of the Right, who are sooooo very concerned about the honor and respect due the members of our military services, seem to have little to say as well about the above-mentioned abuses that our soldiers have had to endure, and are still enduring.