This letter by Kevin Tillman, brother of the late Pat Tillman, is remarkable simply the honest of a brother who is still grieving and who doesn’t understand what has become of the country for which he fought and his brother died for.  It is a brutally honest note from someone who knows what it mean to serve his country in a war.  It’s also kind of sad.  You can almost feel the pain coming through in the words.  Read it.

Via Tapped.  And Charles Pierce is right:  if this letter had been published in a much more well-known area, Kevin Tillman’s service to his country, not to mention the death of his brother, would not have saved him from being branded a traitor.

It’s almost sad to watch Republicans these days.  I’m not one of those who thinks Democrats will bulldoze their way through the Senate and House, but I’m optimistic; however, is stinks of pathetic desperation the way Republicans are acting.  As always happens when the GOP gets depserate, they start making veiled threats about terrorist attacks and using that to get elected.  The Republican National Committee will begin airing ads speaking of the danger to Americans of even more horrorific terrorists attacks and pleading with voters to go to the polls on election day.  This really is pathetic, sad, and disgusting, but par for the course with the GOP these days.  Sad thing is, far too many Americans will fall for it.

It’s really kind of exciting to see Michael J. Fox coming out in support of Claire McCaskill.  This ad, in which he talks about Mccaskill’s support of stem cell research, is great.  However, it’s very difficult to watch.  It’s obvious that Fox’s Parkinson’s has really advanced.

Via Fired Up! Missouri.