dissent in Oakland County

An Oakland County exec reversed his refusal to fly flags at half-staff to honor troops killed while on active duty, after saying that it "politicized the war on terror and promoted opposition to it." So, by ignoring the reality of war, that people die while fighting, he was somehow doing something good? Showing respect to the fallen is politicizing? Politicizing how? Is it liberal to be respectful? Conservative?

I have no clue if John Kerry was a war hero or a war wanker. But I think it's pretty clear the guy almost got blown up or shot a handful of times. And while that doesn't necessarily make him some sort of military strategic genius, it would at least (hopefully) make him think twice about sending kids who love their country into harm's way. And I wish Kerry would approach his campaign messages with that sort of simplicity and honesty. But he doesn't. Presidents are not mythical creatures anymore, if they ever were. And I wish he'd quit campaigning like he's Ewan McGregor's character from Big Fish, which is Tim Burton's finest effort in quite a while, btw.