Petareus/Betrayus.

Man, did Moveon.org jump into the fray or not?

Not really. Not unless you are a true believer. The presentation was orchestrated as expected. What is really ... not..funny is how predictable the whole show was.

As research clearly shows, the military academies are predominantly Republican in their political affiliations (just google the air force academy and fundamental christianity). And, the research also shows that moving up the ranks in the military correlates quite consistently with conservative personality orientations.

So, what is the big deal here?

All this is not really new. The research on conservative-liberal psychology shows consistently that the conservatives--for all their desire to merge with God--fear death. Should irony be so hard to understand? That which you want most in your unconscious becomes the reality of your consciousness? Heraclitus wrote as much during the ego's first awareness. Jung co-opted this insight into a psychology.

But, such observations are mere ephemeral correlates of the realities...as our former Fed. chairman has acknowledged. Oil is life.

It will take a while for this reality to seep into the consciousness of our society. Let us hope (hope? such an abstraction!). Oil is blood. In modernity. Christ, of course, was not a petroleum engineer.