those of you who have followed the tragic story of pat tillman probably know that his brother, kevin, signed up with him in 2002 in a fit of patriotic fervor. now kevin is encouraging people to think hard about the choices available to us on november 7th, one day after what would have been pat’s 30th birthday. here’s a snippet from his piece:

Somehow America has become a country that projects everything that it is not and condemns everything that it is.

Somehow the most reasonable, trusted and respected country in the world has become one of the most irrational, belligerent, feared, and distrusted countries in the world.

Somehow being politically informed, diligent, and skeptical has been replaced by apathy through active ignorance.

Somehow the same incompetent, narcissistic, virtueless, vacuous, malicious criminals are still in charge of this country.

Somehow this is tolerated.

read the whole piece here. real patriots—not the chickenshit chickenhawks in charge of this country—want change at the top. make it happen.