“Sexting” is one of those things that makes me laugh- about how out of touch our legislators are- and the lengths that they will go to distract us from real issues. Like the Wall Street Casino- the wholesale exportation of our entire manufacturing base and the failures of our system of elections that have created auctions.

But, now, we have the Army charging a soldier in a war zone for having pictures of a niece in a swimsuit- and then, changing their tune- but not disclosing the evidence:

The family of an Illinois National Guard soldier said Friday that he’s been charged with possession of child pornography in Afghanistan over innocent snapshots of a 4-year-old relative in a swimsuit.

The U.S. Army has charged Spec. Billy Miller of Galesburg, Ill., with possession of child pornography and a related charge of failure to obey an order that troops in Afghanistan not possess pornography.

via Billy Miller Gets Child Porn Charge In Afghanistan: Family Says Army Soldier’s Photos Are ‘Innocent’.

The Army is now claiming that it’s not the pictures of the relative- but won’t disclose the evidence: Army: Family photos not basis for porn charges

Any one of us could enter a site like www.chatroulette.com and end up viewing what would be considered “Child Porn” if we had a way to actually verify ages of people just by looking at them- but we don’t.

We live in a society that is imprisoning people at an astonishing rate- and then doing everything possible to slap them with a scarlet letter for life. Sex offenders’ registry, criminal records that can’t be expunged- criminalizing kids sending pictures of themselves naked to each other.

At some point the State has got to stop. We can’t all be criminals- while the crooks in suits rob our country blind. I’d rather hire a guy who sold drugs to support his family over a Wall Street banker who is whining about his multiple house payments and sub-million dollar bonuses.

The whole issue of legislating morality is not much different than trying to legislate a national religion. It would help if the people doing the legislating actually had any moral credibility. Allowing companies to pay CEOs millions while firing people and expecting unemployment to provide a safety net is criminal.

To the case of the young soldier- I say the real criminal action is sending our people and tax dollars over to a third world country that has no interest in our being there- failing to catch Bin Laden- and watching our people go broke paying for this travesty.

And if you need a reminder of what war looks like- in a picture that would now qualify as “Child Porn”–

Congratulations- you’ve just looked at “child porn” go to jail, go directly to jail.

The real crime is war. The real crime is a country that allows the people making $7.50 an hour subsidize the mistakes of those making $1,000 hr plus. The real crime is being asleep at the wheel as our country is being dismantled in the name of the almighty dollar. We’ve become a nation preoccupied with stupid issues- while the real ones get ignored.

There is nothing Spec. Billy Miller could do with a picture that is near as criminal as what a country can do with your tax dollars.

Wake up.