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Why is it that most people here on FR is so against the treaty?

Probably because the entire enterprise of the E.U. is fundamentally opposed to conservatism due its supranational purpose.

The Constitution (it is important to call it a constitution, that is what it is, and British politicians have been obfuscating its nature by not using the term) would set in stone the bureaucratic model on which the E.U. functions; it would forever end the attempt to build a non-political free-trade zone (arguably that point was passed long ago); it would make departure from the E.U. far more difficult; it would dramatically erode national sovereignty; it would move the E.U. more strongly into foreign policy (despite its only venture there thus far being the dramatic failure of the former Yugoslavia) - it is worth noting that this foreign policy would almost certainly be hostile to the trans-Atlantic alliance.

I'm just amazed that anybody on F.R. thinks that good will come of it.

Also it includes a better of coordination of European military resources. Which is good. Even for the USA.

No no no and no again. It would be disasterous. At best it would make no difference, at worst it would trap the British military and prevent them from operating alongside the Americans without approval from France and Germany. There is a splendidly workable system in place - NATO - which is being systematically undermined in favour of the insular 'fortress Europe' mentality of the E.U. As I said above, the foreign (and therefore security) policy of the E.U. would be far less receptive to American ideas than her current allies (such as the U.K. and Poland).