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The thing is, the humor and songs are what keeps people going when things get rough, whether in times of national war or personal trials. If you can't laugh, what are your choices? Tears and anger, bitterness and sorrow all of the time? What joy is there in honoring our servicemen with dirges when they went with honor and resolve to do their job? We here in country need to keep our spirits up so that we can support our troops better, and welcome them back to a country filled with life and laughter, not to a country filled with people only seeing the darkness.

Our President and his family and friends are continuosly being bombarded with negativity and sad situations. They, maybe more than most people, deserve to be allowed some time to laugh and see the lighter side of things. I think they would lose their minds otherwise, they are under so much pressure and scrutiny for every thought, word and move they make.

I don't currently have family overseas, not even in active service at the moment. When they were AD, though, what kept them going was good news, cheerfulness, jokes in letters, pictures of family being silly - signs that life was still going on at home and they weren't being mourned while they were still alive! A depressed soldier is one who won't be able to devote his attentions to his job. A soldier who knows the homefront is waiting for him with love and laughter is able to concentrate on his job and get it done, and will be glad to come home.

Look, I know the value of humor. But this is the POTUS and the people who want nothing more to destroy him, sitting around, eating and drinking and making fun of each other. I think it's unseemly, embarrassing and just flat out wrong during a time of war.