As a army reservist, let me explain the army reserves joke. Reservists train one weekend a month and two weeks a year, but have civilian jobs most of the time, for example, working at a rental car company or whatever
In fairness, though, the reservists have performed quite well when called up into the regular military. Many of the most resourceful in WW2 were called in from the reserves, for instance.
Yeah one of my buddies was in the marines then transferred (whatever you call that) into the national guard after. Guys a beast, even shot a guy dead who home invaded his house. Only his mom & younger sister were home so when he got back, pulled the shotgun out of his truck & took the home invader down. Wouldn’t wanna get on his bad side. If we were to go to war I’d be happy to have him in my unit
The two old men who got shot after Lincoln were Statler & Waldorf who were two crotchety old Muppets who would complain from the balcony during every episode of The Muppets Show. They were named after two famous hotels in NYC
The oil joke was saying that the US doesn’t really care about other countries having weapons of mass destruction. That was just the excuse that was used to go to declare war on Iraq. Iraq has oil fields.
To be fair, no matter how obsolete a country's conventional military is, if they have nukes it's a bad idea to go to war with them. North Korea being a prime example (laughable military, not-so-laughable nukes).
Oil joke was about the extraction of oil. It’s about why we went to war because Germany doesn’t have any real oil fields in the country that we know. We fought Germany because of the whole honoring alliances thing as England was getting bombed and we helped. Germany was not our first goal as North Africa was, then Italy, finally France into Germany. North Africa was the training as it was the first taste of combat for many new soldiers. North Africa taught us a lot about what to expect and how to respond. Italy was the stepping stone as they surrendered not even halfway through our venture through Sicily. France was D-day and the slugfest towards Berlin was the real test. It proved that we could do it if given the right motivation.
@@docjohnson1 No. He wasn't. From his bio: "The officers later testified that they believed King was under the influence of phencyclidine (PCP),[24] although King's toxicology tested negative for the drug.[25]" Even if he had been, it doesn't make what was done to him right. I was alive when it happened. It was horrific, and inexcusable. That none of those cops were held responsible was very much a travesty of justice.
Vietnam vets often suffer from PTSD that often they can’t even put two words together. They aren’t all like that but a lot of them are walking basket cases. Any taunting will immediately trigger the PTSD and it’s a bad sight. Therapy helps but often they can’t get the help they need due to how society treated them after coming home. It’s a sad sight if you see an old person with PTSD as they likely fought in war and can’t forget the horrors they seen.
It truly is sad reading comments from Vietnam vets, seen quite a few talk ab how they were treated after the war, never spoken to any with severe ptsd but I can imagine. Glad things have changed & at the very least they are thanked nowadays
Those jokes are painful (also hilarious) because they remind all of us Americans how much safer/healthier/equitable/affordable and more peaceful life could be in a place where the government tried to actually fix problems and improve citizens’ lives, rather than here where billionaires and corporations bribing politicians is standard operating procedure. The jokes are intentionally brutal because they are meant to call out the government in ways that few others will.
Yeah, we are much richer than other western nations. If France or Germany were American states they'd be among the 5 poorest. You've swallowed too much leftist propaganda hook, like and sinker.
@@trevor3013 Random people call it out, but nobody with any kind of real platform runs away because it threatens their personal economic prospects that they really care about.
Yeah I feel sorry for Ukraine but all that $ we sent them would have been much better spent on the US. Gotta help yourself before you help others, apparently the gov disagrees. Hoping we can get a president who will actually put America first, seems unlikely tho
Love Family Guy.... my favorite song that's come out of the show has to be "Have you ever put butter on a Pop Tart"... and yes I have... and it's AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@sdv73168 it’s getting worse, and I love Millie, but she’s become a bitter old lady that likes to disagree with everything they ever talk about. There was a video recently where a girl from Germany talked about things she wouldn’t want to live without now that she lives in the US. Millie was obviously annoyed, agitated, and triggered by everything the girl brought up. Disagreeing with the girl wanting and liking air conditioning, liking good customer service, liking drive thru service, etc. Millie didn’t even have a dog in the fight (as she’s not from the US or Germany) but she was getting all butt hurt about all the US things this lady likes. She claims to love the US, but here recently she acts jealous or she discounts or denies things that might be better or more convenient here. It’s so odd.
The ''things are not going good in the US that's why we're all so fat'' is, even though it sounds like a joke- completely true. Because fast-food is cheaper than healthy food (also driven by the car-dependancy, and the fact that stores with fresh produce are often not around the corner) US'ians are quite often, fat. There's a clear correlation between poverty & poverty in city planning and obesity.
