[Iowa-dx] Fwd: The Simpsons on Army Recruitment

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Hilarious video snip form The Simpsons!



http://www.jwharrison.com/blog/2006/11/13/the-simpsons-on-army-recruitment/
The Simpsons on Army Recruitment
Posted Monday, November 13th, 2006 at 9:24 pm


In their most recent episode, The Simpsons poked fun at the US Army
so much that it completely overshadowed any botched joke John Kerry
has ever made. Here I?ve posted a scene from the beginning of the
episode that satirizes the shady practices of army recruiters. The
episode later went on to criticize the caliber of recruits the army
has been accepting.

There were other great highlights from the episode which are not in
the clip above. One had to do with Marge begging Homer not to join.
Homer says, ?I have to Marge. Who else is gonna keep oil under $100 a
barrel?? The other sad but true line came when Homer was playing war
games with the army and got cornered in Moe?s basement. The idea of
surrendering is brought up and Homer says, ?I?m not gonna surrender.
You?ve seen what the US Army does to prisoners. How would you like to
be stacked naked in a pile with a hillbilly girl pointing at you and
laughing??

Could this kind of political satire revive The Simpsons from the
fringes of irrelevance to share the comedic stage with Colbert and
Stewart? Time will tell, but the past two episodes have definitely
been on the upswing.





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