My guess is that the uncle is projecting a lot of his own beliefs in that statement. The uncle thinks he was a “supersoldier” the uncle thinks he was a “patriot”. Clearly the uncle is full of shit. 

I mean, the uncle’s claims are suspect. Being a patriotic American and supporting MAGA/Trump are mutually exclusive states.

For a pedophile drug addict, Gaetz sure does like to keep his name in the news.

Thanks for the explanation.  It makes sense what you’re saying, but it doesn’t make sense at the same time.  I guess the underlying lack of logic is what’s so confusing.

I’m confused:

First of all, Matt Gaetz changed his whole ass Twitter name and handle to say “Former Congressman Matt Gaetz”? I almost would have thought that was a parody account.

Right wing terrorism is totally cool with right wing extremist.

A Chad is a good thing? I thought it was a male Karen. I’m so confused with slang today. I miss the tubular, bodacious days.

I’m just the opposite.

I grew up in a time where my parents would take me for rides. Just ride around. Then I used to do it in highschool. I still try to take the long way home every once and a while. Usually other people on the road is what makes it miserable for me.

Biden was middle-of-the-road and shone only, because his opponent is a cheese-brained mob boss. President Biden should have made it clear that he will not seek reelection from day 1 and used the time to hand-pick a strong successor.

Reagan’s people communicated with Iran to hold the hostages until after the election, so what’s happening with the feckless Republican Party today is nothing new.

It is the same for any electorate, at any time, unfortunately. From the time of Solon and Pericles all the way up to today. People do not want hard truths, candor, limits. They’d rather think (and be told) that they are exceptional and intelligent and that the future is bright.

Reagan promised wealth, abundance and a revitalization of the American dream (for some, anyway).

My Republican father who was an engineer in a nuclear power plant highly respected Carters experience as a nuclear engineer and submarine commander. When Carter introduced the solar panel tax credit he immediately installed them on the roof of our house where they not only provided a more than adequate source of hot…

Jimmy was the first POTUS I voted for. The rest of the country went with the “trickle down theory”. And we all see how that went.

There is a philosophy in the aircraft industry to ‘leave no stone unturned’ when it comes to aircraft crashes. This is primarily a safety thing. While investigators have a pretty good idea of what happened to MH370, they are not certain. Finding the exact location will give them more evidence, even if the black box…

Families need closure in terms of the “what” and the “why” of the incident. It hasn’t been about the hopes of recovering remains for a decade.

The beacon is dead, yes. The actual data on the FDR and CVR may very well be recoverable, as those things are built to a degree that could impress the nuclear material transport cask guys.

I don’t know if Honda will make Nissan better or Nissan will drag Honda down and totally turn it to shit.