Political Funny Pictures Thread, pt. 2

[BugI02]

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[indiucky]

Act's mom is a DAR and she is not a snooter rooter.

My Great Aunt was......I suppose it's like any other group.....

Those SAR guys were snooty....

 

[Mikey1911]

This troublemaker right here....The man that kept my Papaw sane and grinning from 1942-1945 while in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy....

I love this one....

The best thing about Bill Mauldin is that (unlike, say Herblock) is that he went after politicians and policies of both parties with equal vigor, when they did something corrupt, stupid, or just plain evil.

 

[Kutnupe14]

The best thing about Bill Mauldin is that (unlike, say Herblock) is that he went after politicians and policies of both parties with equal vigor, when they did something corrupt, stupid, or just plain evil.

Hence why Patton called him an "unpatriotic anarchist," and wanted to "throw his @$$ in jail."

 

[indiucky]

The best thing about Bill Mauldin is that (unlike, say Herblock) is that he went after politicians and policies of both parties with equal vigor, when they did something corrupt, stupid, or just plain evil.

Yep....One of my great joys was sitting with my grandfather and going over a book of Up front cartoons from an Italian theater book issued to the troops and having him explain the jokes I didn't get.....

My grandfather, Ernie Pyle, and Bill Maudlin all had something in common...They couldn't stand Patton...

 

[indiucky]

Hence why Patton called him an "unpatriotic anarchist," and wanted to "throw his @$$ in jail."

When the Patton museum opened up at Fort Knox back in the 1980's I (being ignorant) puffed up my chest and said,

"Papaw...I am going to take you to the new Patton museum at Fort Knox...."

Papaw took a long drag on his cigarette and said,

"Boy...I wouldn't go to the Patton Museum if it were across the street, on fire and I need to take pee...."

"Uh...But I thought you all love him..."

"No...He was an egomaniac that cared more about getting in the papers than us getting home...."

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

When the Patton museum opened up at Fort Knox back in the 1980's I (being ignorant) puffed up my chest and said,

"Papaw...I am going to take you to the new Patton museum at Fort Knox...."

Papaw took a long drag on his cigarette and said,

"Boy...I wouldn't go to the Patton Museum if it were across the street, on fire and I need to take pee...."

"Uh...But I thought you all love him..."

"No...He was an egomaniac that cared more about getting in the papers than us getting home...."

You don't know how lucky you are to have had the chance to get to know either of your grandfathers...he sounds like a cool one.

 

[Mikey1911]

It sure would have been fun to have Mauldin alive and able to draw during the 2016 election season. He might have worn out his drawing hand, though.

 

[Kutnupe14]

When the Patton museum opened up at Fort Knox back in the 1980's I (being ignorant) puffed up my chest and said,

"Papaw...I am going to take you to the new Patton museum at Fort Knox...."

Papaw took a long drag on his cigarette and said,

"Boy...I wouldn't go to the Patton Museum if it were across the street, on fire and I need to take pee...."

"Uh...But I thought you all love him..."

"No...He was an egomaniac that cared more about getting in the papers than us getting home...."

Patton is a fascinating character. And was robbed of the gold medal in the olympics. Even though he fought like a Nazi, he's always been one of my "heroes," since I watched the movie (a BILLION times) on my parent's Beta. But I completely understand why his soldiers him. "His guts, our blood." He was no Omar Bradley.

 

[indiucky]

Patton is a fascinating character. And was robbed of the gold medal in the olympics. Even though he fought like a Nazi, he's always been one of my "heroes," since I watched the movie (a BILLION times) on my parent's Beta. But I completely understand why his soldiers him. "His guts, our blood." He was no Omar Bradley.

I noticed the one's that served under him in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy tended to despise him but the guy's that served with him from D-Day on tend to love him.....It's weird....

 

[2A_Tom]

He may have mellowed out after the drubbing he got for cowardice incident.

 

[rob63]

This is getting a bit off track for the thread, but I find the attitudes of the soldiers, media, etc. towards Patton very interesting. Patton was known as "Blood and Guts", while Bradley was known as a commander that cared for his soldiers. Yet, if you study the casualty rates, the units with the highest were all in Bradley's army. It is often a curious thing about history that the common perceptions of the time completely defy subsequent attempts of analysis to explain them.

My grandfather served in Bradley's army and I had always believed everything about Patton vs. Bradley. Then I saw the casualty rate for my grandfather's unit (9th ID, over 100%), and started digging.

 

[actaeon277]

 

[Hkindiana]

Then I saw the casualty rate for my grandfather's unit (9th ID, over 100%), and started digging.

How can you have a casulaty rate OVER 100%? And, if it was the MAXIMUM of 100%, how did your granfather survive?

 

[actaeon277]

How can you have a casulaty rate OVER 100%? And, if it was the MAXIMUM of 100%, how did your granfather survive?

People transfer in, and then get injured/killed.

 

[HoughMade]

People transfer in, and then get injured/killed.

This. It's based upon the strength of the unit when the action begins.

 

[Route 45]

 

[Route 45]

 

[2A_Tom]

Although Ironic, more stupidity.

 

[Route 45]