...The American _Legion_?!
From some purveyor of information on the internet, I see that its members' average age is sixty-three.
I served during "Operation Desert Storm (And Dance Party)". I was nowhere near any fighting, but, technically, I'm a veteran of a foreign war.
The American Legion's website says this in its...constitution...:
Preamble to the Constitution of The American Legion
For God and Country
We associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the Great Wars; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and goodwill on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
OK.
To uphold and defend the Constitution? You people are a fucking joke.
To make right the master of might? Made some bad choices, I guess.
To promote peace and goodwill on earth?
While you're watching television in your RV, the people who really should be consulted are the kids who are having babies by who the fuck knows who and there's no decent jobs for them and they're the ones who are getting killed over there.
You know, you senile old geezers really ought to shut the fuck up and enjoy your golf membership or else we'll take your fucking social security away. How does that sound? No trip to the Poconos this year...
So accept your dole and know your place.
