Onward Christian soldiers

We hit a historic high for the U.S. population a little while ago—300 million. That’s a lot of bodies. Luckily we have lots of body bags, thanks to this war.

It seems to me, as a person who reads, I don’t remember Jesus saying anything about abortion. Nothing. I’m not even sure there was such a thing as abortion back then, but these Christians today are literally obsessed with it, giving the fetus almost super-human rights—more rights, even, than they allow the mother. It’s these same people that, once the baby is born, totally give up on it. They vote to defund schools, vote against socialized medicine and vote to reduce welfare programs, filling the world with sick, undereducated, unwanted children.

Luckily there’s the military: With American jobs being outsourced overseas and a college education in this country unaffordable without a G.I. Bill grant, the military provides all the things you couldn’t afford on the outside—housing, food, health care and clothing. There is one small drawback. You might have to kill [or] torture people. Oh, one more thing—you might die tomorrow. Or go home with no legs or arms or both. But at least you weren’t aborted.

What’s better than a job with some security? Don’t worry, boys and girls, your administration is busy working hard to p*** off as many countries as it can to give our military a little job security. There you have it. Onward Christian soldiers. Do you know how proud Jesus would be?

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