226 - Toy Soldiers

Lewis Black's Rantcast

Lewis Black

Comedy, Leisure, Stand-up

4.8 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Well, this past week was event-filled. Absolutely insane events like The Boss’ birthday parade thinly veiled as a celebration of America’s military. While that event appeared to be a dud, it still positioned our military personnel as Toy Soldiers. If that wasn’t enough to infuriate you Toy Soldiers were also being utilized in LA to settle non-existent unrest. Almost enough nonsense to forget that totally normal things like Father’s Day occurred as well. Lewis took the opportunity to honor his late father not only a principled man, but fantastic artist. This one is for all the dads out there. ___________________ SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS INDACLOUD - If you’re 21 or older, get 25% OFF your first order + free shipping at IndaCloud with code LEWIS at http://www.inda.shop/LEWIS #indacloudpod RIDGE- Upgrade your wallet today! Get 10% Off at Ridge with code RANTCAST at https://www.Ridge.com/RANTCAST #Ridgepod For advertising opportunities email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ___________________ TOUR DATES: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.lewisblack.com/tickets⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ GET MERCH: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.lewisblack.com/collections⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ____________________ SUBMIT RANTS TO LEWIS Have something you want to get off your chest? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.livelewis.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ _____________________ SUBSCRIBE TO THE RANTCAST ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.lewisblacksrantcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ____________________ FOLLOW LEWIS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lewisblack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thelewisblack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/thelewisblack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/thelewisblack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/OfficialLewisBlack⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.1	This could all go horribly wrong at any minute.
0:35.6	Hello there and welcome to the 226th edition of Lewis Blacks Rantcast entitled Toy Soldiers.
0:42.3	Yes, that's an apt title really, considering our boss decided that he needed a big, big parade,
0:52.3	a big military parade to celebrate the Army's 250th birthday.
0:58.0	And gee, just by accident, his birthday was that day.
1:01.0	And so they'd be celebrating his two.
1:03.0	And is this ludicrous?
1:05.0	Yeah, it's not only ludicrous, it's appalling.
1:07.0	Why?
1:08.0	Well, for starters, it's $45 million that might have gone better to kind of help the troops
1:14.6	in a number of different ways, like to maybe help fund medical things that needed to be funded,
1:20.8	instead of going to court and trying to fight the medical things as they have over a number of
1:26.2	issues during the course of my life
1:29.0	and the course of those who served in the military.
1:31.0	And really to maybe just to give them the $45 million to have a party at all the bases
1:38.5	so that they could just or fly their families in so they could see them or fly them home to many of their families.
1:45.9	You know, something that would make some sense other than whether the $16 million that will be
1:53.4	needed to repair the roads in Washington, we'll see if that's true.
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