texas-oklahoma. are have you ever been to ocktoberfest, done it in germany? pete: have you? will: yes, i have done that. what is it like? it is a ball. it is rachel: was there more drinking than last night? will: very similar. it is, you go to a huge tent and, there is just people everywhere you stand. no seats. you stand at a table. you get to know people, strangers, it s a day event. you know, so it is drawn over long period of time. the mugs are gigantic. pete: yep. will: get a bruise, get a bruise underneath the knuckle, all day long you re lifting this. rachel: exercise. will: it is stereotypical of what they call them? maids? pete: as you see it in the movies. will: it really is. she comes out i don t know how many mugs. they are gigantic, she has a way of carrying them. it is so fun. rachel: how is the food? will: germany is not my favorite food. we re going to have some food out here. will: this is going to be excellent i m sure. pete: i ve been to a beer hall i
not get woke training. not go to renamed base. not forced to take the covid vaccine. it is a combination of this weakening, softening of our warriors. it is less attractive. rachel: you re off mission. you re just not they having about the mission. will: that is a good way to put it. i also wonder how much is part of a bigger, we talk about this often, delayed onset adulthood. people putting off becoming adults, taking on responsibility? employment at younger ages, general employment down. people living at home longer. we talked about, i wonder how much is that as well? obviously joining the military is an adult step in life and taking on responsibility. so the military like every other aspect of our society having trouble getting people to say come be someone ready to be a big-time adult with responsibilities. pete: go ahead. rachel: i was going to say. it is one thing for this to happen in corporate america.
the debt ceiling in 2006. now you re saying to do so is not an adult step to take. i m saying we have to raise the debt ceiling. there s no alternative. in 2006, the debt ceiling was raised. it had to be raised then. it has to be raise d now. let s talk about the new congress and talk more broadly. the new house, republican controlled and on their first day, what do they do? they read the constitution aloud, something that hasn t been done before in the chamber. what did you make of that? i m glad that they recognized that we have a constitution. i m glad that they read it. it s something i carry with me all the time. i have one in my pocket right now. but i think rather than reading the constitution, which some of the journalists around the country have made fun of that. i m not making fun of it. i m glad they did that. it didn t hurt anything and didn t take long to read it, but i would hope that they would understand what the constitution is all about. the constitution itself
now you re saying to do so is not an adult step to take. i m saying we have to raise the debt ceiling. there s no alternative. in 2006, the debt ceiling was raised. it had to be raised then. it has to be raise d now. let s talk about the new congress and talk more broadly. the new house, republican controlled and on their first day, what do they do? they read the constitution aloud, something that hasn t been done before in the chamber. what did you make of that? i m glad that they recognized that we have a constitution. i m glad that they read it. it s something i carry with me all the time. i have one in my pocket right now. but i think rather than reading the constitution, which some of the journalists around the country have made fun of that. i m not making fun of it. i m glad they did that. it didn t hurt anything and didn t take long to read it, but i would hope that they would understand what the constitution is all about. the constitution itself came about as a result of
gingrich crowd did a few years ago, close government. we cut off social security checks. you already have trades in the debt ceiling. was that not an adult step? i have been in congress a long time. 99% of the time, i have voted for increasing the debt. and we have to do it this time. why didn t you do it then? i don t really know what vote you re talking about. i ve cast about 15,000 votes. you were opposed to raising the debt ceiling in 2006. now you re saying to do so is not an adult step to take. i m saying today we have to raise the debt ceiling. there s no alternative. in 2006, the debt ceiling was raised. it had to be raised then. it has to be raised now. let s talk about the new congress and talk a little bit more broadly. the new house, republican controlled and on their first day, what do they do? they read the constitution aloud, which is something that hasn t been done before in the chamber. what did you make of that? i m glad that they recognized that we ha