The Political Situation at the County Fair

[redbarron718]

Rebublicans don't get a llama.

[OhItsGinevra]

Oh my god that llama is so cute!

[rainabraina]

I went to the fair today and ride the ride that he shows at the end :)

[Smallavelle]

hank i thought i'd make you jealous and let you know that im eating corndogs right now

[aang94479]

@LAZENBYx18 What a well thought out attempt at an insult-/sarcasm-

First off, it's "you're."

Second, even if you got the your/you're correct, how is Hank Green a bundle of sticks? That's not an insult. That is simply an incorrect observation.

[MrMinVik]

@LAZENBYx18 you're the biggest douche and lucky this video is 2 years old cause the nerdfighters would find u and kill you. Secondly Hank is way more successful then you will ever be and Lastly, if you can tell through your retarded eyes tht Hank is wearing a wedding ring, so onviously no he is not a faggot.

[allbymysmelf]

If one more person tells me what a corndog is i may kill myself, i posted it like a year ago and now at least 100 people have told me, i know. please stop :P

[jamestehaley0]

@allbymysmelf Umm i think i'm in the position you were a year ago... what actually is a corndog?

[tekna2908]

@jamestehaley0 it's a hot dog sausage coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep fried in oil (wikipedia ftw)

[dingo596]

@allbymysmelf please tell me, i don't know what a corndog is

[ReKrisB]

Awww, Hank wants to be like his older brother!~ D'awwww

[katiebook]

Wasn't that an alpaca, not a llama?

[DoriyaPosts]

I love the New Yorker!! It's so awesome!!

[lennic95]

OMG It's so weird when John's voice comes out of Hank's mouth O.o

[SmartStupidGenius]

Every time hank talks about corn dogs... I want corn dogs.

[starwarsfangurl]

why do the brilliant vlog brothers not know the difference between a llama and an alpaca?

[Awesomesauseness19]

He can do this, he can do this, he CAN do this...

[PhantomoftheForum]

The whole "Democrat Llama" vs. "Republican Llama" made my day. But what does this mean for the future of French The Llama? xD

[OddballEndorser]

Wow, you sounded really English when you said 'is so massive' at 3:38

[Viniter24]

I like how that Allby guy asked a question about corndogs one year ago, got thumbed up and he's still getting responses today... I think he regretted it long ago... :D

[lilylpotter3]

now if we could change the demcrat mascot from donkeys to llamas.

[fashionbug312]

I liked your llama/democrat thing... I found it very true... ^_^

[jjkat13]

Okay that was trippy

[v00per]

NHS! NHS! NHS!

[evanafter]

I love you lip syncing to John. It's beautiful.

[pete275]

that's a pretty redneck fair

[MoldyCheezProductons]

omg I saw Watchman on your bookshelf

I love that book

[jlckm]

CAN you say TORT???

[trapjohnson]

Llama Analogy Win

[regularguy5mb]

Mmm... corndog...

[ihearttheplanet]

i love the way that he says astute

[Mariswimmer7]

Totally. And llamas scare me. I'm always afraid they'll spit on me. Kind of like the Democratic party.

[Saromatae]

Ketchup on your corndog! You fucken heathen! Now it's not like me to use profanity like that, but hells bells this is important! Paste some yellow mustard on that the next time or ... or... Well I don't know what will happen but it wont be pleasant I assure you.

[caitiesus]

As a Democrat(ish person)...I agree with your opinion of the Democratic party.

Why can't we actually do anything?? We have a super majority and no one has the balls to do what the American people want!

[Pook365]

One of the things that seems so out of line is the direct advertising of prescription drugs to the public...and the amount of pressure the drug companies try to apply to doctors to get them to prescribe their drug....even if it isn't the best.

[Froggy711]

that's why they are delicious. The iraq war is not delicious.

I would agree that they are both on a stick.

[lcorinth]

You forgot to mention one thing...

That llama's face was SOOOO cute! BOOJI-BOOJI-BOOJI-BOOJI-BOOJI!­!!

[Cicutae]

you're

[spidermanandsnape]

@iPLaYBoYzZ yes, yes he is. good complement, but I believe you meant "you're"

[lilypad145]

@iPLaYBoYzZ Hey there you grammatically challenged moron, you should have typed "you're" as in "you are."

"Your" is possessive, as in "Your stupidity is astounding." Learn to drop real insults.

[LifeMustard]

@iPLaYBoYzZ You're*

[DoriyaPosts]

@iPLaYBoYzZ You know, I'm not really that counts as an insult. Perhaps next time try using Shakespeare!

Also, "your" should be "you're" and if you don't know why, I'm not going to explain. You should know the difference.

[Qwerkss19]

@iPLaYBoYzZ Yes. He is. :)



[LunaLaboratory]

@iPLaYBoYzZ So much Fail in three words. 1) Thats the point. 2) That's not an insult. 3) The proper usage of Your would have been if the Nerd belonged to you. You're is used as "You are" a Nerd. 4) Capitalization? Punctuation? Please? 5) You PLaYBoYzZ? Hmmm.

[rachelsaunicorn]

@iPLaYBoYzZ That's the point.

[rachelsaunicorn]

@iPLaYBoYzZ That's the point. P.S, it's you're

[Fralmunk]

Llama :D

[triskaideca13]

you have "The World is Flat" we had to read that for a class it was so monotonous.

[yourface11011]

you are too cute

[atvking04032]

get it fucking strate at 1:19 it a fucking alpaca ok so fuck man i own 18 of them god i hate whn people do that

[scabo0o]

your an alpaca.

[alizask]

Thanks for posting!

[VerbotenDingleberry]

Google "van jones communist" and then tell me how evil the GOP is.

[mcrxloverx92]

Mmmmm...

Corndog.

Now I wanna corndog. Thanks Hank. Thanks so much.

-.-

[crawma]

defeat obama ax  tax and trade socialism is here---obama lies grandma dies

[allbymysmelf]

Okay, im from england, and we dont have corndogs here. What are they? Like deepfried hot dogs on a stick? Someone explain please?

[NowherManYoshi]

They are hot dogs coated in cornbread batter, then deep fried (or, very rarely, baked) served on a stick. that's pretty much it.

[zenface49]

a corn dog is a hot dog within a cornbread-like wrapping

[xbookfreekx]

@allbymysmelf I'm not sure if you still wish to know, but corndogs are hot dogs on a stick, dipped in cornbread batter, then deep fried.

[evanafter]

@allbymysmelf Corn bread wrapped around a hotdog on a stick. :) They're tasty.

[quickslaptv]

@allbymysmelf no they r not dogs on a stick ewww they r pork,turkey meat with breaD On a stick !!!1

[ChristalClear]

@allbymysmelf pretty much

[lilylpotter3]

@allbymysmelf corn dogs are hot dogs wrapped in corn bread. :q now i want one.

[lovablerocker]

@allbymysmelf Basicly a hotdog surrounded by cornbread on a stick in place of a hotdog huged by bread of various kinds. I'm sure google could answer your awner so much better, though.

[Coffeekinns]

@allbymysmelf A year later and you're still getting definitions of a corndog

(; I can't help but chuckle a bit.

[allbymysmelf]

@Coffeekinns I know haha. Its like JEEZ i get it now hahaha. I cant belive i wrote that over a year ago! Time has flown!

[sethboy66]

@allbymysmelf a corn dog is a breaded hot dog on a stick.

[M00k64]

@allbymysmelf Hopefully I'm not the hundredth person to say this but a corndog is a hotdog covered in a thick layer of corn batter and deep fried on a stick :D

[ReKrisB]

@allbymysmelf Yes, that's *exactly* what they are; gotta love America.

[vladikod]

mmm corndogs :D

[nerdra]

That llama bit was darn funny.

[Beccawonthegame]

haha. I agreed with you completely until you started talking about the health care system. I mean, yeah, i don't think doctors should have to worry about the money aspect of treating patients, but if they are set certain guidelines by the government, there is no guarantee that they'll be giving us the best treatments possible.

mmm i have a point, but i'm sure i'm making it very well...

[antibefuddlement]

Cutest llama EVER!!!

[bobo13193]

A. I Have that shirt.

B. OH MY GOODNESS A CHICKEN NAMED HAGRID!

[heartsophocles]

that corn dog looked so good.... *drools*

[nerimon]

HANK LIP-SYNC AHHHHH <33

[maraudingchimpanzee]

one word solution to the doctor issue:

socialism

[johnnydepppirates]

Chicken named Hagrid. :D

[shortflick]

haha, the chicken analogy was the best.

[babz22387]

i argee with what u say about the health care but i think the way to do that is public funding

[Watabird]

I really should read that article. -.- I'll bookmark it for later. ^_^

[Smogget]

I liked the car that had a brick pattern painted on it.

[aphness]

my thought exactly :)

[s1mply1rr1s1stable]

So, I like this vid and all, but I kept having to switch to my facebook tab during it....

DFTBA~AC

[MissImpie]

I love it when I can see Hank's Sandman and Watchmen books on the shelf behind him. :)

[Socialist5]

I'll take your word from it that the Democratic Party is like a Llama - my knowledge is limited to what I learned from Westwing.

n i liked the bit about the doctors and carnies.

[RomanRevolution]

DFTBA= Dont Forget That Brothers Argue

[almalinda06]

Wow...

I think the analogy about the llama being like the Democratic Party was EXCELLENT.

You know, I've done price-checking to see who could give me treatment for a more reasonable price. It was embarrassing.. But sometimes, that's just how bad the situation is. Sometimes. Like right now.

[SpiffyMcSnazzy]

00:49 you got a facebook alert?

[crazy4mushrooms]

OMG I was watching your last vid, and my mum thought you and John...were Harry Potter.

[Fishanie]

Awesome.

Kinda freaked me out when Hank talked with John's voice though.. took me a minute to work out what was out of place..

[Muffinclouds]

Hahaa, the last part. I kinda wanna puke right now... So it's kinda... Ironic... I'm sure you didn't really need to hear that though...

[misterhappy2]

That corn dog was awesome. Mmm, corn dog.

[dbzmiri]

my thought exactly

[yoyomiksta]

OMG A SHAVED LAMA! 0.o

[kiasuten]

Sibling rivalry at its best lol

[blowtorchacurlyfry1]

mmm...corndog..

[Shizalumni]

Loving the llama tag!

[doyly909]

that was a really good impression!!!!.... (sarcasm, just incase someone misses it and freaks out)

i think hank did quite well there with the llama and chicken.... government should be called hadrig, just to give it a giant cuddly, attitude and an affection for overly dangerous creatures... hmmm not thought that one through to well

[TifaLockheart1234]

XD I loved the chicken reference.

[ohjoy973]

1:39 awh.

[ScreamAmyyFire]

I LOVE FREESTYLE MOTORCROSS :D

[televisionsux]

Don't forget about how the Milwaukee Mayor, who got the living shit beat outta him with a pipe by one of our own homegrown countrified terrorists recently at the county fair. Geez, I hope he has health care including mental health care for the PTSD he'll be experiencing afterwards. Kinda makes you wanna gag on your wholesome and healthy countrified corndog. Think of the domestic terrorizing wife beater as the Republicans and the Mayor as the Democrats. That pretty much paints the health pic.

[k3llylm]

I love the comparison between the llama and democrats!! So true.

[queenofqeeks]

Doctors using treatments to make money is one extreme, but cutting the two completely brings us the other extreme: doctors not having any incentive to go above and beyond. If they're not going to profit off of a deal, then the lazy doctors that would have used this opportunity to make dough might just tell a patient there is nothing they can do because they are too old. Since there is nothing to stimulate them to make each patient count, why spend time on something you could just answer easily

[anrym08]

haha i scroll down and i see all these facebook comments...lol what?

i watched it twice and i didnt hear anything...or if i did i didnt notice since i dont have a facebook...

either way...hank made me wanna get a corndog D:

[murraywall1]

i missed half the video cause i kept going to facebook lol

[chrisfinest1]

Errgh! The popping noises make it seem like people are talking to me on Facebook. I with people would talk to me on Facebook. :(

[savethegreen10]

I love watership down!

[xxAvrilxRocks]

LMFAO I kept thinking I was getting a facebook message!

[JePawsBo]

It's funny that you went to the fair.. because I was at a fair this week and I filmed myself on a gravatron challenging the nerdfighters to do situps on a gravatron.. for the fitness challenge.. then I realized it would be much too difficult to get everyone to be near a gravatron for the challenge.. ahaha.

[queendoris316]

ha when my parents needed to get rid of their car they entered it into a banger race. it was completely totalled

[KonsharPaHuvet]

haha do you have facebook up while you make your videos? cus i think i can hear you getting messages while you're talking which confuses the right shit out of me :P

[becsishere]

So that's why I thought I was getting facebook IMed when I wasn't!

[IceSalt]

Well, I live in Canada where health care is public and wait times are crazy. That being said, I would rather long wait times then having to pay for my health care.

Honestly Canada's real problem is we lack doctors. With the amount of people using the health care system here.. we just don't have enough docs. Why is that? Because the majority of Canadian doctors go to the USA where they get to make a hell of a lot more money.

[surruk]

i live in australia and to a lesser extent we have the same problem. the best way to counter this problem is simply to make the medicine training less ridiculously exclusive and hard to obtain.

in australia to get into medicine at university you need to (1) be in the top 3 % of school students (2) pass a specialized logic / personality test and (3) pass an interview. in my state there are about 200 people a year who start med at uni. not all pass. so its little wonder we have few doctors lol.

[hypedragon]

You have an old Polaroid VHS on your bookshelf hehe :)

[nekotheninja]

hank talking as john was big big lolz

[joebrown2487]

As more and more people start to research health care reform they will realize that countries and states with public options are not any better than the US. Like many things, health care is a balance of quantity and quality. The reason that the US has some of the most brilliant doctors in the world practicing medicine is because those physicians know they can make a good living in US. When doctors in the US start making less money do not be surprised when they go elsewhere.

[surruk]

i respectfully disagree, while there are some countries with public healthcare systems that dont work well there are also many that have a far superior system to yours (im assuming you are US sorry if your not). a perfect example is japan, which has (arguably) the best healthcare system in the world, with amazingly short waiting times, the world leading recovery rates and the worlds best life expectancy and yet still manages to be financially efficient.

[surruk]

this is despite japans rather aged (and rapidly aging) population, who attend hospitals more 3 times as often as people in the US. despite this, average costs per person per annum are $3400 compared to $7000 per person per annum in the USA. Because the system strives for efficiency rather than profit an MRI scan costs $98. In the USA an identical scan will cost $1500. You may have some of the best doctors in the world but the results and costs rank with the third world.

[brightblondie]

there are good doctors who know how to seperate $ from proper care you just have to research and find them. my doctor knows what's best for ME not for his wallet and i know that cause when i asked other docs why i they think i need a biopsy, they just said "because", while mine said it wasn't necessary since it doesn't look like cancer at all. and she was right. the lump went away.

Llama reference: bigger head doesn't mean it's smarter/better :-P

but great video & great analogies!

[shugr2th]

Well.. to put it frankly; it's illegal for a doctor to lie to a patient on whether or not they need the surgery.

[urticket]

huh

[endisnighe]

Attack and divide the people.

Bush=Obama

Dem=Repub

Name 1 law, in the past 30 years, that has been repealed by the other party?

Name it you idiots, sheeple and imbeciles.

The Enemy is your Government and who is behind it. Obama raised 1.3 BILLION dollars for his election. Who do you think gave him that money? Mega Corporations and Banks. Who again is it the government listens to?

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?LOL

SOVEREIGNTY IS OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHT

NO TO EMPIRE AND NWO

[leahl00]

I just finished reading the article, took a long time but was totally worth it! Just posted it on facebook :)

[ZeAwesomeNerdettes]

AWESOME video, Hank!!!!!!!

~Nerdette Ari

[Theiwilson]

I sense a problem with this argument, but I also sense alot of useful points, so I think we'll just leave it at the corndog comparison. <3

[ifihadanocelot]

That llama is so cute

[zerokiana]

And your carny, doctor comparison.

[zerokiana]

Wow, I love the llama analogy.

[Grassfairy2]

i love the way you say llama

[picturealmostperfect]

you made some good points hank. i very much agree with the one about the corndog. lol. ^^

[obsessive13]

mmmmmmmmm corn dog...

[Lexerrz]

I guess I have always lucked out with really nice doctors who would give us samples for medicine if the prescription would only be for like a week or two, with the exception of my allergy medicine.

[castleonion]

Cattle showing is political. Believe it or not, but you should really believe it.

[Screenplaya]

Llama analogies FTW!

[SquirrelLover7373]

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[MagnificentMinnow]

Kinda looks like an alpaca to me...

[Lexerrz]

Agreed.

[mrnobodyzzz]

bizarre llama!

[veganbookgirl]

lol when you said political pundits were like carnival rides because just looking at them made you want to puke the google add above the sidebar was sarah palin =)

[keithzworld]

Your funny!

[prosandconns]

The llama analogy was pretty funny

[33dgtp]

hank's better

[madelineschannel]

I think you guys should just exactly mimic our health care system (in Canada) and then iron out the flaws. We have problems too, like the fact that sometimes a doctor gets really busy, but you do get the care you need on time. Americans seem to want everything right away, but if you needed a heart surgery in Canada, and you'd be okay for at least another month or so, you could get the surgery in a couple of weeks, instead of immediately.

[Berninabelle]

Llama! Ha!

[alleclipsed]

i like the llama analogy and the chicken/rooster one! They really do look scary.

[knackeredwriter]

that llama is so cute :)

[rindavu]

i thought the llama analogy was the best..not exactly news, but i enjoyed the interpretation =]

[janitorbud]

that llama is cute

i've never had a corn dog

[lizivy18]

that llama is so cute... it has a sweet face :)

[monster4urthoughts]

Hanks Cash for Clunkers idea

is genius!!

[ithinkimightbelost]

as much as i want everyone to practice healthcare i want my right to choose the doctor of my choice. i want the right to go to  a private practice to seek medical attention. my dad's a doctor. i read the article you put up and i think it's bias and crap. they don't offer any other plausible explanation besides greedy doctors and they don't mention that if we did have a nationalized healthcare system how all the fancy equipment wouldn't be available at every hospital around the country.

[stephda11]

that llama is damn cute

[Kellerspinne]

That was just so .... awesome!!

Thank you!

[bluemirage123]

fuzzy llama nose!

[DudeWheresMyMind]

you can do a wonderful John impression

[imaninja562]

IF YOU BUY THE ISLAND OF NERDFIGHTERIA WE WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE US ANYMORE!! AND I VOTE HANK LEADER FOR LIFE........or really really long time!!... wait no John.... wait no hank..... no john............. GAHHH..... well we can figure the rest out later.... yahhhhh

[42fba]

Small island nations need to worry about the U.S.: the U.S. has war ships, that's worrisome to people on islands. Also worrisome: Pirates.

[shmaller]

Yes! All of our efforts must go to stopping captain Jack Sparrow!

[imaninja562]

uhm.... seriously? It was just a joke!!

[outofthenightsky]

Amazing analogies Hank =]

Awesome video

[keerak]

Wow - I read the article. I had no freaking idea that physicians in the US did not operate on a monthly salary basis. It's no wonder it's all so screwed up.

Oh, and great video Hank :-D

[muramasablade2]

I really liked the llama analogy. It was very funny, and actually kind of... relevant and true.

[nakedspoon]

That was the most illuminating piece of literature about the health care system that I've ever read. And it makes so much sense. Why isn't this in the forefront of the debate?

[stevehjoseph]

lol, wow that llama thing is actually pretty good

[Regulus117]

I know this could possibly be bothersome and cause political issues with Nerdfighteria, but I was curious how do you two get your political news? Just curious. While I don't purchase it, I have read the New Yorker on occasion. And I use a couple of other things, but I never seem to find really good articles. *shrugs*

[KittyKat91210]

Hey! I've seen Charlie wearing one of those shirts Lol!

[KittyKat91210]

Lol. It's hard living up to a brother like John, isn't it Hank?  We love ya :) Lol.

[neylakinz]

LOLOL. I love the analogies.

♥

[rararaRACHEL]

I KNEW there would be corn dogs. :D

[NsaneNtheNbrane]

Michelle Malkin is like a carnival ride in that I would like to ride her all day.  ;)

Oh, and I read that article, and yes, it is definately worth reading.

[NsaneNtheNbrane]

*definitely =D

[helios5868]

last example- priceless

[ifibreak]

i love when the llama goes towards the camera, it actually looks kinda cute then.

i don't like to think about the problems with everything going on. i don't quite understand it all, and i don't have the time to figure it out. there's just so much to worry about. and the government and politicians don't know what they're doing when it comes down to it really.

[AubNoelle]

Only Hank Green can say "And I came home with a bunch of really great fair footage" and still be awesome!!!