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I was 17 when I first signed-up and had no bills.
1 posted on 09/30/2014 5:23:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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ESPN has lost its way. It used to be a sports channel.

I hope FoxSports eats their lunch.


2 posted on 09/30/2014 5:25:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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Yeah, me too.


3 posted on 09/30/2014 5:25:14 PM PDT by corlorde (Oath Keeper)
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ESPN is of the position that the Obama administration has removed economic opportunity from a generation.


4 posted on 09/30/2014 5:25:17 PM PDT by NoLibZone (The bad news: Hillary Clinton will be the next President. The Good news: Our principles are intact.)
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Those that don’t understand DUTY,SERVICE and HONOR never will, Colin Coward, sorry Cowturd, oops, Cowherd, never will.


5 posted on 09/30/2014 5:27:03 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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Getting into the military is actually pretty hard these days. They look for reasons to get people out. They don't take losers who have no other options -- if you manage to get in, it's because you're good enough to succeed without getting in.

This guy is looking at it in 1960s viewpoint, I think (which doesn't surprise me).

6 posted on 09/30/2014 5:27:04 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
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Like this guy who turned down a $3.6 million contract so he could serve his country.....


7 posted on 09/30/2014 5:27:43 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Obama Will Say 'War on Women' But Not 'War on ISIS)
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It’s obvious Cowherd doesn’t know anyone who is/ or has been in the military....which is his loss...


12 posted on 09/30/2014 5:33:54 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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Thank you for your service.

It would be interesting to know how many people Mr. Cowherd actually knows in the service. Most of those I know had plenty of skills and opportunities - they made a choice, mostly based on patriotism. My son-in-law comes from a military family and has an education and skills totally transferrable to civilian work. A close friend who was killed in Afghanistan was a linguist, highly intelligent young man who volunteered and joined the Marines after a high school friend had been killed in the service. I have heard this same refrain many times, mainly from Democrats and liberals, who have no concept of the number of very intelligent young people who have volunteered and sacrificed civilian careers to serve our country. Makes me sick.


13 posted on 09/30/2014 5:36:13 PM PDT by LibertyOh
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I walked into the recruiting station on Hollywood Blvd. in 1956, during lunch time.

The only recruiter was a MSGT of the US Air Force so I signed up for 4 years in the USAF. All the other recruiters had gone to lunch.

Had the US Marines recruiter been the only one in the office I would have become a leatherneck.

I was just a dumb kid who wanted to serve his country.


14 posted on 09/30/2014 5:37:24 PM PDT by 353FMG
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Sooooo....ESPN doesn’t do sports any more?


16 posted on 09/30/2014 5:38:40 PM PDT by clintonh8r (It's possible to love your country and hate your government. I'm proof of it.)
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What an asshole.

My son is in Trig and Physics this year and a plethora of advanced electives as a junior in high school. He is joining delayed entry next year; not because he has no options but because he wants to serve. He will be the fifth generation of my family to serve. As he stands today (far more disciplined and advanced in maturity than any of his peers) he will be an awesome force to deal with once he exits the Marines let alone what he does inside the Corps.
Godspeed to all the men and women of this country that wear the uniform currently and are working hard to wear it in their near futures.

17 posted on 09/30/2014 5:39:00 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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Colin Cowturd is weapons-grade stupid.


19 posted on 09/30/2014 5:40:55 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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Me too. Enlisted in 1971, 17 years old and right out of high school. No bills, sense of duty. Draft was still on so actually took a pay cut from my part time after school job. :)
Colin has this one wrong.


22 posted on 09/30/2014 5:44:06 PM PDT by Shark24
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channeling his inner Kerry?


23 posted on 09/30/2014 5:44:26 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
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Active Duty/Retiree ping.


24 posted on 09/30/2014 5:44:33 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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So which is he - a colon or a cowherd? Either way, he’s an idiot draft dodger. Everyone I knew in 27 years in our country’s service knew exactly why we served our country. We knew that it was what we had to do.

Too bad Cowherd didn’t have the huevos to join himself but maybe he just knew his own limitations. Big difference between being a sports boy and serving in combat.


26 posted on 09/30/2014 5:47:11 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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All you have to see is, “ESPN’s” to know that you’re about to deal with a drooling idiot.


28 posted on 09/30/2014 5:48:09 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Stop flooding our schools with unaccompanied illegal aliens. Do it for the children!)
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Colon Cowherd is a leftist Obolo asslicker. Can’t stand listening to the guy. What he says means nothing.
29 posted on 09/30/2014 5:50:09 PM PDT by deweyfrank
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I just thought that all guys pulled a hitch, and in my family all the men served as part of some undiscussed, private, patriotic thing that we all thought was part of being a traditional American male.


30 posted on 09/30/2014 5:57:42 PM PDT by ansel12
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I wonder why he works.


33 posted on 09/30/2014 6:01:42 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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