To: antiunion person
Erased was the deal other service academies afforded professional athletes with contracts: serve two years, then double the remainder of your commitment in the reserves, and you are free to pursue your sports career.
You're kidding me, right???
So, pro athletes get a special deal on their commitments???
What if he was a enlisted man? I'll bet you dollars to dog&*(()& they get no deals.
Officers. Ptooey!
To: GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco
He played minor-league baseball for the Kane County (Ill.) Cougars, a Class A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics.He's not exactly Mickey Mantle, I gather.
33 posted on
11/27/2008 5:22:46 AM PST by
Sherman Logan
(Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
To: GeneralisimoFranciscoFranco
“Officers. Ptooey!”
That’s an awfully f**kin’ big generalization there, sparky. I served. I continue to serve. As do 95% of my fellow officers in all services.
Colonel, USAFR
47 posted on
11/27/2008 6:53:32 AM PST by
jagusafr
("Bugs, Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" - Robert Heinlein)
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