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Navy-Air Force football game may be cancelled due to government shutdown
U,S. Naval Institute ^ | October 1, 2013 | U.S. Naval Institute

Posted on 10/01/2013 12:39:52 PM PDT by Saint X

The record crowd that is expected to attend the U.S. Naval Academy – U.S. Air Force Academy football game in Annapolis, Md., Saturday may be in for a huge disappointment.

The Department of Defense announced today that all intercollegiate athletic competitions at the service academies have been suspended due to the federal government shutdown.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.usni.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airforce; football; navy; shutdown
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1 posted on 10/01/2013 12:39:52 PM PDT by Saint X
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To: Saint X

USAF would be happy to avoid another embarrassment.


2 posted on 10/01/2013 12:41:03 PM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: Saint X

Spite


3 posted on 10/01/2013 12:41:08 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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To: Saint X

That means Michelle won’t be going on anymore five star vacations, right?


4 posted on 10/01/2013 12:41:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Saint X

The football is grounded, but the president isn’t. Yep, yep, just about like everything liberal, the rules shall apply to thee, not me.


5 posted on 10/01/2013 12:42:39 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Saint X
No news on whether or not the IRS, EPA or DEA has been shut down.

I certainly hope so, but I doubt it.

6 posted on 10/01/2013 12:42:55 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: Saint X

It looks like Barry the Kenyan and Rimshot Joe Biden are going to be shorted a phony photo op.


7 posted on 10/01/2013 12:43:17 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The time for impeachment has come.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The king and the queen might have to share the same plane the next time they fly to Europe for another vacation.


8 posted on 10/01/2013 12:44:32 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Saint X

This decision will cost the military millions of dollars in ticket and advertising revenue and will not save a dime.


9 posted on 10/01/2013 12:44:39 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: Saint X
Cancel a footbal game? Sure!

Cancel one of Nobama's golf games - that with the SS protection and his Chopper One ride to the links - costs the same as the football game?

NEVER!!

 

10 posted on 10/01/2013 12:45:22 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Saint X

“Punish your enemies” just like the sequester, ohhhhh


11 posted on 10/01/2013 12:45:51 PM PDT by Recompennation (Constitutional protection for all not just selectively for Democrats.)
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To: dead
The king and the queen might have to share the same plane the next time they fly to Europe for another vacation.

So where will Reggie Love sit?
12 posted on 10/01/2013 12:46:15 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: Saint X

The Naval Academy athletic program is largely funded by the Naval Academy Athlectic Assoc. which does not receive government funds. This is spite.

History of previous goverment shutdowns:

http://thebirddog.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/a-brief-history-of-navy-football-and-government-shutdowns/


13 posted on 10/01/2013 12:46:43 PM PDT by wfu_deacons
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To: Saint X

Oh, gee, and it was going to be a RECORD crowd, too...

Shucks!


14 posted on 10/01/2013 12:47:22 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: jimbo123

On someone’s lap?


15 posted on 10/01/2013 12:47:56 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: Saint X

Too bad ...but I really don’t give a crap about that. Our republic is in shambles for Christ’s sake.


16 posted on 10/01/2013 12:48:00 PM PDT by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo in laughter")
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To: G Larry

Maybe the Coast Guard or the National Guard teams can play!


17 posted on 10/01/2013 12:48:03 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, I'm a Conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why would it mean that?

;-)


18 posted on 10/01/2013 12:48:43 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
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To: kingu

Good.

It’s if he likes the military we worry. He doesn’t like anything that doesn’t adore him.

What am I saying?

Standards just drop and drop.


19 posted on 10/01/2013 12:48:44 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Saint X

So the people are being deprived of one the circuses. I have thought for years that such emotional investment in football is a problem in the South and undermines the cohesion of white males. It’s a distraction in these days when their attentions and loyalties need to be elsewhere.


20 posted on 10/01/2013 12:49:19 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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