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White House: Military members able to watch NFL playoffs on Armed Forces Network during shutdown
The Washington Examiner ^ | Jan 21, 2017 | Naomi Lim

Posted on 01/21/2018 8:22:46 AM PST by huldah1776

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To: SandyInSeattle

Agreed!


21 posted on 01/21/2018 9:25:12 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: mewzilla

Was AFN ordered shut down? If so, by whom?


22 posted on 01/21/2018 9:25:23 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: jospehm20

I remember when my Dad was stationed in Turkey and we didn’t have AFN.....we literally sat on our balcony (in Ankara) and watched the moon landing with binoculars on one of our Turkish neighbors TV through their window.....aaaah the memories of being an AF brat!


23 posted on 01/21/2018 9:36:05 AM PST by BamaDi ("The definition of a racist today is anyone who is winning an argument with a liberal.")
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To: halfright

Philly Philly
Bud Light Philadelphia Ad
https://vimeo.com/251855712?outro=1


24 posted on 01/21/2018 9:37:09 AM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: jospehm20

I don’t recall that (I was probably asleep between midnight and six) but I do recall being at the mercy of their rather bad programming.

Very painful when you’re stuck inside during a three-day typhoon with nothing but AFN for company.


25 posted on 01/21/2018 9:44:20 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (A year in Arizona... and I haven't burst into flames yet.)
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To: raiderboy

“that is a relief /S/ I would order them not to watch that anti american racist crap ———”


You would ORDER them not to watch a playoff game?

Dumb,dumb.dumb.

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26 posted on 01/21/2018 9:45:56 AM PST by Mears
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To: fatima

Philly Philly!!


27 posted on 01/21/2018 9:49:42 AM PST by halfright (Deplorable in Florida)
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To: huldah1776

This latest version of the shutdown has really got me thinking of the book Animal Farm - re-read it a few years ago. With who gets paid and who doesn’t is the epitome of “some animals are more equal than others”. And the rules that the pigs created and then changed to benefit only them and their breaking the very rules that they created. The one that comes instantly to mind, “no animal shall sleep in a bed” gets a simple change of “with sheets” added to it. You common folk can sexually harass your staff, but we can and you will pay any punishment that gets awarded. You common folk will go to jail for insider trading but we can do it. I could go on all day, but too nice outside - going to go get the bike started up and waste some fossil fuel for a few hours.


28 posted on 01/21/2018 10:04:00 AM PST by Cyclone59 (Common sense can solve a lot of issues when applied properly)
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To: mewzilla

You identified the central question. If there was no cost to the military, why take on an Obama-like, destructive action? No reason makes sense unless it’s someone trying to replicate Obama’s approach and make Trump look bad. They should be called out and disciplined, if for nothing other than stupidity.


29 posted on 01/21/2018 10:05:08 AM PST by mairdie
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To: huldah1776

Here’s an idea - why don’t we just get out of these senseless wars and entanglements and bring our soldiers home? Plenty of work to be done on our own borders.

Tired of everyone being forced to live the NeoCon’s wet dream of perpetual global conflict.


30 posted on 01/21/2018 10:12:08 AM PST by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: huldah1776

What game?


31 posted on 01/21/2018 11:01:10 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: Vaquero

They should still have the choice to watch. This is a PR nightmare or could have been.


32 posted on 01/21/2018 12:24:25 PM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: halfright

I’m in a philly burb for a bit and every house on the street had a member in a jersey or jacket. Obviously a dem street. LOL My brothers are scattered, conservative, veterans, and watching.


33 posted on 01/21/2018 12:27:36 PM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: Cyclone59

Hope you had a nice ride! I would do that in the midwest. When it gets nice I think horse. LOL

In case anyone doesn’t know this, when those in power abuse their power, God hates it.


34 posted on 01/21/2018 12:33:44 PM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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