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Posted on 06/12/2008 9:32:41 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
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Maybe (just a thought) if he wanted to play pro ball he should have payed to go to a public college and not taken a free 4 year education on the public dime? I understand that he later states that maybe there was a way to do both, but that is the risk he decided to take.
To: Dawnsblood
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posted on
06/12/2008 9:34:54 PM PDT
by
bannie
(clintons CHEAT! It's their only weapon.; & Barry/Barack has two faces.)
To: Dawnsblood
Country comes first! He can play ball later.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
06/12/2008 9:35:16 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Dawnsblood
If I dont get that chance (to play baseball) right now, Ill never get it again. And to fulfill a goal of getting to the pros, its sad that they would take it away from me.
****
The Navy didn;t take ANYTHING away from you kid.
Nobody put a gun to your head when you signed those papers to enlist. It’s called free will.
Now protect my 6.
BTW..see how the lib media tries to make the military look bad. This is an art form they’ve perfected since 9/11.
To: max americana
BTW..see how the lib media tries to make the military look bad. This is an art form theyve perfected since 9/11. Oh, it goes back way farther than that!
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posted on
06/12/2008 9:40:58 PM PDT
by
Ron Jeremy
(sonic)
To: Dawnsblood
If I dont get that chance (to play baseball) right now, Ill never get it again. And to fulfill a goal of getting to the pros, its sad that they would take it away from me. Tough $hit. You enlisted in the Navy, now go.
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posted on
06/12/2008 9:44:19 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
To: Dawnsblood
What a pity the country has to hold this young man to his sworn word to defend it when there are so many more important things at hand such as playing a kids' game for millions of dollars.
David Robinson and Napoleon McCallum really ought to take this young feller aside for a little counseling. With a ballbat.
To: Dawnsblood
If I dont get that chance (to play baseball) right now, Ill never get it again. And to fulfill a goal of getting to the pros, its sad that they would take it away from me. The Navy did not take this away from him! What a selfish individual! Does the Navy really want crybabies on board their ships? I can only imagine what he will do for morale, always whining about how the Navy cheated him.
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posted on
06/12/2008 9:46:41 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: Dawnsblood
Half of me wants to say “tough-turkey” you signed the paper and took the four years free education... the other half of me says I wouldn’t want this idiot as MY division officer.
Or, frankly, in any position of responsibility on a US Navy warship. He doesn’t sound very reliable, patriotic or even intelligent.
Oh well, maybe the wardroom will be able to straithen him out one they are haze gray and underway.
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posted on
06/12/2008 9:53:23 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(Is there some rule that says that when an evil man gets sick, we must pretend he was saint?)
To: Dawnsblood
Talk to Roger Staubach. He’ll explain how you can do both.
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posted on
06/12/2008 9:58:28 PM PDT
by
Nachoman
(My guns and my ammo, they comfort me.)
To: Dawnsblood
He’s likely to be a sorry officer. He has already flunked out on duty, obligation, responsibility, and leadership.
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posted on
06/12/2008 9:59:25 PM PDT
by
meadsjn
(Socialists promote neighbors selling out neighbors; Free Traitors promote just the opposite.)
To: Dawnsblood
This guy is a fricken whiney ass victim of society
somebody better call the WHAmbulance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
06/12/2008 10:05:33 PM PDT
by
Hunterb
To: Dawnsblood
Suck it up Ted Williams style kid.
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posted on
06/12/2008 10:07:56 PM PDT
by
Reagan79
(Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys)
To: max americana
“BTW..see how the lib media tries to make the military look bad. This is an art form theyve perfected since 9/11.”
Obamessiah would let him play. /sarc
[cough, cough, retch!]
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posted on
06/12/2008 10:11:19 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
To: Dawnsblood
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posted on
06/12/2008 10:11:50 PM PDT
by
meadsjn
(Socialists promote neighbors selling out neighbors; Free Traitors promote just the opposite.)
To: Nachoman
"Talk to Roger Staubach. Hell explain how you can do both."
Good example. Or Ted Williams. How many years did he lose serving his country honorably and still wound up in the HOF. I still wonder what his final stats would have been had he not served, but I'm glad he did.
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posted on
06/12/2008 10:14:10 PM PDT
by
boop
(Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
To: darkangel82
You enlisted in the Navy, now go.I agree but want to clarify your terminology. He did not just enlist, he has just completed 4 years of being PAID to attend an entirely free education ranked among the best in the world. He knew GOING IN that if he got beyond his first year, he had a minimum of 3 years enlisted service should he fail to get an Officer's Commission. Upon graduating he has the standard 6 years minimum service before he can try baseball.
He does have a potential out in that if he refuses a Commission and the Navy agrees that they want him gone, he can pay back the US Taxpayers the cost of his education. If the Navy still wants him however, he gets to be a sailor for 3-8 years of active and/or reserve service. My bet is that he will be invited to play Navy Baseball to keep skills up and he MIGHT get dispensation in 4 years to do the rest in a LONGER Reserve term.
David Robinson (USNA 1987) got dispensation from the Navy to go into the Reserves 2 years after graduating and then joined NBA San Antonio. A reason given was that at 7 feet he was just too large for many duty assignments. FYI, he joined the Academy at 6 ft 7 in, which was 1 inch under maximum.
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posted on
06/12/2008 10:14:33 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
To: Billthedrill
Only child is at the USNA now. Midshipmen know what's expected of them when they sign their 2 for 7 at the beginning of their 3rd year. Two more years of education plus 5 years service. This guy will have a tough go with his peers. Nobody at the USNA thinks they will get out of their service commitment; that's not why they are there. They signed up to serve. Period.
To: Dawnsblood
Caleb Campbell was drafted by the Detroit Lions this year, becoming the first Army football player to benefit from a new policy allowing athletes with a chance to play professionally to complete their service by serving as recruiters and in the reserves.
The last paragraph.
To: Nachoman
Staubach and David Robinson made careers in the NFL and NBA; didn’t hear any whining from them.
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posted on
06/12/2008 10:21:35 PM PDT
by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
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