Posted on 11/10/2011 6:25:34 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
US President Barack Obama will spend Veterans Day Friday watching a college basketball game on the USS Carl Vinson -- the aircraft carrier from which Osama bin Laden was buried at sea.
Obama, a keen basketball player himself, will be among some 7,000 spectators watching the game during a stop in San Diego en route to Hawaii, where he will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
He and the other spectators, most of them active-duty military personnel, will see Michigan State University take on North Carolina on a court set up on the deck of the giant warship.
Tom Izzo, coach of Michigan State, said he was undaunted by the unusual basketball challenges his players might face -- including a chance of rain.
"I think it's going to be a memory-making experience in a lot of ways," Izzo said.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Great. Every five minutes, I’m going to see the cameras pan over to see Bacrock’s ugly mug on the tv screen. Damn it.
“Obama, a keen basketball player himself,”
I call BS on that one. The only thing keen about Obama is his focus on destroying every thing that is American.
Good to see we are prepared for what may be the start of WWIII over in the Persian Gulf.
Maybe they mean this definition-
"Having or showing a great excitement or interest"
not this definition-
"very good"
bttt
“”1:05 pm The President departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews””
From whitehouse.gov schedule today 11/11/11. No mention of the wife!
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Constantly attempting to project that “campaign image.”
Most of our military friends don’t have too many kind words for Mr. Obama at all.
BS, I've seen him in action. If somebody ever attempted defense on him, he wouldn't be so "keen". Last time some D got in the way, he left with a bloody lip.
How long will it take to dismantle that and get under way...just in case.
They are hidden in the hangar bay under the flight deck. Or, they will be ashore.
There is just something wrong about doing this on an active carrier.
what you said...BTTT
Evita the Mooch flies on her own plane with mom and the girls.
BO the dog gets his own plane as well.
It's just because it's the Vinson .... gives him a chance at a quiet moment of prayerful reflection at the "burial place" of his hero and mentor.
Just shove it over the side. (First check the contents of the VIP box.)
Reuters Pictures 10 hours ago U.S. President Barack Obama waves next to first lady Michelle Obama as they attend the NCAA Carrier Classic men's college basketball game between Michigan State Spartans and North Carolina Tar Heels on the deck of aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in Coronado, California November 11, 2011.
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Reuters Pictures 3 hours ago U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are welcomed by Hawaiian Gov. Neil Abercrombie after they arrive at Joint Base Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 11, 2011.
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