Posted on 01/20/2018 8:58:02 PM PST by 11th_VA
It's not going to be easy for any military members overseas to watch the NFL playoffs on TV on Sunday. One alternative: watching the AFC Championship Game between the Patriots and Jaguars right here on CBSSports.com. Due to the government shutdown, the Pentagon has announced that the American Forces Network (AFN) won't be active until things are back up and running again in Washington DC. The AFN is the easiest way for soldiers to stay on top of American entertainment when they're deployed outside the country, but it's funded by the government, which is why it's down right now.
AFN regularly shows NFL playoff games; however, with the network currently offline, Eagles, Vikings, Patriots and Jaguars fans deployed overseas won't be able to watch the the AFC Championship or NFC Championship on the network on Sunday, and that's likely not going to change unless the shutdown somehow ends over the next 24 hours.
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They’ve already been streamed online through various sites for years.
USTVNOW.com. Free or reduced for military families.
‘Low cost’ internet, roughly $10 a month. Free Obama phones using their kid’s food stamps money. Free health care for the kids as well as ‘dependent providers’ who of course couldn’t be ignored for their health needs.
And should they get hooked on illegal drugs, why, there’s programs for that. Daily doses of methadone to keep away the cravings, rides provided for free, even 50 miles away if they’ve annoyed the local clinics by showing up blasted out of their minds on alcohol, costing taxpayers up to $125 a day.
And always, these costs are never counted in the cost of illegals, because they are to support ‘legal’ children who just happened to be born on the right side of the border.
It is impossible to believe how much of a support structure is built into the system to kowtow to these illegals. Everything is available in virtually any language you can dream of. Primary care given by hospital emergency rooms at a cost of up to $1,000 per visit.
Kidney disease? No problem, pampered transport is available as desired. Perhaps you’ve got some old injuries? Yep, full physical therapy options are available including complimentary transportation and free drugs delivered right to their door.
And should you go to another part of the state to visit with family, all your benefits travel with you. New service providers giving you the same lovely treatment you had elsewhere, lest someone be accused of being racist or discriminatory.
Mind you, should you be a veteran who honorably served our country, you’ll be limited to a very short list of clinics or hospitals you can visit. And fully expect that you’ll be denied treatments based upon very arbitrary limitations.
Citizens are forced to visit cancer treatment centers 35 miles and nearly an hour drive from home, whereas illegals get preferred treatment at the nearest cancer center gratis.
When we try to understand how expensive healthcare is, we have to take into account all the illegals and the relations of dreamers who are also enjoying full and unfettered access to health care; not to mention the costs of educating the children themselves who can occupy over half of the typical elementary class.
It’s going to hurt the NFL and they deserve it to lose even more viewers.
I recommend they don’t watch.
That’s more good news.
Why expose the GIs to people that don’t respect them or what they do.
I agree with the first two.
I DO NOT agree with the third.
"administration" is so broad a word as to be meaningless.
Congress(the Legislature) does not have the ability to shut down the other two divisions of our government.
They can shut off all operating funds.
And get this :Federal Agencies have been allowed forever to set aside "reserve funds" from their current budget for the express purpose of mounting an illegal "runaround" the total shutdown of Federal functions assigned to them.
Any new budget adopted cannot exceed the existing budget reduced by the amount of the "reserved" funds identified for every federal agency abusing the current practice.
those service men DESERVE to be able to watch the games tomorrow. Don’t give me any crap; everyone wants to watch Tom Brady tomorrow.
Can’t they do something to ensure our troops get to see the games? They deserve to see the games.
That would be hilarious! Unfortunately Rush doesn't seem to do many parodies these days.
give me a flipping break, there is always next year and the troops just need to suck it up and quit bit8cing, that is not what they should be focused on is their r & r.
NFL ratings will DROP even further with the loss of the military viewership.
“everyone wants to watch Tom Brady tomorrow.”
Wrong. I don’t.
Hi ExTexas Redhead: Good idea.
Here are some slogans for signs and jeering.
“Democrats care more for illegal aliens than the American military”
“The American military is our first wall of defense against our enemies. The Democrats don’t want a wall to protect against criminals”.
“Walls against illegals/criminals; jail walls for Democrats”.
“Prison Walls for Democrats; High walls for illegals”.
“DACA - MACACA”
“Democrats - the criminals best friend”
“A wall might have saved Kate Steinle’s life”.
“The tombstones of the murdered victims of illegal aliens do not constitute A WALL”.
It hurts the kids oversea’s. Pi$$ on Schmucker.
How STUPID and VINDICTIVE!! Pres. Trump, DO SOMETHING!
gov must pay by the week
Military personnel are doing the mission without pay. And I know there are many military slots at AFN. Contingency plans should have military at the controls in LA.
yup
Ft Bragg has 20,000 civilian employee’s.
The shutdown affects 800 of them. The other 19,200 of them will report as normal.
Of course the commissary will be closed.
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