[Vision2020] ] Thumbs Up for North Carolina and Michigan State

Wayne Price bear at moscow.com
Sat Nov 12 11:20:36 PST 2011


NOTICE: This opinion has not been pre-vetted for approval by Tom Hansen

A GREAT reason why the Defense Department budget should be SLASHED not  
cut!
We cannot afford to waste government funds to stage basketball games  
on aircraft carriers!

Then when you add some other startling figures to waste in the DoD,  
that have NOTHING to do with national defense, such as the money paid
to the various coaches at the military academies, it's time to SLASH  
and use the remaining funding on defense!


The GAO issued a report in September 2003 (publication GAO-03-1000) on  
Military Education and gave the following cost per graduate for the  
Fiscal year 2002:

USMA: $349,327
USNA: $275,001
USAFA: $322,750

Ask yourself, has this cost gone DOWN in the past 9 years?




Wayne Price










On Nov 12, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:

> Courtesy of today's (November 12, 2011) Spokesman-Review.
>
> ------------------------------
> Tar Heels top Spartans in Carrier Classic
> Basketball: With President Barack Obama watching from midcourt, No.  
> 1 North Carolina beat Michigan State 67-55 on Friday night in the  
> Carrier Classic on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson docked in  
> Coronado, Calif.
> Harrison Barnes scored 17 points and John Henson had 12 points and a  
> career-high nine blocked shots as the Tar Heels put their size  
> advantage to good use. Michigan State’s Draymond Green had 18  
> rebounds.
> Fitting with the Veterans Day theme, the Tar Heels and Spartans had  
> U.S.A. rather than their names on the back of their jerseys, which  
> had a camouflage design. At dusk, the game was paused for the  
> lowering of the American flag.
> The players gave their jerseys to servicemen after the game.
> ---------------
> <photo.JPG>
> North Carolina forward John Henson (31) tries to block a shot by  
> Michigan State center Adreian Payne (5) during the first half of the  
> inaugural Carrier Classic in Coronado,Calif.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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> If not now, when?"
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