Uh-Oh...Shutdown Means No NFL Games for Deployed Troops

[kpete]

Well, THIS Should End The Shutdown...
Posted by Zandar

If there's one thing that will set the GOP scrambling to pass a clean CR and end the shutdown, it's this headline right here:

Shutdown Means No NFL Games for Deployed Troops

Uh-oh.

The government shutdown means deployed troops and sailors cannot get their sports fix, as the Pentagon reduced the civilian staff of its Armed Forces Network Broadcast Center in Riverside, Calif., which normally transmits nine television channels and seven radio channels via satellite worldwide.
In a notice on its website, the center said most of its channels are off the air, except for news channels. AFN Europe said mandatory staff reductions at the broadcast center will reduce television to one service: AFN News.

The AFN sports channel, which broadcasts professional sports live, went dark yesterday along with the network’s movie, family and children’s channels.

Things just got real, yo. Enjoy owning this one, GOP.

http://www.defenseone.com/management/2013/10/shutdown-means-no-nfl-games-deployed-troops/71234/
http://zandarvts.blogspot.com/2013/10/well-this-should-end-shutdown.html

[meadowlark5]

1. Maybe rancid penis can use that check meant for the Vet memorial to buy back NFL streaming n/t

[dgibby]

4. Or reopen base commissaries so military families can buy food. n/t

[meadowlark5]

7. Or just reopen the whole govt

Such a novel idea.

[dgibby]

8. I second that. n/t

[Duckhunter935]

2. next mini CR

TV for the troops

[Link Speed]

3. Maybe Rusty can do a play-by-play

I'll bet The Cyst Kid's show is still on.

[ZombieHorde]

5. For all the deployed nerds out there:

Yay!!

[Wilms]

6. Republicans are the VanPelt party.

[progressoid]

9. But will Rush still be on AFN?