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You Knew it Was Coming
Ben Carson, in hot water for lying about his life history blames,,,,, the press.
Guess he doesn't have a mirror handy.
Ben Carson on questions about his past: 'Bunch of lies'
Washington (CNN)Ben Carson slammed CNN's reporting into his past as a "bunch of lies" in a combative interview on Friday.
"This is a bunch of lies, that is what it is," Carson said on CNN's "New Day" when Alisyn Camerota asked about the report by Scott Glover and Maeve Reston in which they spoke to people Carson grew up with. "This is a bunch of lies attempting to say I'm lying about my history, I think it's pathetic, and basically what the media does is they try to get you distracted."
Later that day, Politico published a story that Carson fabricated his story of having been offered -- and having rejected-- a scholarship to the storied West Point military academy.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: You Knew it Was Coming
By the way, As far as I know, West Point doesn't offer scholarships.
It's free to attend, and then you graduate with an obligation to serve in the Army for 5 years of active duty followed by 3 years in the reserve.
Am I right on this?
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: You Knew it Was Coming
Wow.
This is what came up with a Google search.
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Re: You Knew it Was Coming
Goose wrote:
By the way, As far as I know, West Point doesn't offer scholarships.
It's free to attend, and then you graduate with an obligation to serve in the Army for 5 years of active duty followed by 3 years in the reserve.
Am I right on this?
You are correct.
Appointment to one of the Armed Services Academies is basically a 100% scholarship (including books, and even a stipend) followed by eight years guaranteed employment.
By that point you're almost half way to retirement with full pension.
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