>>>>My 9,500 included room and board.
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>>What school is that? Looking at Penn State: a 4 year degree needs a minimum of 50 credits so if you do it part time over (say) 7 years it's still $5K annually just for tuition and before allowing for the joys of annual education inflation. That's assuming you don't do a masters or law/medical degree which costs a whole heap more.
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>Shippensburg University. That's the price I saw today for this year. I went in 1968 when I was about 1/4 of what it is now.

I guess I should not say that to a Marine. You put your butt on the line every day. Most of us don't go to work in the morning wondering whether we'll come home. The bravest of the brave. You do not (mess) with the Marines. I an very grateful for them.

Now let's just pour them down on Iraq. Let's put them down. My favorite quotation of recent years is they can afford a shoulder rocket launcher but not a pair of shoes.