[billbears]

I've never served on a Navy ship. Does that somehow exclude me from making a comment that unless the money can be paid by private sources the thing should be junked? Why should the taxpayers, even local taxpayers, be forced to pay for an old hunk of steel to be kept afloat and open? It no longer serves a purpose, junk it. I can't wait for some Congressman to come up with the idea to subsidize this with federal tax dollars. Then we can all pay for scrap metal in Alameda.

If only the citizens of the respective states held the actually important things affecting this nation of states in such a high regard, instead of old pieces of machinery, one would think there perhaps could be some hope for returning to a constitutional republic. Or is that somehow not important when our pet projects may come under the proverbial ax?

[longhorn too]

You didn't have to tell you never served on a ship I can tell by the rest of your post, if you had of served you would know the pride the sailors have for the ship they served on. You have a right to complain all you want about waste but until you served on one you have no idea the feelings one has for the ship they served on.