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SAN FRANCISCO: Navy scuttles plan to commission warship here, citing local politics
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 12-02-06
| Carl Nolte
Posted on 12/02/2006 10:17:05 AM PST by jazusamo
Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter vetoed plans to commission the Makin Island, the Navy's newest and most powerful warship, in San Francisco in 2008 because of a perception that the city is anti-military.
Retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. J. Michael Myatt, chairman of a high-powered committee that was to support a commissioning ceremony for the Makin Island, said he has been informed that the ship would not be commissioned in San Francisco, as scheduled, but in San Diego.
Myatt said he had been told that the Navy was concerned about San Francisco's refusal to provide a homeport for the retired battleship Iowa, which would be turned into a museum, and for the city school board's decision to abolish junior ROTC training in San Francisco high schools.
One of the factors that turned the Pentagon against San Francisco, he said, was widely quoted anti-military remarks made by various city politicians. Some of the remarks got considerable attention, especially ones made by Gerardo Sandoval, a member of the Board of Supervisors, who was quoted on national television as saying national defense should be left to "the cops and the Coast Guard.''
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antimilitary; california; gerardosandoval; gonavy; homosexualagenda; militarysupport; sanfrancisco; sanfranciscovalues; sanfransicko
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:17:10 AM PST
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:19:02 AM PST
by
Dahoser
(It's going to be a long and miserable two years.)
To: jazusamo
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:20:26 AM PST
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life, or nothing at all)
To: jazusamo
I don't think we should worry about ever placing ships or service people in SF and certainly not ever worry about defending it in the event it is attacked. The citizens there seem perfectly happy to go it alone.
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:22:28 AM PST
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: jazusamo
I'm afraid I don't get it. What's the problem? So some San Francisco trust-fund babies will have to fly down to San Diego to protest and hook up with each other. Big deal.
To: freeangel
LOL!...It'll be interesting to see what Pelosi, Feinstein and Boxer have to say about this.
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:25:39 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(Murtha still owes the Haditha Marines an apology-See DogMurtha.com.)
To: jazusamo
what goes around comes around...
To: freeangel
Myatt said the Navy had mistaken the views of some political leaders for the views of the majority of citizens in the Bay Area.....
I don't think there was any mistake. The decision to turn down the battleship and stop ROTC were taken by elected officials. They represent the official policy position of the Bay Area. If the voters throw the bums out, then the Navy should reconsider.
To: jazusamo
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:29:43 AM PST
by
SmithL
(Where are we going? . . . . And why are we in this handbasket????)
To: SmithL
Thanks for posting the photo, She's a beauty.
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:32:21 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(Murtha still owes the Haditha Marines an apology-See DogMurtha.com.)
To: SmithL
To: SmithL
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:38:38 AM PST
by
beltfed308
(Democrats :Tough on Taxpayers, Soft on Terrorism)
To: jazusamo
LOL!...It'll be interesting to see what Pelosi, Feinstein and Boxer have to say about this. My guess is this brain trust will call for a congressional investigation. Heads will roll.
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:38:54 AM PST
by
SMM48
To: jazusamo
yeah, compared to Pelosi or Boxer, she [the USS Makin Island] is a Prom/Homecoming Queen.
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:39:37 AM PST
by
ExcursionGuy84
("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
To: jazusamo
San Fran Nan and her "City by the Bay" will be last on my list of U.S. cities and citizens to defend.
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:42:36 AM PST
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
To: jazusamo
What type of ship is the USS Makin Island ?
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:43:50 AM PST
by
bybybill
(`IF TH E RATS WIN, WE LOSE)
To: freeangel
"...not ever worry about defending it in the event it is attacked."
And, correctly perceived as our weakest link, it will be attacked.
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:45:09 AM PST
by
Let's Roll
( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
To: bybybill
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:49:00 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(Murtha still owes the Haditha Marines an apology-See DogMurtha.com.)
To: jazusamo
Pelosi should keep her hatch shut and for Botoxer and FineSwine, it's still California.
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:49:32 AM PST
by
Nomorjer Kinov
(If the opposite of "pro" is "con" , what is the opposite of progress?)
To: jazusamo
Bremerton, WA will welcome the ship.
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posted on
12/02/2006 10:51:53 AM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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