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San Francisco Shuns Retired USS Iowa
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| Sat. August 20th, 2005
| Brian Skoloff
Posted on 08/20/2005 12:32:27 PM PDT by ajolympian2004
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The battleship USS Iowa is towed through the Carquinez Straits near Benicia, Calif.,in this April 21, 2001 photo, as it makes its way toward the mothball fleet in Suisun Bay. In 1943, the Iowa ferried President Franklin Roosevelt home from the Teheran Conference, where post-WW II leaders divided.
To: ajolympian2004
The HIV has severely affected the brains of Board of Supervisors.
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:35:28 PM PDT
by
NathanBookman
(See the deer. Does the deer have a little dough?)
To: ajolympian2004
They don't deserve to have the Iowa. A good decision for all.
To: ajolympian2004
I think the Iowa should emty its magazines shooting 16 inch shells into San Francisco.
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:37:12 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
To: ajolympian2004
I think the Iowa should empty its magazines shooting 16 inch shells into San Francisco.
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:37:33 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
To: ajolympian2004
Probably saves the USS Iowa from becoming a homeless shelter or anti war headquarters.
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:37:53 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: somemoreequalthanothers
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:38:23 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: ajolympian2004
Why not on the Mississippi in Davenport Iowa?
Could become the worlds largest river boat casino and museum.
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:38:23 PM PDT
by
dts32041
(Shinkichi: Massuer, did you see that? Zatôichi: I don't see much)
To: ajolympian2004
I suggest that if the city of San Francisco has such a hostile attitude towards those who defend it, then the protection it presently enjoys should be removed. All military personal in its environs should be moved to other bases until further notice.
Message to the the SF city government: I'd call you ungrateful arseheads, but you'd likely consider that a compliment.
Ivan
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:39:21 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: ajolympian2004
Did they consult these guys?
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:40:17 PM PDT
by
sassbox
To: ajolympian2004
I bet a statue of Osama would bring joy to all thanfranthiscans.
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:40:33 PM PDT
by
TheForceOfOne
(The alternative media is our Enigma machine.)
To: Paleo Conservative
I think the Iowa should emty its magazines shooting 16 inch shells into San Francisco.
Works for me.
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:40:42 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject.)
To: ajolympian2004
A Battleship is just too heterosexual a symbol for that town.
On the other hand, I would think the local gay population would appreciate those "16 inch guns".
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:41:18 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
(No, I never voted for Bill Clinton. I don't plan on voting Republican again!)
To: dts32041
Why not on the Mississippi in Davenport Iowa? Could become the worlds largest river boat casino and museum. I agree with the Iowa part of your suggestion.
If San Francisco would have taken the USS Iowa it could always be on standby in case of trouble in Berkeley. ;)
To: ajolympian2004
"This isn't the San Francisco that I've known and loved and grew up in and was born in,"No....but it's one you helped to create.
To: ncountylee
Here are some other missed "opportunities":
-- a floating ward for AIDS patients.
-- world's largest floating gay bathhouse.
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:42:49 PM PDT
by
rbg81
To: ajolympian2004
Feinstein is right. Petty indeed. I am ashamed for my city, not for the first or last time I am sure.
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:42:54 PM PDT
by
buwaya
To: dts32041
"Could become the worlds largest river boat casino and museum".
I couldn't think of a more disgraceful and ignominious end for such a noble symbol. Better to scuttle her.
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:44:18 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
(No, I never voted for Bill Clinton. I don't plan on voting Republican again!)
To: ajolympian2004
If San Francisco would have taken the USS Iowa it could always be on standby in case of trouble in Berkeley. ;) Fotunately with three batteries, it could aim at targets in three different directions simultaneously.
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posted on
08/20/2005 12:44:20 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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