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San Francisco City offered option to bid for WWII battleship Iowa
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| Saturday, December 17, 2005
| Joe Garofoli, Edward Epstein
Posted on 12/17/2005 3:02:51 PM PST by walkerk
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To: billbears
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a former San Francisco mayor, helped secure $3 million to tow the Iowa from Rhode Island to the Bay Area in 2001 in hopes of making touristy Fisherman’s Wharf its new home.
"If I was going to commit any kind of money in recognition of war, then it should be toward peace, given what our war is in Iraq right now," Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi said.
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San Francisco doesn’t want the battleship Iowa because it might attract the wrong (patriotic) element to its tourist-infested waterfront.
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The Veterans Association of the USS IOWA(BB-61)
http://tinyurl.com/dshtx
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posted on
02/14/2006 7:18:34 PM PST
by
kcvl
To: Yossarian
I wouldn't mind the Iowa coming to San Francisco.... ...if its guns were still active, it could pound the place in the manner that it deserves! They can paint it pink and turn it into the world's largest floating bath house!
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posted on
02/14/2006 7:20:15 PM PST
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: walkerk
Bring that sicker to Houston! We know how to honor our miltary!
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posted on
02/14/2006 7:32:44 PM PST
by
Bender2
(Redid my FR Homepage just for ya'll... Now, Vote Republican and vote often!)
To: All
Make that:
Bring that sucker to Houston! We know how to honor our miltary!
That last beer got to me...
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posted on
02/14/2006 7:35:51 PM PST
by
Bender2
(Redid my FR Homepage just for ya'll... Now, Vote Republican and vote often!)
To: kcvl
Well you partially answered my question. So 3 million has already been spent from a 'defense' fund (although a fiscal conservative could easily ask how pulling a 50 year old scrap heap from one coast to the next contributes to defense). Not only did California not pay for it, the federal government paid to drag it out there.
This has nothing to do with patriotism, well yes it does. It has to do with the fact that a patriot in the spirit of the Framers would be more concerned with how federal funds are being used (or may be used) than whether or not someone gets a fuzzy feeling inside over an old ship.
At least California should repay the 3 million and then not ask for one red cent for upkeep on this. Although they should pay fair market value for at least the cost for the weight in steel for the ship
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posted on
02/14/2006 7:35:56 PM PST
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice)
To: kcvl
San Francisco doesn’t want the battleship Iowa because it might attract the wrong (patriotic) element to its tourist-infested waterfront.Here's the link to the video.
I had right-click on 'download wmv'and lift-click on 'save target as' locally (scroll down a bit) and play it with windows media.
Hilarious but scary...
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posted on
02/14/2006 7:43:44 PM PST
by
easonc52
To: Pontiac
The Army Corp of Engineers will have to figure a way to move the ship inland to Fresno of course. Heck, the San Joaquin River was navigable to Fresno by steamships before Millerton Dam backed her up. All we have to do is a massive release of Millerton dam and tow the Iowa on up. Would look great at Riverpark.
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posted on
02/14/2006 7:57:05 PM PST
by
Plutarch
To: walkerk
Just treat San Francisco as you would any zoo.
To: walkerk
San Francisco does not deserve the USS Iowa.
Why cast pearls to swine?
To: Plutarch
Nice woodcut.
Is that a forest fire in the background?
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:53:12 AM PST
by
Pontiac
(Ignorance of the law is no excuse, ignorance of your rights can be fatal.)
To: rottndog
USS Wisconsin firing her guns for the last time in 1992 on a cruise up to Earle, NJ Navy Yards.
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posted on
02/15/2006 5:56:19 AM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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