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2005-08-20 Home Front: Culture Wars

San Francisco City Supervisors Disdain Battleship USS Iowa

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-20 17:22|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Typical asshatedness that is in the liberal areas nowadays. Never mind the fact that the USS Iowa helped free millions of people from tyranny and kept our homeland (especially SF) from being conquered by the Japanese. Hypocritical fuckwads.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-08-20 17:37|| 2005-08-20 17:37|| Front Page Top

#2 I wanted to jump on the bandwagon on hating SF city council but this also had to do with economics. The other Naval display in the bay area are losing money and it would be wrong to bring the ship there just to have nobody visit. Stockton just refurbished their port and it would make a nicer home for this ship. I had hoped that they would bring it to Sacramento but that would be too much to ask for given we have a witch for a mayor and her coven ould rather make sure the homeless use the sidewalks as their bathrooms than support a project like this. Friggin liberals.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-08-20 18:15|| 2005-08-20 18:15|| Front Page Top

#3 One of these days San Francisco will have to be taken by force.

Posted by Rafael 2005-08-20 18:17|| 2005-08-20 18:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Oops...I meant re-taken.

Posted by Rafael 2005-08-20 18:18|| 2005-08-20 18:18|| Front Page Top

#5 These SF clowns have any idea of the revenue they lost?
A battleship on the waterfront is perhaps the most popular of attractions. Most cities would kill for such an opportunity.

Posted by john 2005-08-20 18:18|| 2005-08-20 18:18|| Front Page Top

#6 They should take the WWII submarine away also. Great exhibit. San Francisco can rot in its syphalitic stew. A once proud city reduced to a town run by for and of asshats. Maybe Bechtel, Bank of America, et al should find a new headquarters. Hit them in their pocketbooks. A pox, a proletariat pox upon the SF board of supervisors.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-08-20 18:28|| 2005-08-20 18:28|| Front Page Top

#7 the Midway museum on SD's waterfront is doing great, and expanding their exhibits and number of planes

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-08-20 18:34|| 2005-08-20 18:34|| Front Page Top

#8 How far up river (Mississippi) could a lightened Iowa get?

Posted by Mona Gorilla 2005-08-20 18:41|| 2005-08-20 18:41|| Front Page Top

#9 The Iowa would look great in San Diego on the Waterfront, eh, Frank? With the Midway and HMS Surprise as neighbors. Ima think that is a good idea.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-08-20 19:06|| 2005-08-20 19:06|| Front Page Top

#10 I'd go for it, but welcome Stockton's efforts first - they stepped right up to the plate and should be rewarded. Nice town too.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-08-20 19:28|| 2005-08-20 19:28|| Front Page Top

#11 A plan: We hunt up one of those ultra-nationalist Japanese whacko groups; you know, like the writer dude who got his followers to cut his head off when the cops came after them back in the 70s. We open secret negotiations with them, extend diplomatic recognition, and conclude a treaty giving them sovereignty over the Moonbat areas of SF. We then fly them across the Pacific en masse to take possession of their new domain, the Greater East Pacific Co-Prosperity Sphere. They can stop off at Midway Island on the way and pick up suitable weapons and NBC gear*. We don't announce this until they have surrounded City Hall and begun cleaning up.

Think: samurai swords, San Francisco, a very necessary precaution withal.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-08-20 20:07|| 2005-08-20 20:07|| Front Page Top

#12 Hell Fire, Mate! San Francisco would be a saner place with the late, great Emperor Norton as mayor.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-08-20 21:31|| 2005-08-20 21:31|| Front Page Top

#13 Looks like Norton didn't leave any heirs.

I see no reason, therefore, that I cannot proclaim myself Emperor of these United States, those United States, Protector of Mexico (another of Norton's titles), Latin King of Jerusalem, and Governor-General of Mars and Ceres.

My first proclamation will be to order the construction of a dike (not dyke) and large nets around and over San Francisco to contain the Moonbat population. This will be followed by an executive order and Imperial rescript abolishing the Board of Supervisors, with all legislative functions to be taken over by 11 people randomly selected from the Stockton telephone directory.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-08-20 22:37|| 2005-08-20 22:37|| Front Page Top

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