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lyberyl_prygryssyve Donating Member (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 09:39 AM
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SF Supervisors Reject WWII Battleship
San Francisco city leaders don't want the USS Iowa in the city.

The Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 on Tuesday against a plan to berth the World War II era battleship on the city's historic waterfront and turn it into a museum and tourist attraction.

In turning away the Iowa, supervisors cited opposition to the war in Iraq, the treatment of gay and lesbians in the service and the city's reputation for embracing the peace movement.

http://www.nbc11.com/news/4718679/detail.html


Good on them! Why does a battleship need to be a "tourist attraction" anyway? And wasn't the Iowa the ship that had that explosion that the Navy falsely claimed was caused by a gay sailor?
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theboss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 09:44 AM
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1. San Francisco is strange
My cousin was on the Iowa when it had the explosion. Not that it matters to the story. But I find it interesting.
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 09:46 AM
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2. Oh for God's sake.
Sometimes my adopted home town does the silliest things.
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 09:46 AM
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3. Plus it would cost a fortune to maintain.
Edited on Thu Jul-14-05 09:47 AM by acmejack
No, the guy was married and his wife and friends swore that he was not. The Navy actually smeared him if memory serves.
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QueenJane94133 Donating Member (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 09:52 AM
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4. I'm with you, who wants a memorial to death and destruction?
It would bring down the mood of the whole waterfront!
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 09:57 AM
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5. Hi QueenJane94133!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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lyberyl_prygryssyve Donating Member (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 10:02 AM
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6. Ya, hello fellow noob (n/t)
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QueenJane94133 Donating Member (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-05 10:11 AM
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7. Thanks! Good to be here!
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