On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:48:46 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:09:11 -0500, thunder penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:45:50 -0400, Gene Kearns wrote:
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| As this ship serves with distinction, it would be deserving if it was
| treated to the opportunity afforded the following ships:
|
| USS West Virginia
| USS Nevada
| USS Tennessee
| USS California
| USS Maryland
| USS Pennsylvania
|
| Remember your history lessons?
|
|All those ships were at Pearl Harbor, and several were at the Japanese
|surrender in Tokyo Bay.

Bingo! Those ships, sunk at Pearl Harbor, arose again and avenged the
attack on America by taking the battle back to the enemy. They won
dozens of battle stars and other awards for meritorious service. I
hope the same for the USS New York.

IMHO, they should all have been converted to museums (locally, like
the USS North Carolina), rather than be sold for scrap.

Apparently, John needs a primer on history.... and Loogy? We'll, he's
still just being a demonstrably ignorant idiot.

I am glad that's what you meant. On the surface, it sounded much like
something Krause would have said. I should have known better.

Sorry about that.
--
John H

""Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."

Churchill