On 14 Jul 2005 13:04:43 -0700, wrote:



P. Fritz wrote:
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.

But while San Francisco officials don't want the battleship, officials in
Stockton would welcome the Iowa.

The San Joaquin County city supports a bill that would authorize
transferring the Iowa from the Navy to the Port of Stockton.

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


I say horse****! The USS Pampanito, a submarine, is there, and also now
I believe that the Jeremiah O'Brian is there, too.

If gays and lesbians are such proponents of the peace movement, why do they
persist in their demands for access to the military? Maybe some knowledgeable
liberal could answer that for me.

--
John H.
On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD