President's Day 2006

I have been working on this article for sometime, and hoped to have it ready for President’s Day, but didn’t quite get it completed. This is not complete, I will edit this in the upcoming days to make it what I envision. Still I believe you can grasp the emotion behind this article.

FDR reviewing Fleet in San Francisco Bay
Under the barrel of big naval gun
Taken upon the return from his world tour, 1938/07/14.

San Francisco (Oct. 8, 2005) – U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the "Blue Angels," fly their F/A-18A Hornets past the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Bay during an air show as part of Fleet Week 2005. U.S.

Navy photo by Journalist Seaman S. C. Irwin (RELEASED)

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I admit I know very little about the USS Iowa debate going on in San Francisco, California, but I know enough to have this opinion.

San Francisco is a city with an undisputed rich history as a naval town.

In naval circles, ships are referred to by the endearing term, Lady.
When you see a magnificent ship like the USS Ronald Reagan.

You too might exclaim, “What a Lady”.

The Lady USS Iowa, deserves a home in some peaceful coastal town* where tourists could visit without having to see the ugly side of freedom.

Lately San Francisco has been acting like a bad step child. The town and area is rife with naval lure and history. The active military personal alone spend tens of millions of dollars in San Francisco each year. It is the US Navy personal (retired or active duty), that spends the most money in and around the Bay area.

I’ll be blunt, this is an American city, and it had a wonderful history of naval activity long before the gays moved to North Beach and started taking over the city. It is one of the most beautiful cities in America, with some of the ugliest people.

You want to see the ugly side of freedom?
There would be no better place to see the ugly side of freedom than San Francisco, California.
Here is a sample of the ugly side of freedom.

YES, OUR MARVELOUS,
NAVY, ARMY, AIR FORCE, COAST GUARD AND ALL OF OUR MARINES
WORK HARD TO PROTECT THESE *******'S!!!
NO I'M NOT CURSING THEM, I
JUST CAN'T EXPLAIN THESE PEOPLE.
PICTURES FROM AN ANTI-WAR RALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO.

San Francisco does not deserve to host the USS Iowa, and a Military Museum. And if the Navy gives USS Iowa to that city, I would never step foot in that city to visit it. Here is the link to an interview on Fox News Hannity & Colmes with the Councilman who threw a wrench in the Iowa in San Francisco Offer.
If the naval museum should be located in San Francisco, here are a few examples of the citizens you might run into while riding the cable cars to the Bay. Iran looks at SF
I have to give credit where credit is due, and lately more and more Democrats are seeing the peril this nation is in, and are saying enough of this treasonous behavior while our beloved nation is at war for its very existence.
Upon hearing about the opposition to moving the USS Iowa to a dry dock berth on the bay of San Francisco, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA. said, "This isn't the San Francisco that I've known and loved and grew up in and was born in." after the San Francisco city supervisors voted to block her efforts to bring the USS Iowa to Fisherman's Wharf. The USS Iowa would have been a major money making tourist attraction for San Francisco.
Even though the World War II battleship has been out of commission for years, and really quite harmless, the thought of that big bad WAR ship had the supervisors shaking in their sandals. No guns in San Francisco, no matter how big or small, how loaded or unloaded. Come on guys, if Sen. Feinstein wants the ship here just how bad could it be?

More links related to this article.

http://sf.metblogs.com/archives/2006/02/not_smooth_sailing.phtml

http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/links/

http://www.payvand.com/news/03/feb/1082.html