Posted on 05/14/2012 2:17:32 PM PDT by SmithL
San Francisco wouldn’t be San Francisco if not for robust political debate, even over a seemingly feel-good request to the U.S. Secretary of the Navy to name a ship after gay civil rights leader Harvey Milk, the assassinated city supervisor who served as a Navy officer during the Korean War.
Critics of the idea, led by Supervisor Christina Olague and a contingent from the San Francisco gay Democrat club named in Milk’s honor, don’t think he would have wanted his name associated with a military ship.
Milk was “against the Vietnam War and war in general,” Olague said of Milk, who was gunned down at City Hall in 1978 by disgruntled former colleague Dan White.
A more fitting tribute would be to get a national holiday named in Milk’s honor,
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.sfgate.com ...
Do they have toilet tenders? That would be good...
Well, after they went to the USS Caesar Chavez, all bets were off.
A place for the first all-homo navy crew?
Don’t come knockin’ if this scow’s rockin’.
When are they going to adopt “In the Navy” as their official song?
I don’t think even Harvey Milk would support this idea. Say whatever else you will about Milk, he knew which (winnable) fights to pick, politically. This isn’t one. At best, proponents would “win” and create a lot of unnecessary bad feelings.
Lord have mercy.
What an idiot idea to begin with.
In the Navy, yes, you can sail the seven seas.
In the Navy, yes, you can put your mind at ease.
In the Navy, come on now people, make a stand.
In the Navy, can’t you see we need a hand.
In the Navy, come on, protect the motherland.
In the Navy, come on and join your fellow, man.
In the Navy, come on, people, and make a stand.
In the Navy, in the Navy.
They want you! They want you! They want you as a new recruit!
I suppose San Francisco could name a ferry boat after him if the need to name a boat.
It’ll be the only naval vessel painted in pastels....and the “Chief’s Mess,” won’t be what it used to be.
Captain Ned: Thank you, Mr. Spunk. Gentlemen, we have on board a young man whose name is Miles Cowperthwaite! And I have promised his guardian to teach him the man's life at sea! To show him man's ports, such as Key West and San Fransisco! I expect him to be treated manfully! Well, Miles, have you anything to say?
Miles Cowperthwaite: [ stsnds, cheerful ] Well.. I'm very grateful for this opportunity, Captain Ned! Up 'til now, my life has been the most degrading, pathetic, soul-destroying, humiliating, awful grovel..
Captain Ned: [ interrupting ] That's enough, Miles.. [ Miles sits ] Now, men, I run a mans' ship. I will run it in a manful and masculine way! I will tolerate no men under my command who act in such a way so as to discredit their manhood and manliness! Do I make myself clear?
Miles V/O: "Having had no seafaring experience, I was surprised at how different the life of a sailor was from what I had imagined. Our day began at dawn, where, after a hearty breakfast, we had punishment 'til lunchtime. After lunch, there was more punishment 'til dinner. After dinner, we would pull up anchor and sail for an hour, then drop anchor again for someverbal humiliation, followed by evening punishment. I imagine that the crew is quite used to it, for in all my rounds with the ship surgeon, Dr. Pierce, I never once heard a man complain."
after sitting through as much as I could stomach (withut puking my guts out) of that hideous “Milk” movie I wanted to go shoot him too
And Sean Penn, who is officially gay in my book.
You could not be staight and do those french-kissing scenes with a guy (movie script or not)
... excuse me i feel lunch coming back up
Why don’t they name a ship “The Raging Queen”.
Ummmmm...NO
If everyone's really against bullying, they should oppose this, because the sailors on the USS Harvey Mudd would be teased mercilessly ...
... though maybe it's intended as a "Boy Named Sue" kind of toughening thing ...
Being shot, sure makes it easy for history revision writers to flourish.
Was the Gay ship named after Harvey Milk or Harvey’s milk?
Yecccccccch, It’s hard to think about but Californications love to drink it.
No military vessels named after Peaceniks, period.
What’s next the USS Jim Jones?
Will the”crew”be All guys or All girls???????????????
They are trying to make us ashamed and embarrassed to be Americans.
Needs to be an LST. They load from the rear. . . (diving for cover. . . .grinning like hell)
The Navy needs to stop naming ships after politicians. After an admiral, sure (Nimitz). After battles (Ticonderoga, Iwo Jima...) sure. The Navy should bring back classic ship names like Hornet, Intrepid, etc... But this trend of naming after politicians is just so crass. The USS Gabby Giffords. The USS Cesar Chavez. Please neither one of them deserve the honor the Navy has given them. Not even close.
Young man, there’s no need to feel down
I said young man, pick yourself off the ground
I said young man, ‘cause your in a new town
There’s no need to be unhappy
Young man, there’s a place you can go
I said young man, when you’re short on your dough
You can stay there and I’m sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time
It’s fun to stay at the U.S.N.A.
It’s fun to stay at the U.S.N.A.
They have everything for young men to enjoy
You can hang out with all the boys
It’s fun to stay at the U.S.N.A.
It’s fun to stay at the U.S.N.A.
You can get yourself clean you can have a good meal
You can do whatever you feel
Young man, are you listening to me
I said young man, what do you wanna be
I said young man, you can make real your dreams
But you’ve got to know this one thing
No man does it all by himself
I said young man, put your pride on the shelf
And just go there to the U.S.N.A.
I’m sure they can help you today
It’s fun to stay at the U.S.N.A.
It’s fun to stay at the U.S.N.A.
They have everything for young men to enjoy
You can hang out with all the boys
It’s fun to stay at the U.S.N.A.
It’s fun to stay at the U.S.N.A.
You can get yourself clean you can have a good meal
You can do whatever you feel
Young Man, I was once in your shoes
I said I was, down and out with the blues
I felt no man cared if I were alive
I felt the whole world was so jive
That’s when someone came up to me
And said young man take a walk up the street
There’s a place there called the U.S.N.A.
They can start you back on your way
It’s fun to stay at the U.S.N.A.
It’s fun to stay at the U.S.N.A.
Young man, young man there’s no need to feel down
Young man, young man pick yourself off the ground
U.S.N.A. and just go to the U.S.N.A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BGebtVHzM
Milk's greatest claim to fame was being in the exact wrong place at the exact wrong time, kind of like Vic Morrow who deserves a ship more than Milk.
http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/personnel/article-vic-color.html
There was a cult in San Francisco that the authorities wanted to shut down, but thanks to Milk's support of Jim Jones, the People's Temple remained open so our soldiers were able to later visit Guyana and pick up the bodies from the mass suicide. I guess to a leftist that counts as doing something for our military.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BGebtVHzM
Milk's greatest claim to fame was being in the exact wrong place at the exact wrong time, kind of like Vic Morrow who deserves a ship more than Milk.
http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/personnel/article-vic-color.html
There was a cult in San Francisco that the authorities wanted to shut down, but thanks to Milk's support of Jim Jones, the People's Temple remained open so our soldiers were able to later visit Guyana and pick up the bodies from the mass suicide. I guess to a leftist that counts as doing something for our military.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BGebtVHzM
Milk's greatest claim to fame was being in the exact wrong place at the exact wrong time, kind of like Vic Morrow who deserves a ship more than Milk.
http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/personnel/article-vic-color.html
There was a cult in San Francisco that the authorities wanted to shut down, but thanks to Milk's support of Jim Jones, the People's Temple remained open so our soldiers were able to later visit Guyana and pick up the bodies from the mass suicide. I guess to a leftist that counts as doing something for our military.
Sorry for the triple post.
..............Do they have toilet tenders? That would be good.....................
Up in the San Juan Islands, Puget Sound, there’s a honeybucket boat named the:
“Fecal Phish”
What a beautiful memory vessel for Harvey Milk and his fellow fudgepackers!
Sure, re-name some old scuzzy degenerate ship they’re ready to scuttle, tow it out to sea, and open fire on it. That’s the only thing the Harvey Milk would be good for, kind of like the namesake.
No, the U.S. Navy Blimp. USS Michael Moore.
Navy still have poop decks? Maybe they could name one of those after Milk.
Now that was funnay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL - that would be like bragging about wild 'debates' within the NRA... yeah, 'robust' that's the term...
his ghost, the goblin seaman will roam the decks.
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