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Trump Picks WWII Battleship in L.A. for Defense Speech [LIVE THREAD]
Times of San Diego ^
| September 15, 2015
| Chris Jennewein
Posted on 09/15/2015 1:05:58 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel; hoosiermama; onyx; TomGuy
BTTT.
Will have to watch a replay :(
Will come back to this thread for all of the IMPORTANT highlights :)
Thanks for the thread and link(s).
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posted on
09/15/2015 4:07:30 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
To: Hojczyk
[ But critics contend Trumps visit is not an appropriate use of the battleship, which is docked in L.A. as a nonprofit tourist attraction. ]
As opposed to Air Force One being used by a LAME DUCK president being used to take him to DEM-O-RAT fundraisers.....
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posted on
09/15/2015 4:07:38 PM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: Red Steel
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posted on
09/15/2015 4:07:57 PM PDT
by
Califreak
(Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S. Feel the Trump-mentum!(insert ireally.supportCruzdisclaimerhere/))
To: Red Steel
Dear critics: eff off.
Sincerely, RKBA Democrat.
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posted on
09/15/2015 4:18:59 PM PDT
by
RKBA Democrat
(Resist often, obey rarely.)
To: Paladin2
The Navy determined a gay suicidal sailor caused the explosion, but even back then there was pressure find another cause.
65
posted on
09/15/2015 4:29:13 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
To: Paladin2
And it was a mechanical analog computer as well! The digital fire control computers even from the eighties could not match it!
66
posted on
09/15/2015 4:31:28 PM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
To: Red Steel
The critics whine that Trump never gives people details. Frankly, he is the only one who has.
He also does the whole policy thing in ENGLISH!
Novel approach!
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posted on
09/15/2015 4:34:01 PM PDT
by
dforest
To: wally_bert
Terrorists were warmer and cuddlier in the '80s.
68
posted on
09/15/2015 4:41:44 PM PDT
by
JediJones
(The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
To: Red Steel
Live streams are showing the ship. Doesn’t look like more than a half-dozen showed up.
MSM will be broadcasting that in their headlines.
:)
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posted on
09/15/2015 4:42:40 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Fred Hayek
" a mechanical analog computer"
Well, THAT explains why is was so hugh...
I thought there were real time radar inputs though.
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posted on
09/15/2015 4:45:16 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current devices...one uses Brit spel now.)
To: Red Steel
Just saw a couple of large birds do a fly-by. Probably with cameras to relay info back to the GOPElites.
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posted on
09/15/2015 4:49:32 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: trisham
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posted on
09/15/2015 4:52:34 PM PDT
by
NKP_Vet
(In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
To: trisham
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posted on
09/15/2015 4:54:13 PM PDT
by
NKP_Vet
(In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
To: TomGuy
It started earlier than I thought.
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posted on
09/15/2015 4:57:56 PM PDT
by
Red Steel
(Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
To: Red Steel; TomGuy
It started earlier than I thought. Never mind that's the insert screen from the Dallas rally.
;^)
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posted on
09/15/2015 5:00:14 PM PDT
by
Red Steel
(Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
To: al baby
... Balls out Iowa at speed well above stated in the manual ... during high power maneuvers in shallow waters of Chesapeake Bay, VA, 19 Nov 1985
W ... T ... F????
By 1985 had the USN completely forgotten Thimble Shoals???
To: Red Steel
Please post any radio stream links if you know of them. Hoping to listen in car.
I think KABC 790 in LA might carry it in iheart but not sure
To: Paladin2
Keep in mind that the Iowa has a history of being a friendly place for Republicans.
For Democrats? Not so much:
Don't Shoot, We're Republicans!
"Down on the torpedo mounts, the crew watched, waiting to take some practice shots of their own at the big battleship, which even though 6,000 yards away, seemed to blot out the horizen. Lawton Dawson and Tony Fazio were among those responsible for the torpedoes. Part of their job involved ensuring that the primers were installed during actual combat and removed during practice. Once a primer was installed, on a command to fire, it would explode shooting the torpedo out of its tube.
"Dawson, on this particular morning, unfortunately had forgotten to remove the primer from torpedo tube #3. Up on the bridge, a new torpedo officer, unaware of the danger, ordered a simulated firing. Fire 1, Fire 2 and finally Fire 3. There was no fire 4 as the sequence was interrupted by an unmistakable "whoooooooshhhhing" sound made by a successfully launched and armed torpedo.
"Lt H. Steward Lewis, who witnessed the entire event, later described the next few minutes as what hell would look like if it ever broke loose. Just after he saw the torpedo hit the water, on its way to the IOWA and some of the most prominent figures in world history, Lewis innocently asked the Captain., "did you give permission to fire a torpedo?"
...
Meanwhile, on IOWAs bridge, word of the torpedo firing had reached FDR, who asked that his wheelchair be moved to the railing so he could see better what was coming his way. His loyal Secret Service guard immediately drew his pistol as if he was going to shoot the torpedo.
"As the IOWA began evasive maneuvers, all of her guns were trained on the WILLIAM D PORTER. There was now some thought that the PORTER was part of an assassination plot. Within moments of the warning, there was a tremendous explosion just behind the battleship. The torpedo had been detonated by the wash kicked up by the battleship's increased speed. The crisis was over and so was Captain Walker's career. His final utterance to the IOWA, in response to a question about the origin of the torpedo, was a weak, "We did it."
"Shortly thereafter, the brand new destroyer, her Captain and the entire crew were placed under arrest and sent to Bermuda for trial. It was the first time that a complete ship's company had been arrested in the history of the U.S. Navy. The ship was surrounded by Marines when it docked in Bermuda, and held there several days as the closed session inquiry attempted to determine what had happened. Torpedoman Dawson eventually confessed to having inadvertently left the primer in the torpedo tube, which caused the launching. Dawson had thrown the used primer over the side to conceal his mistake.
"The whole incident was chalked up to an unfortunate set of circumstances and placed under a cloak of secrecy. Someone had to be punished. Captain Walker and several other PORTER officers and Sailors eventually found themselves in obscure shore assignments. Dawson was sentenced to 14-years hard labor. President Roosevelt intervened; however, asking that no punishment be meted out for what was clearly an accident.
"The destroyer was banished to the upper Aleutians. It was probably thought this was as safe a place as any for the ship and anyone who came near her. She remained in the frozen north for almost a year, until late 1944, when she was re-assigned to the Western Pacific.
"Before leaving the Aleutians, she accidentally left her calling card in the form of a 5-inch shell fired into the front yard of the American Base Commander, thus re-arranging his flower garden.
To: Red Steel
Headlines:
Trump gives major foreign policy address from aboard USS IOWA.
¡Yeb! to give major foreign policy address from Taco Bell parking lot.
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posted on
09/15/2015 5:13:41 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: al baby
That is a bada$$ picture. Would love to see a movie of this.
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posted on
09/15/2015 5:13:56 PM PDT
by
US_MilitaryRules
(The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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