Posted on 12/03/2006 4:25:09 AM PST by auzerais
Navy rejects San Francisco for warship commissioning ceremony -
Saturday, December 2, 2006 (12-02) 12:37 PST San Francisco (AP) --
The U.S. Navy has rejected plans to commission its newest and most powerful warship in San Francisco because of concerns that the city doesn't support the military. Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter vetoed plans this week for a commissioning ceremony for the Makin Island in San Francisco, said retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. J. Michael Myatt, chairman of the citizens' commissioning committee. Instead, San Diego will host the ceremony in which the crew formally takes charge of the ship, Myatt said. Navy leaders were concerned about San Francisco's refusal to offer a homeport for the retired battleship Iowa, which would be turned into a museum, as well as the school board's decision to abolish junior ROTC training in city high schools, Myatt said. Some city politicians also have publicly criticized the Pentagon. In one instance, Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval said national defense should be left to "the cops and the Coast Guard." Myatt said the Navy had mistaken the views of some political leaders for the views of the majority of Bay Area citizens.
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Excellent move on the Navy's part..........Standing and saluting.... Why hold any patriotic event in such an anti-patriotic city?
However, the two largest groups could be the Democrats and the Greens, with the Republicans trailing.
Sorry to keep asking these questions, but apparently organizing a webpage is very difficult. If http://www.freerepublic.com/~jedimasterpikachu/ is very disorganized on your screen, can you freepmail?
How about simply that the city does not support the military. It shouldn't be about "concerns".
I hope you are right. I hope the military pulls out of SF all together (no pun intended). Can't wait to see the look in Pelosi's botoxed face when that happens.
The denizens of SF are reminisent of the Vichy French.
Q: How can you tell that a particular meeting is taking place in San Francisco?
A: 90% of the participants enter through the back door.
I keep waiting for DRUDGE to put this on his website. What is Drudge waiting for???
"San Francisco largely (not totally) opposes the military. Just as in almost any city, the citizenry has many political viewpoints."
They declined to host a warship memorial. They elected this scum into office. Let SF cops protect its citizens from terrorists.
Go NAVY!
SF can kiss my blue and gold A$$!
The military should go where they are appreciated. Places like San Diego, South Carolina, Poland etc. And get out of where they are taken for granted and disliked like San Francisco, Germany etc.
As stated in an earlier comment, not every San Franciscan, or Bay Arean, is a liberal. There are several freepers from San Francisco, and many from the Bay Area who are definitely not leftists.
That webpage be throwed off.
There probably isn't any Navy left in the bay area. Hunters Point shipyard, Mare Island shipyard, Treasure Island naval base, NAS Alameda, Concord Naval Weapon Station, Oak Knoll hospital have all closed.
Are you using IE? Sorry about that, then. Do you happen to know how to fix it? If the code is tinkered so that it shows up on IE, it could then look ugly on Firefox.
What do you expect them to think when they are the only ones speaking out?
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