It must be my twisted mind again … I always link two seemingly unrelated events / articles together.
Jeff Nolan asks why SF Supervisors decided to ban a historical monument, the USS Iowa from becoming a permanent exhibit in San Francisco.
Quite a coincidence that just today the Chronicle is lamenting on why Bush does not ever visit San Francisco. No, I don’t like the President, and could not care less whether he comes this way, but, hey, it’s a bit hyppocratical to whine about it while the City slaps not just the government, but the nation’s history in the face.
The President of the United States should not single out only one major city and boycott it, no matter what it’s political leaning is. Likewise, the battleship that participated in World War II, as well as Korea is a monument that should be displayed for our kids to see and learn about, no matter what the current policies of the Pentagon are.
Perhaps not every aspect of our lives should be driven by politics and partisanship…
Update (8/21) Apparenly I am not that twisted … Jeff Jarvis came to the same conclusion.
Update 2 (2/21):
Quote of the week – Jerry Sandoval
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