A Light in the Darkness

The Light? Melanie Morgan (bio), and KSFO Radio. Here's part of an article by Melanie Morgan from from Lucianne.com: RIDING SHOTGUN ALONG THE HIGHWAY OF DEATH We finally broke away from Camp Victory, where 8,000 troops are stationed north of Baghdad. After asking repeatedly to go into Baghdad and away from relative safety, Central Command (CENTCOM) relented, and we were on our way. Thus began a trip to Iraq sponsored by Move America Forward to tell the story of war on terrorism directly from the men and women serving in our armed forces. With five other talk show hosts, we were determined to get the truth out without the normal liberal bias that seems to cloud coverage by the mainstream media. [...] The Darkness? San Francisco and the Bay Area. The city that did this: SAN FRANCISCO - The USS Iowa joined in battles from World War II to Korea to the Persian Gulf. It carried President Franklin Roosevelt home from the Teheran conference of allied leaders, and four decades later, suffered one of the nation's most deadly military accidents. Veterans groups and history buffs had hoped that tourists in San Francisco could walk the same teak decks where sailors dodged Japanese machine-gun fire and fired 16-inch guns that helped win battles across the South Pacific. Instead, it appears that the retired battleship is headed about 80 miles inland, to Stockton, a gritty agricultural port town on the San Joaquin River and home of California's annual asparagus festival. [...] But city supervisors voted 8-3 last month to oppose taking in the ship, citing local opposition to the Iraq war and the military's stance on gays, among other things. (image credit: czbrats) "If I was going to commit any kind of money in recognition of war, then it should be toward peace, given what our war is in Iraq right now," Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi said. [...] And this: [...] In a unique form of opposition, some protesters at the Federal Building staged a "vomit in,'' by heaving on the sidewalks and plaza areas in the back and front of the building to show that the war in Iraq made them sick, according to a spokesman. [...] And the Minions of Darkness and their MSM Lackeys, constantly staging sceens like this: (image credit: indybay.org) Thank you, Melanie Morgan! Thank you, KSFO! (Thanks to Free Republic for the original pointer to Riding Shotgun Along The Highway Of Death) Technorati : Bay Area, KSFO, Melanie Morgan, Naval, San Francisco, U.S. Navy, USS Iowa