Circus of politics

I recently saw an episode of "The Simpsons" where Homer started a motorcycle gang called "Hell's Satans" and Marge was abducted by another motorcycle gang called "Hell's Satans" because Homer had stolen their name. Very humourous and I thought of you.

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That is indeed an impressive shot of the Iowa firing it's main guns. I've always doubted that there could be any ship recoil, given the masses and velocities involved, and that picture seems to bear that out. I guess though, were you on the gun side and saw the wake, you could be forgiven for thinking that the ship had recoiled.

Looking at Google Earth, the Iowa currently appears to be mothballed in California:

http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=680&c=&ll=38.067589,-122.096697&spn=0.005946,0.011477&t=k&hl=en

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Politics, what encourages people to go into politics? Aren't power and wealth completely overrated? I don't see any good coming of them. Now that Saddam is to be put to death it sort of vindicates Bush slightly, will this have a bearing on the election? A picture of you here, giving W a hug just after you cast your vote .. sorry but you seem to have been eating too much lately :-)



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How's the class? And have you been "made up" in "The Professions" yet or did you get whacked?