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Barque: ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT II, Named for the Oceanographer
Photo by Hans Georg Schroder
THURSDAY OCTOBER 10, 2012
NEW TO OUR SITE? WONDER WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT? CLICK ON THIS LINK FOR AN ENTERTAINING VIDEO EXPLANATION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFw32RRJY98:
If you want more detail after the video click on the INTRODUCTION page in the right hand margin.
TODAY:
We continue our case for the removal from office of Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) for his multiple attacks on the "Jones Act", a series of statutes that protect the waterborne trade between the states. Yesterday we reviewed our information so far. Today we will look at one potential source of funding and influence for such attacks.
An attack on the "Jones Act" not only endangers American jobs but also American security. The Jones Act fleet is the central nucleus around which our Merchant Marine Fleet reorganizes in war time and national emergency when our armed forces are deployed over seas. By law the U.S. Merchant Marine is a "naval auxiliary" and has never refused to go in harm's way to provide logistic support to our Armed Forces deployed over seas. Unfortunately, rarely in our history as a nation has the American Merchant Marine been able to economically survive in peace time when it must compete commercially with fleets manned by seamen who will work for a rice bowl. When a bigger international fleet was needed in the past we grew it out of the domestic fleet servicing the waterborne commerce needs between and among the states. To learn more about the central role the protected domestic fleet has always played in our military logistics we suggest reading THE WAY OF THE SHIP .
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The National Anthem today is sung by Carley Rose Sonenclar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksa0Pdt7R10
If you want more detail after the video click on the INTRODUCTION page in the right hand margin.
TODAY:
We continue our case for the removal from office of Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) for his multiple attacks on the "Jones Act", a series of statutes that protect the waterborne trade between the states. Yesterday we reviewed our information so far. Today we will look at one potential source of funding and influence for such attacks.
An attack on the "Jones Act" not only endangers American jobs but also American security. The Jones Act fleet is the central nucleus around which our Merchant Marine Fleet reorganizes in war time and national emergency when our armed forces are deployed over seas. By law the U.S. Merchant Marine is a "naval auxiliary" and has never refused to go in harm's way to provide logistic support to our Armed Forces deployed over seas. Unfortunately, rarely in our history as a nation has the American Merchant Marine been able to economically survive in peace time when it must compete commercially with fleets manned by seamen who will work for a rice bowl. When a bigger international fleet was needed in the past we grew it out of the domestic fleet servicing the waterborne commerce needs between and among the states. To learn more about the central role the protected domestic fleet has always played in our military logistics we suggest reading THE WAY OF THE SHIP .
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The National Anthem today is sung by Carley Rose Sonenclar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksa0Pdt7R10
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