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William Shatner expected to attend
USS Enterprise inactivation
Virginian Pilot, by Mike Hixenbaugh
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Posted By:gravedigger59, 11/29/2012 2:23:32 PM
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The last time Capt. Kirk got this close to the aircraft carrier Enterprise, it was only after traveling 300 years back in time. But that was fiction. On Saturday, the man who played James T. Kirk in the original "Star Trek" television series is expected to see the iconic warship up close, the Daily Press is reporting.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Topic Thunder, 11/29/2012 2:27:27 PM (No. 9039748)
KKKKKHHHHHAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
spinpilot, 11/29/2012 2:30:20 PM (No. 9039759)
I remember as a boy living on the base, Hunter Point, in SFO seeing the Enterprise come into berth. She was/is a beautiful sight to see. Thank you for your stellar service from a once great and proud nation.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Clark Kent, 11/29/2012 2:30:55 PM (No. 9039762)
it´s dead, Jim
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Penney, 11/29/2012 2:41:13 PM (No. 9039785)
KEWL!!! He is always fun to watch. Shatner´s entire loooong career of work makes him a favorite. ...We saw him just last night in an old episode of, ´´The Big Valley,´´ on the INSP channel, our new favorite channel.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
GOPJihad, 11/29/2012 2:41:42 PM (No. 9039786)
It´s a darn shame that the next class of nuclear aircraft carrier (USS Gerald R. Ford-class) does not yet feature the name USS Enterprise.
No offense toward former Presidents Ford or Kennedy, but USS Enterprise is a grand and important name in the US Navy, especially with respect to Naval Aviation. That the next two ships to be built (assuming BHO and his successors don´t weaken this nation further) will be named USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-79) and USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-80) is a shame. While the carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) had a distinguished career, neither its namesake nor that of the soon-to-be CVN-79 carries the traditions and history of the US Navy as does the USS Enterprise.
Right now there is a movement afoot to name CVN-80 (if its concstruction is ever commenced) USS Enterprise, however, I fear that CVN-80 will be named after yet another politician.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
KTWO, 11/29/2012 3:06:04 PM (No. 9039832)
Inactivation???
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
addicted_to_coffee, 11/29/2012 3:12:29 PM (No. 9039836)
#3 you owe me. I just spit cola all over my keyboard.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
thelmalou, 11/29/2012 3:38:28 PM (No. 9039876)
I´m so enjoying watching Big Valley reruns on INSP! The Shat is a classic. What a fun guy.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
chumley, 11/29/2012 3:41:31 PM (No. 9039884)
Wouldn´t it be cool if they could make him captain just for a few minutes, to give the final order?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
FL_Absentee_Voter, 11/29/2012 4:09:36 PM (No. 9039932)
#5 - To paraphrase ADM Rickover: "Enterprises don´t vote!"
At the risk of coming across as a stick in the mud, I don´t support bringing Hollywood shtick into the solemn and traditional ceremony of a warship decommissioning. If he wants to show up and sit in the crowd, fine. The vessel served this country for a half-century as nobly as the men who manned her and were occasionally killed while doing so. But maybe I´m just getting old - we´re in the obama era now...
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DaddyO, 11/29/2012 4:31:05 PM (No. 9039962)
Right out of SNL..
Herb Goodman: Everyone, please, can I have your attention? I have an announcement to make. Due to low Nielsen ratings, we at NBC have decided to cancel "Star Trek".
Captain Kirk: Fire at my command!
Herb Goodman: On your way out, stop by the cashier´s office and pick up your checks.
Captain Kirk: Set phasers on "stun." Fire!
Dr. McCoy: They´re not firing, Jim!
Captain Kirk: Try "kill!"
Dr. McCoy: Nope, still nothing.
Herb Goodman: You´ll make sure the property department gets those things back ,won´t you, fellas?
Mr. Spock: Most peculiar, Captain.. I can only conclude that they possess some sort of weapons deactivator, in which case I shall merely render him unconcious with my famous Vulcan nerve pinch.
Dr. McCoy: For God´s sake, man, we´re on a five-year mission to explore space, the final frontier, and dammit, we´ve only been out three years!
Herb Goodman: Sorry, but it´s those Nielsens. If it was up to me, of course..
Dr. McCoy: Forget it, Bill. We lost. It´s over. Are you coming, Leonard? [ Spock attempts nerve pinch on Dr. McCoy ] Knock it off, you joker!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
had2, 11/29/2012 5:33:36 PM (No. 9040058)
Except for one thing.
The carrier in the movie was not the Enterprise it was the USS Hornet in Alameda.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Bur Oak, 11/29/2012 6:05:11 PM (No. 9040114)
I´m with #10. If Shatner has any humility he will decline to attend.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Videodrone, 11/30/2012 1:47:53 PM (No. 9041607)
"Shatner" - "humility"
two words that don´t belong in the same sentence let alone same book!
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