Three New Navy Ships

Three New Navy Ships   USS REAGAN Seeing it next to the Arizona Memorial really puts its size into perspective... ENORMOUS!    When the Bridge pipes 'Man the Rail' there is a lot of rail to man on this monster: shoulder to shoulder, around 4.5 acres.  Her displacement is about 100,000 tons with full complement.     Capability Top speed exceeds 30 knots, powered by two nuclear reactors that can operate for more than 20 years without refueling    1. Expected to operate in the fleet for about 50 years     2. Carries over 80 combat aircraft      3. Three arresting cables can stop a 28-ton aircraft going 150 miles per hour in less than 400 feet   Size  1. Towers 20 stories above the waterline 2. 1092 feet long; nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall     3.  Flight deck covers 4.5 acres    4.  4 bronze propellers, each 21 feet across, weighing 66,200  pounds    5.  2 rudders, each 29 by 22 feet and weighing 50 tons    6.  4 high speed aircraft elevators, each over 4,000 square feet    Capacity  1. Home to about 6,000 Navy personnel    2. Carries enough food and supplies to operate for 90 days    3.  18,150 meals served daily;  4.  Distillation plants provide 400,000 gallons of fresh water from sea water daily, enough for 2,000 homes    5.  Nearly 30,000 light fixtures and 1,325 miles of cable and wiring 1,400 telephones     6.  14,000 pillowcases and 28,000 sheets    7.  Costs the Navy approximately $250,000 per day for pier side operation      8.  Costs the Navy approximately $25 million per day for underway operations (Sailor's salaries included).      USS BILL CLINTON     The USS William Jefferson Clinton (CVS1) set sail today from its home port of Vancouver, BC.      The ship is the first of its kind in the Navy and is a standing legacy to President Bill Clinton 'for his foresight in military budget cuts' and his conduct while holding the (formerly dignified) office of President.     The ship is constructed nearly entirely from recycled aluminum and is completely solar powered with a top speed of 5 knots.  It boasts an arsenal comprised of one (unarmed) F14 Tomcat or one (unarmed) F18 Hornet aircraft which, although they cannot be launched on the 100 foot flight deck, form a very menacing presence.     As a standing order there are no firearms allowed on board.    This crew, like the crew aboard the USS Jimmy Carter, is specially trained to avoid conflicts and appease any and all enemies of the United States at all costs.      An onboard Type One DNC Universal Translator can send out messages of apology in any language to anyone who may find America offensive.  The number of apologies are limitless and though some may seem hollow and disingenuous, the Navy advises all apologies will sound very sincere.       In times of conflict, the USS Clinton has orders to seek refuge in Canada .   USS  BARACK OBAMA

 

 

PELOSI PUSHES RANGEL TO STEP DOWN

PELOSI PUSHES RANGEL TO STEP DOWN FROM COMMITTEE CHAIR

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By REBECCA ROSENBERG, DAPHNE RETTER and CHUCK BENNETT

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Last updated: 12:57 am
September 16, 2008 
Posted: 8:09 pm
September 15, 2008

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday privately pushed Rep. Charlie Rangel to give up his chairmanship of the influential House tax-rules committee amid explosive revelations that his personal tax filings were riddled with errors and omissions, a wellplaced source said.

Rangel, the Democratic chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has been resisting growing calls to step down from the high-profile leadership role since The Post reported the Harlem congressman failed to disclose rental income from his Dominican Republic beach home.

Rangel subsequently admitted owing at least $10,000 in back taxes and became a target of Republican political attacks.

One member of the New York congressional delegation who supported Pelosi's decision said, "You have to have one standard - you can't have one for [Republicans] and one for us."

Rangel himself remained mum on his sitdown with Pelosi after exiting a later, separate meeting with fellow Democratic committee members.

"I am unable to say anything," he said before bizarrely rattling off his name, rank and serial number from his Korean War days. "Do to me what you want, I'm not talking."

The 76-year-old politician smiled when asked if he was still chairman of the powerful tax panel.

Pelosi later denied through spokesperson Nadeam Elshami that she has asked Rangel to step aside.

And a committee member, Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), asked if Rangel was still in charge, replied, "You're damn right he's the chairman."

But in an indication that Rangel may have to fight to keep his position, he scheduled an emergency meeting with the New York delegation today, a source said.

Meanwhile, Rangel was still using his leadership position as an inspirational tale for kids at Harlem's Democracy Prep Charter School yesterday.

"It was that education that took a 23-year-old high-school dropout to the Ways and Means Committee," he said.

Rangel's lawyer said the congressman would hire a forensic accountant to review his tax filings over the past 20 years.

He also may have to account for why he didn't properly disclose the sale of a Washington, DC, home in 2000, the various values he placed on his former Sunny Isles, Fla., condo, and the wild fluctuations he recorded for his personal investments.

daphne.retter@nypost.com