It didn't appear to be a great idea to begin with. Large ship, close quarters to the shore, big target for shore guns or missles. Not enough stroke to really fight back or overcome... sounds completely bad.  I would hate to be one of the 40 assigned to one of them.

Ya gotta wonder why anyone would thumbs down this kitty.  Is she perfect, not by a long shot, but shes vibrant and alive and someone loves her dearly and takes extreme care of her.  Whats not to like, her imperfections???  said the imperfect people.  ;-)

All this complaining, yet if someone were to attack and be at your doorstep....

I'm in the "mind your own business, lady" camp.  If it is deserved, sometimes respect and behavior need to be reminded, not further un- reinforced by doing nothing.  We as a society have become so inflamed into corraling behavior by any other means, that the respect and yes, fear factor of being a parent is lost.   D...more

Maritime tradition extends to those that have not intentionally allowed their ships to go to seed for profit...

Someone asked if we had gotten that far away from reality, ya think.

You know it's bad when MSN the basic media lap dog for the Obama administration begins to question the antics of the President and the Vice president when it comes to spending amid the sequestration and gloom and doom that they dish out.   Being completely removed from the threat of not winning another election, we n...more

Some things are probably manifest through out the universe.  If we are having ??? when it comes to interstellar space travel, light speed, and anything above, it's probably a safe bet that aliens are too regardless of advanced intelligence or planetary history.   If we see anything at all, it is because they may have...more

If you have to analyze the poster, the movie must not carry much weight.  And pretty much anything that has Zack G. in it needs carrying in the first place.