# Russian ships displayed at DNC tribute to vets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 12, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548 "2012-09-12T23:02:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/61 "2012-09-14T18:51:49Z")

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> [@JRDelirious](#):
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> OK, this has been annoying me for a while – it may be “pretty easy” for someone interested in and familiar with naval vessels. An average layman would be hard pressed to even know what the heck was that up on the screen save that it was naval and military.

Yeah. A videogame company I once worked for came _this close_ to running an ad for a first-person shooter that featured an image of the balcony where Martin Luther King was shot. The ad agency had what they \*thought \*was a stock photo of a generic motel. If one of my designers hadn’t noticed that the building’s roof line looked strangely familiar, it would have run in magazines nationwide … .

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**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/62 "2012-09-15T10:03:40Z")

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> [@SirRay](#):
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> I KNEW IT! Moonshot is INDEED soon-to-be-former US Rep Allen West. Allen baby, after Patrick Murphy kicks your hiney out of office this November, are you joining Fox News or are you going straight to the new Glenn Beck/‘The Blaze’ Dish TV channel?

Patrick Murphy is a good friend of mine; I’ve known him for some time; he’s a very bright and capable person. If he plays his cards right, he could well shoot for president in 20 years. Allen West, on the other hand, is a delusional reactionary war criminal, and Patrick Murphy will defeat him resoundingly.

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