Navy to name next ship after late Rep. John Murtha

Associated Press ^ | April 23, 2010

[Free ThinkerNY]

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The Navy is naming its next amphibious ship after the late western Pennsylvania congressman John Murtha.

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus made the announcement Friday at the Johnstown-Cambria County Airport. Murtha's family and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were in attendance.

[fatnotlazy]

Shouldn’t speak ill of the dead, but....Murtha should have been thrown off a Navy ship. -

[digger48]

the USS FatAss Traitor?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

It has already been nicknamed the “Mutha”, and it is a Jonah ship. Bad luck.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

They should name it after the marines he threw under the bus for political points.

[gwilhelm56]

OH, the USS LARDASS???

I’d rather serve on the USS BENEDICT ARNOLD

[MuttTheHoople]

The SS Abscam?

[dalebert]

BARF!!!

[anoldafvet]

I hope the next ship the Navy builds is a garbage scow.

[Mr. Mojo]

Who named the ship, the same guy who decided to prosecute the SEALs?

[OldDeckHand]

You have got to be effing kidding me. I'm going to be sick.

Here's the message - slander our troops while they fight America's enemies in foreign lands, while you as a elected official are ass-deep in all kinds of corruption, graft, bribery and other unsavory corporate largess, and you too can have your name on a Navy ship.

It's sickening.

[truthbetold11]

Dead man sailing!!!

[GSP.FAN]

[jveritas]

The traitor was giving aid and comfort to the terrorist enemy during the height of the Iraq war and now they want to name a Navy ship after him. There is no shame left at all.

[chris_bdba]

Why?

[K-oneTexas]

Maybe an Oiler! Teddy Kennedy should et and Oiler too. Since the US Navy doesn’t have sampans.

[driftdiver]

Thats a lot nicer than he deserves.

[bray]

Is the ship corrupt?
http://www.brayincandy.com/id154.html

Pray for America

[2111USMC]

That boat is too nice to be named after that bastard.

[Doogle]

disgusting.

[driftdiver]

[al baby]

That is Beautiful

[skeptoid]

Where should I address my fervent opposition to this travesty?

Anyone??

[Doogle]

Prior to joining the administration of President Barack Obama, Mabus served in a variety of top posts in government and the private sector. In 1988, Mabus was elected Governor of Mississippi. As the youngest governor of Mississippi in more than 100 years at the time of his election, he stressed education and job creation. He passed B.E.S.T. (Better Education for Success Tomorrow), one of the most comprehensive education reform programs in America, and was named one of Fortune Magazine’s top ten education governors. He was appointed Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Clinton Administration in 1994. During his tenure as Ambassador, a crisis with Iraq was successfully averted and Saudi Arabia officially abandoned the boycott of United States businesses that trade with Israel. He also was Chairman and CEO of Foamex, a large manufacturing company, which he led out of bankruptcy in less than 9 months paying all creditors in full and saving equity. Prior to becoming Governor he was elected State Auditor of Mississippi and served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy aboard the cruiser USS Little Rock.

[Proangel]

I’d desert to Canada before ever serving on ship named after John Murtha.

[50cal Smokepole]

I feel sorry, and pray for those that will serve aboard.
To name a ship after that bloated, loathsome, [censored] is a black mark on the USN.

[GSP.FAN]

I am feeling charitable tonight,he is dead and i thought this was a fitting tribute...

[skeptoid]

Tell me what the offset (stbd) trunk is for, if you please.

[the Real fifi]

What a damn outrage! Let’s nickname is the USS Haditha.

[Ben Chad]

It’s a disgrace!

[I see my hands]

That's it. America is gone. America the ugly. Anti American. Need a new nation.

[Just A Nobody]

Pinging you to the travesty of the day...week...month...century!

Off to go puke now!

[tacticalogic]

This ship’s mission should be to serve as the designated target in every wargame the Navy conducts.

[GSP.FAN]

It’s got a built in electric motor,for when the fighting gets fierce...;>)

[Just A Nobody]

I am feeling charitable tonight...

Well take a pill for it and sleep it off!

The ratbasturd deserves nothing!!!

[Jim Robinson]

USS Benedict Arnold Murtha

[piasa]

For Ted Kennedy it should be a Venezuelan oiler.

[Drill Thrawl]

On a positive note, you can bet the sailors and officers will work their butts off to make that ship the best in the fleet.

[Robe]

Dagger Board ???

[Army Air Corps]

So, will the ship betray its sailors?

[Just A Nobody]

That is what I was about to suggest.

[GSP.FAN]

When you need that extra power in battle...

[adc]

Kidding, right?

[madamemayhem]

that is revolting.

[RoadKingSE]

The USS Unindicted Co-Conspirator?

The USS Foghorn Leghorn?

[o-n-money]

I think it sinks....I mean stinks.

[BIGLOOK]

USS Murtha

[Just A Nobody]

That is what I was about to suggest.

[LachlanMinnesota]

Should be a garbage scow

[OneWingedShark]

>I’d rather serve on the USS BENEDICT ARNOLD

At least Benedict Arnold was, at one point in time, an American war hero.