Navy names new ship for labor leader Cesar Chavez

AP via InsideBayArea ^ | 5/18/11 | Julie Watson Associated Press

[SmithL]

SAN DIEGO -- The Navy has named the last of 14 new cargo ships after the late farm labor leader Cesar Chavez.

[Jim Noble]

Naming fleet units after politicians was a bad idea the day the keel of the Vinson was laid down, and it's only gotten worse.

USS George HW Bush, USS Reagan, and the USS Gerald Ford class of carriers have made the USS Barack Hussein Obama and the USS William J. Clinton inevitable.

[Grizzled Bear]

The USS Nancy Pelosi is a little dingy.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Oh perfect.

[LukeL]

I like how the Gato class subs were named after fish. We should stick to state names, cities, battle sites, Latin words etc.

[billorites]

I was rather hoping for the USS Desi Arnaz

[Scotsman will be Free]

With mullen as the chairman and political asskisser of obama they can name the next ship the U.S.S. Butt Bandit in honor of ending DADT.

[Einherjar]

“The Navy “ ? who exactly make the decision ?
I do not belive our Honorable Sailors make the decision .

So who is the Freak that has the say in this matter ?

[Two Kids' Dad]

At least it’s a cargo ship and not a warship. Let them use it to transport agricultural crops to the troops.

Wake me when they’re ready to christen a battleship named after Sarah Palin.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

This was just posted (hour ago) on the Sec. of Navy FB page: “Just announced the name of the Navy’s T-AKE 14 will be USNS Cesar Chavez. This continues the Lewis and Clark-class tradition of honoring legendary pioneers and explorers. USNS Cesar Chavez honors the memory of the Mexican-American civil rights activist who served in the Navy from 1944-1946. Later he became a leader in the American Labor Movement and co-founded what later became the United Farm Workers.”

Obviously “the talking points”. In Chavez’ bio he says his two years in the Navy were the worst years of his life. FAIL Navy, but BO will get what he is after, the Hispanic vote.

[Mr. Wright]

In my humble opinion, this has the fingerprints of Barack Hussein Obama all over it!!

[AlexW]

“In my humble opinion, this has the fingerprints of Barack Hussein Obama all over it!!”

No doubt....
I wonder when Obozo will christen the USS Karl Marx ?

[twister881]

.........................USS Speedy Gonzales.........................

[CrazyIvan]

In my humble opinion, this has the fingerprints of Barack Hussein Obama all over it!!

He wanted to name it the “Lenin” but the Ruskies already
have an icebreaker by that name.

[mountainlion]

Isn't Cheves the guy that started La Raza which blew up electrical transmission equipment around Denver?

[jospehm20]

Or they could just call it the Obama. Same same.

[Emperor Palpatine]

"We should stick to state names, cities, battle sites, Latin words etc."


Oh, you must mean like "Enterprise", "Hornet", "Wasp", "Monitor" and "Constitution"etc, huh?

[CrazyIvan]

I like how the Gato class subs were named after fish.

Like Rickover said “fish don’t vote.” I’m glad he didn’t
live to see this.

[famousdayandyear]

Obama’s appointed Sec of Navy: Adm Ray Mabus (the one who said Navy Chaplains can perform same-sex marriages in Navy Chapels)

[hellbender]

Apparently during at least part of its history, Chavez’ union sought to restrict immigration and block hiring of undocumented workers.