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PETITION: Name the 2nd Ford Class Nuclear Carrier the USS Enterprise
Petition Online - Name the 2nd Ford Class Carrier USS Enterprise ^
| 1 February 2011
| Jeff Head
Posted on 02/01/2011 6:35:44 AM PST by Jeff Head
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To: Jeff Head
While I do believe that the name Enterprise should remain in use; I wish that we would be more creative with our ship names.
I mean the Brits have always had such cool names such as: Aggressor, Antagonist, Crusader, Daunltess, Devastation, Fearless, Indefatigable, Indomitable, Intrepid, Invincible, etc.
I would like to see a ship named USS Capitalism, or ones named for US mythology like Paul Bunyan, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, John Henry, Pecos Pete etc.
To: yuleeyahoo
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posted on
02/01/2011 9:29:35 AM PST
by
Jeff Head
(Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: mad_as_he$$
Lets not for get that great starship ENTERPRISE (NCC-1701)
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posted on
02/01/2011 10:48:19 AM PST
by
New Jersey Realist
(Congress doesn't care a damn about "we the people")
To: New Jersey Realist
Hehehe...that one is still out there a ways. CVN-79 can be a bridge towards that end.
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posted on
02/01/2011 11:40:57 AM PST
by
Jeff Head
(Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Jeff Head
It is a good time to abandon the distatsteful practice of naming capital ships after modern era poiticians. The practice started in 1945 with the naming of CVB-42 after FDR.
The tradition of naming ships after Founding Fathers or long dead presidents is a far different policy than naming them after politicians still living or recently deceased.
Enterprise is a great choice for this carrier for the many reasons already stated.
Why does everything in our world have to be politicized?
There is a long tradition (now abandoned) of giving cariers non-political names, such as notable battles and historical events or endeavors. I would like to see a return to that tradition.
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posted on
02/01/2011 11:58:27 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
To: OldDeckHand
As such, my prediction is that it will either be named the USS Clinton, or - wait for it - the USS Colin Powell. Wait until someone gets the idea of nameing it the USS Martin Luther King Jr.
I'm sick already.
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posted on
02/01/2011 12:40:17 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
To: Iron Munro
"Wait until someone gets the idea of nameing it the USS Martin Luther King Jr." I heard scuttlebutt decades ago, that the family was approached during the Carter administration about naming a ship after King. And, again from what I heard, they balked because they didn't think a weapon of war should be named after a "man of peace".
No idea if it actually happened, but it was a popularly repeated story at the time.
However, there was a cargo/ammunition ship (T-AKE), named after Medgar Evers(sp?) last year, or in 2009. I don't believe it has yet come into service, although it may have, by now.
To: Jeff Head
Signed.
Hope you are feeling better.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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posted on
02/01/2011 12:49:10 PM PST
by
LonePalm
(Commander and Chef)
To: Iron Munro
"...my prediction is that it will either be named the USS Clinton, or - wait for it - the USS Colin Powell. In WWII the Japanese had cadres of "Comfort Women" to attend to the sexual desires of their officers and troops.
To "staff" their far flung operations they carried these women around by ship and boat.
A modern day version of a comfort woman ship would be an appropriate vessel to christen the "Clinton".
Ol' Bill himself would probably even volunteer to serve aboard.
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posted on
02/01/2011 1:02:21 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
To: Jeff Head
To: Jack Hydrazine
Already done:
The USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is part of the Seventh Fleet, and she has her homeport at the Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan. This warship is named after John S. McCain, Jr., and John S. McCain, Sr., both Admirals in the United States Navy.
To: Iron Munro
Amen to every bit of that. We need to spread this around to send that exact message to the Secretary of the Navy with over 100,000 signatures strong...but its going to take a lot of work.
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posted on
02/01/2011 1:28:48 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: LonePalm
Thank you for signing and thank you for your wishes and encouragement.
the good Lord has worked a miracle with me and I am walking more and more now without my cane...though it is a hard, long road.
I have been very blessed despite the hardship and am committed to witnessing Christ, Jesus' name as a result, because of the help, comfort, and rest He has given me through faith on His name through this entire ordeal. Comfort and peace beyond my ability to express.
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posted on
02/01/2011 1:30:59 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: DesertRhino
Amen,,,, tired of naming them after politicians. We need to return to naming them after revolutionary war battles. Screw these politicians.
We do name ships after battles, just not carriers. Currently, Ticonderoga class cruisers are named after battles.
Of course, the last one was commissioned in 1994 and the first five (which were somewhat obsolete due to their older twin-arm launchers) have been decommissioned. They could start naming carriers after battles again, especially since one of the decommissioned Ticonderogas was Yorktown, a name that obviously has an important carrier heritage.
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posted on
02/01/2011 5:25:27 PM PST
by
The Pack Knight
(Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and the world laughs at you.)
To: Iron Munro
I agree 100%. I might even let naming a ship after FDR just after his death slide, but two Nimitz-class carriers were named after then-living former Congressmen, who happened to be long-serving chairmen of their respective houses' Armed Services Committees.
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posted on
02/01/2011 5:38:17 PM PST
by
The Pack Knight
(Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and the world laughs at you.)
To: vetvetdoug
Name it after someone that was steeled in the heart of battle and was honorable. Nathan Bedford ForrestIII, Gen. USA.
Unfortunately, enough people would confuse him with his grandfather that it would never happen. Of course, two Nimitz carriers are named after staunch segregationist politicians, so maybe they shouldn't be so squeamish.
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posted on
02/01/2011 5:45:12 PM PST
by
The Pack Knight
(Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Weep, and the world laughs at you.)
To: The Pack Knight
"...two Nimitz-class carriers were named after then-living former Congressmen" Terrible precedent.
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posted on
02/01/2011 5:50:46 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
To: DollyCali; joanie-f; Dukie; Squantos; JohnHuang2; RobFromGa; k.trujillo; Travis McGee; ...
FYI...please consider singing this and spreading it around to others and asking them to do the same.
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posted on
02/01/2011 6:17:46 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: DollyCali; joanie-f; Dukie; Squantos; JohnHuang2; RobFromGa; k.trujillo; Travis McGee; ...
Oops...hehehe...you can sing it if you want too, but what I meant was to consider signing it. LOL!
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posted on
02/01/2011 6:20:56 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: Jeff Head
Good evening guy. Good to see your moniker. I hope you are doing well.
The USS Robert E. Lee, or the John Paul Jones?
Or, the USS Jefferson Davis? I know that will piss off all the Yankees (yes, I capitalized the "Y" this time).
How about the USS Mike Kehoe? I like that one.
5.56mm
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posted on
02/01/2011 6:34:12 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
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