Posted on 02/15/2012 7:54:31 AM PST by bestintxas
The USS Medgar Evers? The USS John Murtha? The USS Cesar Chavez?
Our Navy Secretary, Ray Mabus, has this diversity thing down cold. Each one of those ships was in a class that previous names of their sister ships had nothing to do with civil rights, or corrupt Democratic politicians. Ships are usually named after states, cities, even famous explorers and war heroes.
But Mabus has injected partisanship into this tradition, naming another ship for Democrat Gabriel Giffords, who has shown courage in her recovery from an assassination attempt but had expressed little interest in the military during her career on Capitol Hill.
But she was a Democrat, which seemed to fulfill the criteria Mabus has set.
Now it appears that, stung by criticism from Republicans over his choice of ship names, Mabus is going back to more "traditional" naming criteria.
The Washington Times:
Asked whether this was a response to criticism, the official said: "It isn't. I think if you look at these five additional ships, I think you'll see examples that are very traditional." The official said three ships would be named after highly decorated Navy or Marine Corps personnel.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywgUCdefSW8
Most of our Navy friends flipped when they were told abt Gab Giff getting a ship named after her...
Mabus is a defense contractor lobbyist - one of the ones O’bummer said he would not have in his admin.
A government of laws, not men -- a government of principles, in other words, uses names like "Enterprise", "Constitution", or "Iowa".
Oh, I just can’t WAIT for the USS Whitney Houston!
Very interesting video of Murtha and this Jerk doesn’t deserve an Out house named after him much less a ship.. He was a disgrace,and his video proves it.
Very interesting video of Murtha and this Jerk doesn’t deserve an Out house named after him much less a ship.. He was a disgrace,and his video proves it.
Will they name the next Navy Tug Ship the USS Monica Lewinsky?
There should be landfills named after Murtha. But then again, that’s an insult to landfills.
The Next USA...er uh USS Destroyer: The Barrack Obama
mabus is as corrupt as any politician that has ever lived... he is hated within Mississippi.
LLS
GOD bless MY Navy. And, save it from the politicians, ball-less Admirals, homosexuals and O-B-A-M-A. I’m afraid it will never recover.
And, after this stint in the O’bummer admin, he’ll probably never go back to MS...
The entire Armed Forces is controlled by PC Homo’s the chief homo Obozo.
He would be treated poorly here.
LLS
Let's hope the ship is better at avoiding incoming fire...
Republicans and democrats are both guilty of this insanity but, as usual with every arrogance and abuse, democrats carry it to the unbearable extreme.
As a retired sailor, I imagine that rival ship crews will refer to those on the USS Murtha as Murtha F***ers. Thanks alot Mabus.
It is about time we honor true American warriors. How about USS Crazy Horse or USS Sitting Bull?
I believe that they already call the trucks that suck out the porta-potties “Lewinskys”. Of course, that would make the stuff in the porta-potties “Clinton”.
Will the President get one named after him? The USS Cesar Romero, perhaps?
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