To: blam
The USS Henry M. Jackson, SSBN-730, ex-USS Rhode Island.
65 posted on
05/11/2003 12:23:18 PM PDT by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
To: Poohbah
"The USS Henry M. Jackson, SSBN-730, ex-USS Rhode Island." Well, looks like we have Scoop and Carter out of the way. Guess we'll have to name it the USS George W Bush, huh?
66 posted on
05/11/2003 12:29:22 PM PDT by
blam
To: Poohbah
Re: naming carriers for DemocRATS. I've always been ashamed that two of the Nimitz-class flattops had to be named CARL VINSON and JOHN C. STENNIS. They didn't even wait for them to die before they christened them.
Sure, they were both venal party hacks and racist Jim Crow congresscritters, but hey, they both rose to naval appropriations committee chairmanships (due to the sheer seniority of the consummate congressional hanger-on), and the Navy has to reward whatever budget victories they achieved with naming our greatest fighting vessels after them. Despicable, in my opinion.
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