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2006-10-06 Science & Technology
USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) Christening on October 7 2006
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Posted by Captain America 2006-10-06 01:32|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 As much as I respect the former president, I disagree with naming ships after politicians. It might get the ship built... but the name doesn't have an American soul like the Hornet, Enterprise, Yorktown, Wasp, etc.
Posted by Leigh 2006-10-06 02:15||   2006-10-06 02:15|| Front Page Top

#2 What about non-POTUS POTUS ROBERT DOLE, as Saint Bill basically admits to stealing the Presidency from him along wid Bush 1???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-10-06 02:39||   2006-10-06 02:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Bush 41 was much more than a politican. His WW-2 record speaks for itself
Posted by Captain America 2006-10-06 05:56||   2006-10-06 05:56|| Front Page Top

#4 My company built her. My daughter serves aboard her. Color me proud.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-06 08:40||   2006-10-06 08:40|| Front Page Top

#5 that's pretty cool msg.
Posted by anon 2006-10-06 09:19||   2006-10-06 09:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Nice work there, Msg!
Posted by mac 2006-10-06 10:08||   2006-10-06 10:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Newport News, VA (Oct. 7, 2050): On Saturday, October 7, 2050, Northrop Grumman Newport News will christen the nation’s newest aircraft carrier, the USS Joeseph Mendiola...
Posted by tu3031 2006-10-06 10:36||   2006-10-06 10:36|| Front Page Top

#8 I have no idea what a 'USS Joseph Mendiola' would look like tu3031 (probably pretty scary), but thanks for making me laugh my ass off.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-06 10:49||   2006-10-06 10:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Methinks the USS Joe Mendiola would permanently "prowl" the waters around Guam, with an occasional incursion into the Indian Ocean. Of course, no one (not even the Navy) would know where it was heading next and how it would get there. And, oh yeah, the cap'n has to SHOUT EVERYTHING as if all seamen are DEAF!
Posted by BA 2006-10-06 10:58||   2006-10-06 10:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Don't know what a 'USS Joseph Mendiola' would look like either. Perhaps a command & communication ship :).

Just the thing to have in the Rantburg Navy.
Posted by CrazyFool 2006-10-06 11:00||   2006-10-06 11:00|| Front Page Top

#11 Congratulations on both counts, mcsegeek1. If you would be so kind as to do a back of the napkin preliminary sketch of the USS Joseph Mendiola? It'll want big kitchens for the BettyCrockercrats to bake things in... a computer room, a big screening room for television and movies... someplace where JosephM can hang out with all the interesting people he somehow manages to know. And all the weaponry needed to prevent the One World Government people from taking over. ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-06 12:54||   2006-10-06 12:54|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm still working out the specs for the sound proofing, TW. Cuz EVERYONE ON BOARD WILL BE SCREAMING.....;-)
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-06 12:59||   2006-10-06 12:59|| Front Page Top

#13 It would need a VERY>=LARGE room to DECIPHER&+TRANSLATE to the minion sailors the MARXIST/ISLAMOSFAISTS connections in a way that only Joseph Mendola could.
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-10-06 13:05||   2006-10-06 13:05|| Front Page Top

#14 JosephM truly is a special Rantburg treasure. We're lucky to have him.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-06 13:07||   2006-10-06 13:07|| Front Page Top

#15 Hear, hear, TW! Of course, the Navy would have to work out that whole internet on the ocean thingy, so that JoeM could post to Rantburg at all hours, lol!
Posted by BA 2006-10-06 13:34||   2006-10-06 13:34|| Front Page Top

#16 These would be nice...
#1 or #2
Posted by Mullah Richard 2006-10-06 13:44||   2006-10-06 13:44|| Front Page Top

#17 I like #1, Richard. However, (speaking strictly as a golf afficionado) I'd remove the clubhouse and make room for a sort of dog leg right par 4.

Besides, it'd just get filled with Admirals and their muckity mucks, and you don't want to be there when they've hammered back a few. It's ugly.

Joe would still have the conning tower, and we would of course, make it as luxurious as possible.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-06 14:02||   2006-10-06 14:02|| Front Page Top

#18 This, of course, is all based on...JOE/2008...
Posted by tu3031 2006-10-06 14:16||   2006-10-06 14:16|| Front Page Top

#19 Have we named a CVN after this guy yet? No? WHY THE HELL NOT?
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1953/marshall-bio.html
Posted by mojo">mojo  2006-10-06 14:25||   2006-10-06 14:25|| Front Page Top

#20 Joe would sweep every commie from the sea.
Posted by RD 2006-10-06 14:32||   2006-10-06 14:32|| Front Page Top

#21 Personally, I have no problem with the Bush name on a carrier. Heck, being the youngest pilot in the Navy and getting shot down in the process should give you a little respect.
I don't have any problem with Reagan's name on a carrier. Damn sight better than an airport. "Peace through strength."
And I think that honoring Carter with a sub is okay, too. Now, Clinton ...
Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2006-10-06 17:55||   2006-10-06 17:55|| Front Page Top

#22 Would Mr. Clinton want to be so openly associated with the military he'd always despised?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-06 19:07||   2006-10-06 19:07|| Front Page Top

#23 Please, God, don't let them ever name an aircraft carrier after that asshole...
Posted by Dave D.">Dave D.  2006-10-06 19:15||   2006-10-06 19:15|| Front Page Top

#24 Would Mr. Clinton want to be so openly associated with the military he'd always despised?

What? Naming an aircraft carrier after him?
Shit, that egomaniac would sport more wood over that then Monica ever got him. Probably would want to borrow it on the weekends...
Posted by tu3031 2006-10-06 20:02||   2006-10-06 20:02|| Front Page Top

#25 A rubber dinghy would be about right for Clinton.
Posted by Darrell 2006-10-06 20:10||   2006-10-06 20:10|| Front Page Top

#26 I think the USS Joseph Mendiola would be designed by Frank Gehry.
Posted by Angie Schultz 2006-10-06 23:54||   2006-10-06 23:54|| Front Page Top

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