[muawiyah]

Actually, she was ON THE JOB when she was shot. The vast majority of her kind weren't working that day.

I think that's commendable and something to be emulated. Get them out of their offices into the open where they can be seen.

We have named ships for less, and we name ships after living people.

TRY: >http://www.public.navy.mil/airfor/cvn77/Pages/USS%20GEORGE%20H.W.%20BUSH%20(CVN%2077).aspx

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"We have named ships for less, and we name ships after living people."

Are you saying that George H.W. Bush did not deserve having a ship named after him? Aside from being President, he was a WWII naval pilot. Shot down twice I believe. Perhaps that does not rise to the level of having a ship named after someone, but it's a lot farther up the ladder than Gabby Giffords having one named after her. If she hadn't gotten shot, would anyone outside of her district even know who she is?