Posted on 05/17/2011 5:58:51 PM PDT by The Bronze Titan
U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) disagrees with the Navy's decision to name a cargo ship under construction in San Diego for California farm labor leader Cesar Chavez. The decision, announced Tuesday, "appear[s] to be more about making a political statement than upholding the Navy's history and tradition," Hunter said in press release....
(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...
USS Bill Ayers isn’t a bad name. He blew up a lot of targets, which is what warships are for. [Note: tongue firmly in cheek.]
Please tell me the USS OBAMA is a joke. Cmon, there is no way they would bestow what USE TO BE such a huge deal.
The coming 'Mob Rules' at its most base. This plan has been fomenting for some time.
Here is a Hispanic they could name a battleship for.....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Benavidez
Water displacement will dwarf all previous vessels.
This article was satire. I saw it a few days ago.
“This is strictly an ass-kiss to hispanics.”
Then I vote we call it Zorro instead.
The ship won't work.
Neither of them ever complained about the time they spent serving their Country.
I guess I should give the Secretary of the Navy a call and suggest names for the next two Navy Vessels we launch.
I don’t think that’s the one I saw. I guess I could be wrong.
Well if they name a scum sucker ship after Chavez...I’d be good with that.
Your link goes to nothing about Chavez’ description of his years in the Navy. ??
Hope you are right.........
Your link goes to nothing about Chavez’ description of his years in the Navy. ??
Thanks for the ping Piasa.
The comments on the article at the article link are interesting.
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www3.niu.edu/~td0raf1/history261/nov1914.htm
SNIPPET - quote:
Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Movement
Probably no movement among Latinos received more national attention than the struggle by Cesar Chavez and the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) to organize the migrant farm workers. Calling for a nationwide boycott of California grapes and a March from Delano, in California’s Central Valley, to the state capitol in Sacramento-among other actions-Chavez and the ATWA combined issues of race and labor relations into a single movement.
The Tale of the Raza
LUIS VALDEZ
Chicano author Luis Valdez assessed the larger impact of this struggle for La Raza (The Race), as well as for the workers.
The revolt in Delano is more than a labor struggle. Mexican grape pickers did not rnarch 300 miles to Sacramento, carrying the standard of the Virgin de Guadalupe, merely to dramatize economic grievances. Beyond unionization, beyond politics, there is the desire of a New World race to reconcile the conflicts of its 500-year-old history. La Raza is trying to find its place sun it once worshipped as a Supreme Being.
La Raza, the race, is the Mexican people.
Grapes. They were the first target.
Yes, it is a joke. CVN-69 is the USS Eisenhower.
We are already past the number CVN-78 and awaiting CVN-79.
That’s right! ‘Sour grapes’ it is.
“Here is a Hispanic they could name a battleship for....”
Most definitely. Roy Benavidez was a true American hero.
I love grapes!!! :-)
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