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Navy christens cargo ship named for Cesar Chavez
AP via SFGate ^
| 5/6/12
Posted on 05/06/2012 3:20:05 PM PDT by SmithL
The military has christened its newest cargo-ammunition ship for civil rights leader and labor activist Cesar Chavez, who served in the Navy during World War II.
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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cesarchavez; politicalcorrectness
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To: Army Air Corps
Maybe the Navy needed a lettuce hauler
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posted on
05/06/2012 3:59:05 PM PDT
by
coolbreeze
(giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teen-age boys.)
To: SmithL
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posted on
05/06/2012 3:59:34 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Mases Could Be Farts)
To: SmithL
Whose navy?! The article doesn’t say. Next it will be the USS Mao and the USS Lenin. Disgusting.
Is this satire?
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posted on
05/06/2012 4:05:30 PM PDT
by
madison10
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. TJ)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
To: madison10
Yeah, I know the USS used to stand for United States Ship. Barbara Boxer is a moron for being happy about this.
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posted on
05/06/2012 4:09:01 PM PDT
by
madison10
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. TJ)
To: SmithL
I was always under the impression that Naval vessels were named for people who were either in the armed services or had been commander in chief.Cesar Chavez has been neither. Also, where are we getting all these ships? This is the second time I've heard of liberals attempting to name a vessel after one of their icons, the first being
Harvey Milk.
Personally, if this keeps up, I think we should go to non-personal names
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posted on
05/06/2012 4:10:42 PM PDT
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: SmithL
Wait for LPD 26 USS John Murtha.
A blight on the Gator Navy.
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posted on
05/06/2012 4:13:07 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: madison10
USS Karl Marx right around the corner.
Remember, the commies in DC aren't the problem, they are a symptom of the disease called Universal Suffrage.
A disease that doesn't get cured electorally.
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posted on
05/06/2012 4:13:34 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(Rick Santorum -Mission Accomplished)
To: jmcenanly
He was in the Navy for 2 years. Just putting that out there.
To: SmithL
how does his wife get to be the sponsor???
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posted on
05/06/2012 4:15:51 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: mylife
What does a community organizer have to do with our military?Do you really gotta ask?
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posted on
05/06/2012 4:19:58 PM PDT
by
umgud
(No Rats, No Rino's)
To: umgud
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posted on
05/06/2012 4:29:14 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Mases Could Be Farts)
To: SmithL
Later, Chavez described his experience in the military as “the two worst years of my life.”
In all fairness, while the left always tried to glom on to Chavez, he kept his focus, that being that farm workers were treated like dogs, frequently cheated, and forced to work in crippling (literally) jobs at reduced pay, even though they were American citizens. Their lives sucked, and nobody cared.
A lot of what his organization did was to try and force farmers to obey US labor laws, which they often ignored, to pay at least minimum wage, which they often didn’t, ended wage kickbacks from workers compelled to live in shacks and having to pay hefty rents, etc.
What made the Mexican-Americans so attractive politically back then still applies today. They are not a monolithic vote, so both parties have to contend for them. The Republicans were somewhat behind the power curve on that, and are still trying to catch up.
To: Army Air Corps
Send it to the Yemeni port of Aden with an all gay crew flying a “Mohammad Sucks” flag for some Clintonista style nation building......
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posted on
05/06/2012 5:29:57 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Army Air Corps
If you listen to the ad that the Selective Service has produced for radio to encourage 18 YO’s to register for the Selective Service, the ad refers to Cesar Chavez as a GREAT American.
This POS is disgusting . . .
To: SmithL
It will probably wind up hauling foreign grown lettuce to the United States.
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posted on
05/06/2012 5:45:18 PM PDT
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
To: SmithL
USS Cesar Chavez, cargo-ammunition ship. Motto: `We Would give Them a Whiff of the Grape, But We’re On Strike’.
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posted on
05/06/2012 6:36:18 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
("A gramme is better than a damn," said Lenina ... from behind her hands. "I wish I had my soma!")
To: SmithL
Did n’t they have a garbage barge which could be named for this POS....
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posted on
05/06/2012 7:23:03 PM PDT
by
njslim
(St)
To: SmithL
Did n’t they have a garbage barge which could be named for this POS....
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posted on
05/06/2012 7:23:25 PM PDT
by
njslim
(St)
To: SmithL
Absolutely disgusting. He was in the Navy for two years and said they were the worst two years of his life. I imagine even he would be disgusted.
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posted on
05/06/2012 7:26:46 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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