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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: jmcenanly

No, that hasn’t been the case since at least the 60’s. Several subs were named for congressmen back then.

Frankly I would support a law prohibiting naming any naval vessel or any other US government facility after an elected official until 50 years after their death. The only exceptions would be presidential libraries and national park facilities directly related to a president.


41 posted on 05/06/2012 7:28:35 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: SmithL

Propaganda for recruiting illegal aliens.


42 posted on 05/06/2012 7:43:41 PM PDT by CodeToad
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To: SmithL

Next up will be the USS Whitney Houston.

A new class of vessel called the Self-Destroyer.


43 posted on 05/06/2012 8:31:14 PM PDT by Old Sarge (RIP FReeper Skyraider (1930-2011) - You Are Missed)
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To: SmithL
Working for the big CA Growers for many years, my F-I-L had to deal with Chavez on many occasions.

He told me that Chavez was a real SOB and they hated each others guts. Considering my F-I-L is a very nice, polite and even tempered individual, it must have taken a whole bunch of s*** coming for Chavez to get him so riled up.

My F-I-L is in his 80’s now and he still despises the SOB.
Being a Navy man, he will split a gut when I tell him about the USS Caeser Chavez.

44 posted on 05/06/2012 8:47:11 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (A day without Obama is like a day without a Tsunami.)
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To: SmithL

Can sailors refuse to serve on a particular ship?

I imagine that sailors serving on this ship are going to be ridiculed by regular Navy sailors.


45 posted on 05/06/2012 10:08:00 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: jmcenanly

The first Captain of the (potential) USS Harvey Milk should have the patriotism and guts to scuttle the ship at the earliest possible moment. His career will be terminated but he will be the hero of the rest of the Navy.


46 posted on 05/06/2012 10:13:07 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: jmcenanly

The first Captain of the (potential) USS Harvey Milk should have the patriotism and guts to scuttle the ship at the earliest possible moment. His career will be terminated but he will be the hero of the rest of the Navy.


47 posted on 05/06/2012 10:13:20 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: SmithL

Maybe the sailors will all go strike—in the spirit of Cesar Chavez.

My gawd! The Navy really named a ship for this commie scum?? No wonder people are hoarding canned beans and ammo.


48 posted on 05/06/2012 11:48:32 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Jeff Gordon

Can sailors refuse to serve on a particular ship?

lol. Yeah right. They cannot refuse to serve on a particular ship. The only possibility they have is if given a choice between two ships, they can pick the other but often they are sent orders to go to their next orders especially junior Sailors.


49 posted on 05/07/2012 2:58:36 AM PDT by napscoordinator (VOTE FOR NEWT!!!!)
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