Navy considers naming ship after Cesar Chavez

Associated Press ^ | May 16, 2011

[Free ThinkerNY]

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The Navy is considering naming a cargo ship that's being built after farmworker activist Cesar Chavez.

James Gill, a spokesman for General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, said Monday the company suggested the name to honor its mostly Hispanic work force and the mostly Hispanic neighborhood, Barrio Logan, where the boat builder is located.

[Don Corleone]

Also suggested, “Che Guevera” and “City of Azatlan”./sarc

[ArmstedFragg]

A decade ago, one of our City Council members, just days after being re-elected with the help of our largely Hispanic city union members, proposed city employees be given a paid day off in honor of Cesar’s birthday. Whereupon, I demanded that city employees also be given Arnold Von Winkelried’s birthday off, arguing that it was discriminatory to recognize one ethnic hero while ignoring another.
It didn’t go over well...

[Jack Hydrazine]

Latino rights? LOL!

Our rights have pretty much become balkanized. There are rights for women, homos, Latinos, Blacks, and on and on. The Pledge Of Allegiance doesn’t seem to reflect that.

[pnh102]

unlike our long revered U.S. communist, Ted Kennedy..

And he has experience killing people in the water no less.

[Bryanw92]

This isn’t a joking matter, but the government has turned our country into a joke, so...

Will the fantail have a giant bobble-head chihuahua?

Will the bridge windows be lined with dingle-balls?

Is the ship going to be painted flourescent green with orange superstructure?

Is it going to bounce at the pier?

Will it automatically run aground when it gets within sight of the US coast?

[Dallas59]

USS Lenin, USS Mao, USS Stalin, USS Marx...Why not???/s

[Venturer]

There is no end to the depths this Government will go to, to kiss Hispanic azz.

It’s enough to make you puke.

[verum ago]

Our rights have pretty much become balkanized.

What a great description! I'll have to remember that one. Thanks!

[Dallas59]

Chavez hated Mexican immigrants. That’s a fact jack.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Next thing you know they’ll be proposing a ship be named the USS Mao Tse Tung in honor of the Chinese and Asian communities. How about USS Stalin or USS Idi Amin? Let’s see if USS Fidel Castro goes over well. How about the USS Marx?

[Outlaw Woman]

Jesus. This infiltration by radicals/traitors/marxists is even more extensive than thought.

This is absolutely disgraceful.

[ConorMacNessa]

First Murtha and now this bastard! It makes me sick to see vessels staffed by our valiant naval officers and enlisted personnel named after these scum-sucking leftists! Why don't they just commission a triad of ships and call them the Marx, the Lenin and the Stalin and be done with it. With the politically correct - i.e. Communist inspired - agenda they're imposing on our military they may as well go all the way! Please excuse me while I barf my guts out!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[OneWingedShark]

How about the USS Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and just for kicks let's make sure that we station it in TX / Gulf of Mexico for a while... [/sarc]

[SunkenCiv]

quibble: Zero will push for a Cesar Chavez national holiday during his reelection campaign.

[Empireoftheatom48]

No No No!

[WellyP]

Too bad she isn’t being built at BIW!

[Nervous Tick]

>> Garbage scow, surely.

My guess is, it’s some kind of stealthy amphibious river-crossing craft. :-)

[ArmstedFragg]

How about the USS Marx?

Should be interesting at parades, a whole crew carrying cigars and marching in a crouch.

[LonePalm]

I would support a USS Julius H. Marx.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[BwanaNdege]

If they want a Hispanic to honor by naming a ship after him, here are a few good candidates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hispanic_Medal_of_Honor_recipients