scream-of-consciousness;
"If you're trying to change minds and influence people it's probably not a good idea to say that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell."
Pages
▼
Friday, May 16, 2014
GERALD R FORD
You do know, don't you, that this type of
ship is what nuke sub guys call "targets?"
E. Lowered Stein
Anybody else want to drop this naming carriers after presidents, some mediocre, and go back to Essex, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Enterprise and other historic ship names in American history?
And imagine being assigned to USS Gabriel Giffords, not named after a naval hero, or any military hero, of which there are many, but a short term nobody congresscritter who happened to be a hapless victim of the gun free bullshit? And no urinals? So now 5000 sailors have to stand in line, waiting for expensive, high maintenance toilets to come free instead of walking up to cheap troughs, just so women can serve? I can't believe that cost saving bullshit about no urinals - it's more like "we can't offend and discriminate against [pick your victim class] so we'll remove the offending/discriminating article". Arghh... Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick
When I read "replacing the 50-year- old Nimitz-class" I suddenly felt very old. The last carrier I served on was USS Saratoga and she was a Forrestal-class. Recently read that the navy sold the old girl for a penny.
Considering the gender neutral facilities they are installing. I've had enough of the naming U.S. Navy Ships after Presidents also. Leave that to the Libraries.
I would suggest taking the Jimma Karta or the Gerry Ford and renaming them to. . . .
What? No pictures of the Grand Staircase?
ReplyDeleteGrinfilledCelt
Anybody else want to drop this naming carriers after presidents, some mediocre, and go back to Essex, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Enterprise and other historic ship names in American history?
ReplyDeleteAnd imagine being assigned to USS Gabriel Giffords, not named after a naval hero, or any military hero, of which there are many, but a short term nobody congresscritter who happened to be a hapless victim of the gun free bullshit?
And no urinals? So now 5000 sailors have to stand in line, waiting for expensive, high maintenance toilets to come free instead of walking up to cheap troughs, just so women can serve?
I can't believe that cost saving bullshit about no urinals - it's more like "we can't offend and discriminate against [pick your victim class] so we'll remove the offending/discriminating article".
Arghh...
Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick
When I read "replacing the 50-year- old Nimitz-class" I suddenly felt very old. The last carrier I served on was USS Saratoga and she was a Forrestal-class. Recently read that the navy sold the old girl for a penny.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the gender neutral facilities they are installing. I've had enough of the naming U.S. Navy Ships after Presidents also. Leave that to the Libraries.
ReplyDeleteI would suggest taking the Jimma Karta or the Gerry Ford and renaming them to. . . .
U.S.S. Chelsea Bradass Manning
Geo
At least it's not a GM-class carrier....
ReplyDeleteGreat, we did that. Now, could we build some fecking amphibs?
ReplyDeleteReal "power projection" is a United States Marine with his boot on your enemy's neck.
And for good measure, repeal Davis-Bacon while we're at it, so we can revive the US shipbuilding industry.
Fred Jameson