NYT/AP: Bushes Celebrate Christening of Carrier U.S.S. George H.W. Bush

[DeepModem Mom]

Bushes Celebrate Christening of Carrier
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 7, 2006

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) -- In the shadow of the enormous gray bow of the USS George H.W. Bush, the Bush family on Saturday christened the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after the 82-year-old former president.

''I know you join me in saying to our father, President Bush, your ship has come in,'' the current president said during the two-hour ceremony for the last of the Nimitz-class carriers, the CVN 77....

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The current president said that in the 21st century, ''freedom is again under attack and young Americans are volunteering to answer the call.''

Doro Koch, the elder Bush's daughter, handled the ritual smashing of a bottle of sparkling wine against the flattop's bow.

Bush father and son and several relatives joined hundreds of others at the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard, where the $6 billion, 1,092-foot-long carrier is being built. It is not yet finished and is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in late 2008....

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Bush-Aircraft-Carrier.html

[aquart]

1. I thought you were supposed to be dead before they named something

after you?

Maybe that's just a Jewish thing...

[tammywammy]

15. They've named a few ships after people who were still alive

http://www.mcgrogans.com/servlet/the-1642/MC-GROGAN%E2%80%99S-US-NAVY/Detail

"Very few ships of the United States Navy have been named for a person who was alive at the time of the christening; the list includes Carl Vinson (CVN-70), Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-709), Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), John C. Stennis (CVN-74), Bob Hope (T-AKR-300), Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), Nitze (DDG-94), Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), and George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)."

edited to add another link:

Here's a longer list from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_vessels_named_after_living_Americans

[ConcernedCanuk]

21. I don't think it's a Jewish thing, I think it just plain wishful thinking!

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[John Gauger]

2. Just what I always wanted

One of the world's largest killing tools named after me.

[Karenina]

19. An old favorite...

[librechik]

3. sorta like Houston's Enron Stadium, ain't it?

frankly, I would feel weird sailing on that thing, given the history of the Bushes

[civildisoBDence]

4. It'll be GW's turn next

except that instead of christening a ship with a bottle of wine, they'll be sataning a dinghy with a bottle of spit.

Newsprism

[reprobate]

9. GW will have a garbage scow named after him. Deserves no more.

[Ian David]

20. They'll name a cell-block at The Hague after him. n/t

[givemebackmycountry]

5. Stupid Fucking Warmongering Monkey Assholes....

$6 billion, 1,092-foot-long carrier is not yet finished and is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in late 2008....

SIX BILLION DOLLARS

Doro Koch Bush is a ignorant fat COW and I hope her stupid book bottoms out with Coulters at Amazon.

WHY DO WE ALLOW THESE PEOPLE TO BE PRAISED AND HONORED LIKE HEROES?
THEY ARE WAR PROFITEERS AND VILE WAR CRIMINALS!!

They should have named it the USS Bin Laden or the USS Carlyle Group.

Either one of those would have been more appropriate.

[enigma000]

6. What carrier will it be replacing? n/t

[driver8]

7. I'm guessing the John F. Kennedy...

I have heard rumors that the Kennedy will be the next carrier mothballed.

[OnyxCollie]

8. It will be sent to join the war in Iran right before Chimpy leaves office.

[NickB79]

11. And it will take a Sunburn missile to the gut on it's maiden voyage

USS Titanic seems more fitting.

[Zech Marquis]

10. if it makes you guys feel any better

I live about 20 minutes form that shipyard, and it was POURING rain the whole time :evilgrin: I only wish * slipped on his ass or something :bounce:

[happydreams]

12. They should add....

the Bush family Coat of Arms.

[Up2Late]

13. Nimitz-class??? That not wasn't the original design! What happened to...

...the new "Stealth" Aircraft Carrier that they were originally designing? Cost Over-runs perhaps?



<http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/cvn-77.htm>

I guess they've made the "Stealth" Aircraft Carrier CVX-78.

<http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/cvx.htm>

Hey George, here a little something from the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln!



<http://navysite.de/cvn/cvn72.html>

[stephinrome]

14. here's are Little Bush's remarks

THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Secretary, thank you very much. Laura and I are honored to be here to honor our dad. We appreciate you coming. Mother, it's good to see you. Members of the Bush family, all of you, distinguished members of Congress, Governor, ex-governors, the men and women of the United States Navy, military veterans, the workers who helped build this great ship: I join you -- I know you join me in saying to our father: President Bush, your ship has come in. (Laughter and applause.)

Rest at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061007-1.html

Steph

[tinymontgomery]

16. Honoring his dad

on the tax payers dime. I am glad I am out of the navy and don't stand a chance in hell serving on that soon to be piece of shit. When they change the name then maybe the ship will be decent. Can you imagin having to serve on that?

[Ian David]

17. Germany celebrates christening of Das U-Boot "Prescott Bush!"

Das Unterseeboot Prescott Bush

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Bush-Aircraft-Carrier.html

[Ian David]

18. A special feature of The USS George H.W. Bush he insisted upon...

is that it allows the captain to abandon ship while leaving the rest of the crew to die.

George H. W. Bush insisted upon it... for old time's sake.