Aircraft Carrier USS Christian Soldier to be comissioned in October

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Mon May-09-05 07:17 PM
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Aircraft Carrier USS Christian Soldier to be comissioned in October

2006.

/sarcasm

Its believable, isn't it?

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neuvocat

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Mon May-09-05 07:18 PM
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1. Yeah I'll say.

Most soldiers can't swim. That's why they joined the Army in the first place.

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salinen

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Mon May-09-05 07:19 PM
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2. That beats out the naming of

S&W's new handgun, "The Krishna"

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xray s

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Mon May-09-05 07:20 PM
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3. soon after...

USS American Inquisition

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FloridaPat

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Mon May-09-05 07:25 PM
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4. It's amazing how the most outrageous things that people say the gov't

are believeable. Mostly because the gov't really has done some outrageous things.

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lenidog

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Mon May-09-05 07:28 PM
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5. Actually not at all since carriers are are being named after

Presidents and politicians.

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HawkerHurricane

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Mon May-09-05 07:46 PM
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7. All the recent ones, anyway.

USS Franklin (CV13) is the first one you could say was named for a politician... sort of.

The first one named for a President was USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42)

See
http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/cvcvn.htm

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lenidog

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Mon May-09-05 07:56 PM
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8. Then there was the JFK which was the next named after a President

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HawkerHurricane

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Mon May-09-05 10:57 PM
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9. Yaas...

The 'Tradition' (set by USS FDR and confirmed by USS JFK) was that Presidents who died in office had the next carrier named after them. It was broken by USS Ike, where they could claim that they named it after the General (It was a Nimitz class after all). But since the 1970's, ships have been named with an eye toward influencing congressmen. (Come on, why else would there be a ship named after John Stennis, a minor congressman... much less a one term mediocre President like GHW Bush?)

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evlbstrd

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Mon May-09-05 11:23 PM
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10. The Naval Training Center in Meridian, Mississippi

Edited on Mon May-09-05 11:24 PM by evlbstrd

has a building called the Stennis Center.

edit for spelling dammit.

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HawkerHurricane

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Tue May-10-05 12:34 AM
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15. Since John Stennis...

was a congressman from Mississippi (or Alabama?), that's appropriate.

But a aircraft carrier?

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evlbstrd

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Tue May-10-05 12:49 AM
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17. It happens all the time.

Pork barrel politics as usual.

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yorkiemommie1

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Mon May-09-05 07:35 PM
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6. i almost had a heart attack!

now KKKarl is going steal your idea and we'll see laura christening one next year.

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Beelzebud

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Mon May-09-05 11:25 PM
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11. You know what is scary. I had to open the thread just to check if...

it was real or not.

You know you're living in strange times, when something like that could seem possible. :P

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harpo

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Tue May-10-05 12:16 AM
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13. yeah me too...damn scary stuff nowadays!

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DanCa

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Tue May-10-05 12:30 AM
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14. I agree

This thread title shocked me so much I had to check. Glad it's a joke - for now.

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Bluebear

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Mon May-09-05 11:26 PM
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12. Oh, I fully expected it to be real. nt

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Swamp Rat

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Tue May-10-05 12:38 AM
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16. You made me look!

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okieinpain

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Tue May-10-05 12:59 AM
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18. man I was fixing to say bullshit......

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