First Lady to Christian Texas Sub (USS Texas)

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http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/nation/9280765.htm

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1. More about it...

WASHINGTON - The fourth warship named after the Lone Star State -- a $2.2 billion nuclear-powered submarine -- will be christened Saturday when first lady Laura Bush smashes a bottle of champagne over its sleek black hull.

Descending from a storied lineage of like-named vessels dating to the late 19th century, the latest USS Texas will wear its state credentials proudly, says its skipper, Capt. John Litherland.

The ship's logo shows a submarine smashing through a Lone Star and trailed by a Texas flag. The ship's motto: "Don't mess with Texas."


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[supernova]

2. Can't have too many warships named after Texas

:P

[Dookus]

3. Oh!

CHRISTEN a sub. I read that headline 20 times trying to make sense of it.

[CatWoman]

6. ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........sub........................

[BiggJawn]

10. "I hereby christen thee...Dinnah!!!"

That's a yummy-lookin' sammich....

I'm HONGREEE!!!!

[MaineDem]

8. Me too

Love the hamster! :D

[Bluebear]

4. Christen! Christen!

Please we have enough about Christians and this clan lol.

[yellowcanine]

5. Yes, I have heard of christening babies, subs, and ships, but I don't

think it is possible to Christian a sub or a ship and the Anabaptists say you can't Christian a baby either until they grow up and know what's what.

On edit: corrected spelling of christen. This is damn confusing. Maybe we could just "name" the sub?

[TEXASYANKEE]

7. She'll have to wrestle the bottle away from her husband somehow!

"Gimme that bottle, Laura!!"

[HereSince1628]

9. will the bottle be "scored?"

I mean scratched to facilitate its breaking?

Just wondering...all these photo ops seem so carefully thought out it would be a shame for the bottle not to break.

Then again as the wife of a self-declared tea-totaller maybe she shouldn't be playing with booze. A dash of whatever the Christian Right is baptizing with seems, perhaps, more appropriate.