blueinindiana
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Tue Feb-20-07 06:21 PM
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USS Richard B. Cheney CVN-79 |
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The Department of the Defense released today that the second of the new Ford class carriers will be named after the current Vice President and former Secretary of Defense Richard B. Cheney.
The crew who will man this ship will fondly call it …
‘The Big Dick!’
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Tue Feb-20-07 06:24 PM
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Tue Feb-20-07 06:25 PM
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Horse with no Name
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Tue Feb-20-07 06:25 PM
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Why not just call it the USS Halliburton and give it a Dick Cheney suite?
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Tue Feb-20-07 06:26 PM
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4. Why don't we have a ship called the Benedict Arnold? |
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I mean, if we're naming boats after traitors and all, right?
:shrug:
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Tue Feb-20-07 06:29 PM
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5. Let me guess, the ship will never leave port |
TheCowsCameHome
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Tue Feb-20-07 06:30 PM
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6. How many pacemakers to run it? And will the launch date be deferred five times? |
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Tue Feb-20-07 08:01 PM
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Tue Feb-20-07 06:30 PM
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7. Will they decommission it after he goes to jail? |
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Oh right...his heart condition. Wow what a convenient diagnosis for a guy who wants to commit some major felonies on a world historical scale!
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Tue Feb-20-07 06:33 PM
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8. Its guns only shoot lawyers |
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and then only after the C.O. gets dead drunk. :P
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Tue Feb-20-07 07:27 PM
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Tue Feb-20-07 07:16 PM
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9. This ship gets 5 deferments and AVOIDS going to war. (NFM) |
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Tue Feb-20-07 07:29 PM
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11. And the FBI building is named after: |
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J. Edgar Hoover, the biggest swindler and blackmailer of all times.
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Tue Feb-20-07 07:34 PM
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12. Since ships are referred to as "she" .... |
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... perhaps the nickname would be "The Big D____ ... no, no, no, no, I won't say it. :hide:
Maybe they should just name it after Mary Cheney, instead. :shrug:
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Tue Feb-20-07 07:38 PM
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13. Why do they need new ones? |
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The current aircraft carriers are by far the most advanced in the world. Why spend billions to make new ones?
Look at the bright side though, pretty soon you will be able to land your B-52's on the carrier.
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blueinindiana
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Tue Feb-20-07 07:57 PM
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14. First of all it is a joke. As far as I know it will not be call the Cheney. |
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Aircraft Carriers are nothing more than big machines and machines get old and wear out over time. The older a ship gets the harder it is to maintain it. I know I served in the Navy for six years on two different warships. Smaller ships usually last 20 or so years with upkeep, carriers last longer but they do break down and wear out.
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Tue Feb-20-07 07:59 PM
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16. Ask Trent Lott, since most of these ships are contracted to MS... |
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he's always fighting for new ships...:(
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blueinindiana
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Tue Feb-20-07 08:05 PM
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18. Carriers are made in Newport News, VA....all of them... |
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MS builds destroyers and other ships not carriers.
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Wed Feb-21-07 07:09 PM
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20. Aha...I thought I recalled that Lott was pushing for them for MS.... |
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I can make a mistake like anyone else....:)
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Tue Feb-20-07 07:59 PM
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15. Yea, and george tenet got the medal of freedom. These criminals have devalued so much of America. |
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Tue Feb-20-07 08:31 PM
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19. Although I agree with you to a certain degree.... |
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I think you may have had a somewhat fantastical vision of the United States and its dealings overseas.
There never has been a virtuous American past when it comes to US foreign policy.
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Wed Feb-21-07 07:13 PM
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A Ford class carrier named after Cheney? That'd be like naming a Yugo after Scooby Doo. No, actually, it wouldn't be like that at all.
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