Mabus: OK, I’ll stop now
The Navy Secretary, Ray Maybus, has decided that maybe naming ships after his buddies isn’t such a good idea and maybe he’ll start naming them after more traditional stuff according to the Washington Times;
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, under fire from Congress and veterans for naming ships after fellow Democrats and social activists, plans to announce another round of ship names in the near future that will be more traditional, a Pentagon official tells The Washington Times.
The official said Mr. Mabus has chosen names for five surface ships – three for war heroes and two for locations. Ships typically are named after states and cities.
“I think they would be more consistent with what most people would say traditions and naming conventions are,” the official said.
Asked whether this was a response to criticism, the official said: “It isn’t. I think if you look at these five additional ships, I think you’ll see examples that are very traditional.” The official said three ships would be named after highly decorated Navy or Marine Corps personnel.
This was the subject of a discussion I had earlier this week with Captain Larry Bailey who has founded No Murtha Ship. He’s asking for your help.
Our two TAH insurgents on Capitol Hill have tried to influence their bosses to get on board the No Murtha Ship. Their advice was for you folks to contact the members of the House Armed Services Committee (there are 61 members) and express your displeasure at Mabus’ habit of naming ships after any old clown. The members are listed at this link. For some reason I can’t get the actual website of the Committee to come up this morning.
Category: Military issues
The inappropriate names should be withdrawn, with apologies from the President. Giffords will get over it; if she has the character ascribed to her, she’d have recognized the insult to the Naval Service and declined the honor in the first place.
Medgar Evers is somewhat appropriate because at least he is a WW2 veteran. But he was Army, and if an Army MOH Winner only merits a USNS vessel, so does an Army Veteran turned civil rights activist.
In the future, nominated Service Secretaries must be made to demonstrate understanding of that Service’s traditions and lineage. Failure in that regard should be disqualifying…
Subcommittee on Seapower is a good place to start with the calls.
I fired one off to Hartzler, my rep. She is on the armed services committee.
I sent one off to the closest Rep I could find, my Rep is on Ways and Means, and I sent one to him, also. On the Senate side, I’ve got Levin and Spend-it-now, so that’s a wash. I think they’d demand that Mabus name something for Obama, now.
“I think they’d demand that Mabus name something for Obama, now.”
UpNorth, you say that like it would be a bad thing.
After all, waste treatment plants need names, too!
🙂
Perhaps a Porta-John?
UpNorth, what have ya got against Porta-Johns? Name one after comrade hobama?! I wouldn’t name a cat after that worthless bastage.
I was just trying to find something, anything, that would actually fit with his character, Yat.
Maybe a disease? I mean, there’s a ring to “Obama Syndrome.”
I will write mine even though I hope that this time next year Sylvester Reyes is firmly planted in his house here in El Paso.
I did see a shithouse named the “Jane Fonda Recreation Facility” well it wasn’t really the whole shithouse just the shit receptacle.
“Maybus: Okay I’ll stop now” Why don’t I believe you Mr. Secretary?