USS Milk discussion continues

I just wish we could get off the Politicizing of the naming of ships. The fact that Harvey Milk was in the Navy and was a Gay activist doesn’t qualify him to have a ship named after him. Honestly, I wish they would tighten up the naming procedures after this Sec of the Navy is gone. I am sick an tired of every time I hear of a ship being named cringing because it is going to be something stupid. It seems like they are building a ship just to name it. How about they build a ship and the name become secondary? I would much rather have a USS Kill the Fucking Enemy than something that some activist organization had to dream up.

I am just glad the Army isn’t opening any bases, or there hasn’t been any campaigns to change base names. Could you imagine what would happen if the hippies and leftards found out who Braxton Bragg was…

You’re standing in the way, Jonn. That’s why you got called a bigot. They want to get on with their agenda.

How about current active duty candidates: READ THIS ACTION and compare it to the alternative! CPO Stephen Bass, U.S.N. Citation: Navy Cross War: War On Terrorism/Afghanistan CHIEF PETTY OFFICER STEPHEN BASS, United States Navy. For extraordinary heroism while serving with the British Special Boat Service during combat operations in Northern Afghanistan on 25 and 26 November 2001. Chief Petty Officer Bass deployed to the area as a member of a Joint American and British Special Forces Rescue Team to locate and recover two missing American citizens, one presumed to be seriously injured or dead, after hardline Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners at the Quala-I-Jangi fortress in Mazar-e-Sharif over powered them and gained access to large quantities of armes and ammunition stored at the fortress. Once inside, Chief Petty Officer Bass was engaged continuously by direct small arms fire, indirect mortar fire and rocket propelled grenade fire. He was forced to walk through an active anti-personnel minefield in order to gain entry to the fortress. After establishing the possible location of both American citizens, under heavy fire and without concern for his own safety, he made two attempts to rescue the uninjured citizen by crawling toward the fortress interior to reach him. Forced to withdraw due to large volumes of fire falling on his position, he was undettered. After reporting his efforts to the remaining members of the rescue team, they left and attempt to locate the missing citizen on the outside of the fortress. As darkness began to fall, no attempt was made to locate the other injured American citizen. Chief Petty Officer Bass then took matters into his own hands. Without regard for his own personal safety, he moved forward another 300-400 meters into the heart of the fortress by himself under constant enemy fire in an attempt to locate the injured citizen. Running low on ammunition, he utilized weapons from deceased Afghans to continue his rescue attempt. Upon verifying the condition and location of the American citizen, he withdrew from the fortress. By his outstanding display of decisive leadership, unlimited courage in the face of enemy fire, and… Read more »

Here is another: The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Navy Cross To Britt Slabinski Senior Chief Petty Officer, United States Navy For Services as Set Forth in the Following Citation: For extraordinary heroism as Sniper Element Leader for a joint special operations unit conducting combat operations against enemy forces during Operation Anaconda, Sahi-Kot Valley, Afghanistan on 3 and 4 March 2002, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. On the evening of 3 March, Senior Chief Petty Officer Britt Slabinski led his seven-man reconnaissance team onto the snow-covered, 10,000 foot mountaintop known as Takur Ghar, to establish a combat overwatch position in support of U.S. Army forces advancing against the enemy on the valley floor. As their helicopter hovered over the mountain it was met by unrelenting rocket propelled grenade (RPG) and small arms fire by entrenched enemy forces. As a result of several RPG hits, a member of Senior Chief Petty Officer Slabinski ‘s team was ejected from the helicopter into the midst of the fortified enemy positions. The badly damaged helicopter conducted a controlled crash, at which time Senior Chief Petty Officer Slabinski immediately took charge and established security on the crash location until the crew and his team were recovered to a support base. At this point, Senior Chief Slabinski fully aware of the overwhelming, fixed, enemy forces over the mountain, but also knowing the desperate situation of his missing teammate, now reportedly fighting for his life, without hesitation made the selfless decision to lead his team on an immediate, bold rescue mission. He heroically led the remainder of his SEAL element back onto the snow-covered, remote, mountaintop into the midst of the numerically superior enemy forces in a daring and valiant attempt to rescue one of their own. After a treacherous helicopter insertion onto the mountaintop, Senior Chief Petty Officer Slabinski led his close quarter firefight. He skillfully maneuvered his team and bravely engaged multiple enemy positions, personally clearing one bunker and killing several enemy within. His unit became caught in a withering crossfire from other bunkers and the closing enemy forces.… Read more »

Same for the USS Chavez (Cesar), communist farm labor organizer in California….

How about: USS Bill Ayers, or USS Bradley Manning?

I mean, since we seem to be naming ships after the left’s “activist heroes” why not go all the way?

Or let’s name another ship after Fr O’Callahan, MoH.
The USS O’Callahan FF-1051 went faster during her full power run just prior to her decommissioning that she did at her builder’s trials —
A 20something year old ship going faster than she did when brand spanking new.
That is a legacy of good maintenance.

Bill Quick(Whoever the F*ck he is) misuses the word “bigot.”
Just because someone holds a different view from Quick does not make them a bigot.

Those of us who live near, but not in San Francisco, don’t call it the “City of San Francisco”. We call it the “State of San Francisco.” They have some really fouled up laws (no guns can be sold in the city limits) they are so liberal, that it’s more retarded than any other place now…and they should name streets and parks after Mr Milk…and save naming ships after Saliors who did something great while they were in the service. Milk was kind of hohum average and his only claim to fame was being Gay (which I have no problem with).
It’s shit like this that make some of us embarressed to be from California and another reason most of the rest of the country hates us.

I think a USS Trayvon Obama would be in order. If O’blowhole had a yacht it couid look like that. It would be a tribute to all the “gangsta’s” and race panderers.

And I lost all respect for San Fransisco when they claimed to be a “sanctuary” for illegals.

That bit them in the ass, when they had an illegal alien, three time felon, pull a weapon out of his car and shoot a father and two boys during a fit of road rage.

Can’t deport him, and they couldn’t turn him over to the state, because THEY would deport him…so the Mayor was (insert gay joke) taking it up the ass on that one.

To call their opponents “bigots” really is their favorite comeback to everything. If they actually looked up the word, they would know that a bigot is someone so fanatically dedicated to his own point of view that he will not listen to another.

Interestingly, that’s also the best definition of a “liberal” I can think of.

A short list of other witty comebacks:

“You hate science!”
“We’re just born that way!”
“Bush lied!”
“It’s for the children.”
“There was a surplus under Clinton.”
“Sarah Palin is stupid!”
“You’re worse than the Taliban!”
“It’s not fair!”
“Haliburton!”

I lurk over at Bill Quick’s site. He’s pretty libertarian and I agree with him on alot. There are certain issues though that seem to cause him to come unglued. He’s quick to call people a bigot if they oppose or are critical of any gay rights figure/issue and don’t get him started on use of force by cops…

I’d rather see the USS Rupaul. At least Rupaul is funny!?

Oh, and @12, Cesar Chavez wasn’t a communist. Liberal? Very, but not a communist. He was a civil/human rights activist that improved the lives of people that were being treated, damn near, as bad as slaves.