USS George H.W. Bush

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06-22-2006, 04:11
Oaty

USS George H.W. Bush

USS George Bush

For all those Bush fans at the org:elephant:

This is for George Bush 88-91 president.

It used to be very rare to name a ship after living person but now it seems they are going to start a new standard to name them after a former president while they are still alive.

I understand the reasoning behind Ronald Reagan, as it was under his term of office that the Navy was at its largest since WWII.

Next in line (to be commissioned ~ 2015) is the USS Gerald Ford

So if they are to keep with the "new" tradition next should be USS William Jefferson Clinton and then another aircraft carrier the USS george Bush.
06-22-2006, 04:39
Papewaio

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Come on a Clinton ship would have to be some sort of stealth variant as it got past so much, and it would have to have a lot of firepower... that is phallic shaped... torpedoes, missiles and large guns.
06-22-2006, 07:02
Samurai Waki

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and an all female staff, preferably wearing Play-Boy Bunny outfits (or completey nude depending on the weather) :2thumbsup:
06-22-2006, 08:41
InsaneApache

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Originally Posted by Wakizashi

and an all female staff, preferably wearing Play-Boy Bunny outfits (or completey nude depending on the weather) :2thumbsup:

Dear God no.

PVC nurses uniform would be much better. You can, so I'm told, even just wipe the uniform clean, after use. :sweatdrop:
06-22-2006, 10:53
Aenlic

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What's the motto of the USS George H. W. Bush going to be?

"No New Taxes"? That would be rather silly, considering the taxes that went to build it. Oh well. Maybe just "Read My Lips" would work. Oh, oh! I know! How about one from his campaign slogans when running against Ronnie Rayguns in 1980 before he did an about face and flip-flopped his way into the vice presidency! The ship motto can be "Voodoo Economics!" That's the winner. Where are our taxes? No you see them, now you don't!

What will his son's ship's motto be?

"Mission Accomplished"? They can use that one before it ever leaves port. "Bring it on!" might not be a good idea, considering the number of troop deaths since he last uttered that phrase. I know! How about "I am not a crook!" Er... no wait, they need to save that one for the USS Tricky Dick.

And it's going to be a problem if they decide to commission a carrier named after Dubya. USS Dubya won't work, it's just his nickname. Can't have two USS George Bush's. People will even get confused if one is the USS George H. W. Bush and the other is the USS George W. Bush. Maybe the problem will be solved when the current Bush is impeached and frog-marched out of the White House doing the perp walk. :laugh4:
06-22-2006, 12:09
English assassin

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Isn't this a bit lame? No disrespect to George Bush Sn but warships should have macho, exciting names like Invincible, or Destructicator (that one's for Dubya).

This is besides the obviously unfortunate fact that an aircraft carrier called Bush is going to get teased even more than the Foch was. (Say it aloud, kids...maybe in a scottish accent...)
06-22-2006, 15:31
Lemur

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I think it's a little odd to name ships after living people. Let some time pass, let history start to make its judgement, and then stick their names on boats. Look what happened in Rome when they stopped deifying dead emperors, and started calling the live ones Gods. Same principle.

We should anoint our God-Kings after they're safely in the ground.
06-22-2006, 16:58
drone

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The only saving grace to this is that Bush Sr. has actually piloted a plane from a carrier during wartime. Clinton, Shrub, and any other politician should not have ships named for them. Warship names should either be historic (Enterprise, Constitution), named for dead famous naval heroes, naval battles, or after cities and states. Stroking the ego of living politicians is just wrong.
06-22-2006, 17:07
Kralizec

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Slightly off topic, I always thought it was deliciously ironic that Clemencau (French leader during WW1) thought that planes were and would always be useless in war, and that they later named an aircraft carrier after him :laugh4:
06-22-2006, 17:09
Gregoshi

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I agree with you Lemur. especially with regards to presidents or other political figures.

[Lame political joke]
The problem I see with building the USS Dubya is that is will constantly be grounding on reefs and sandbars due to its tendency to "stay the course."
[/Lame political joke] ~D
06-23-2006, 23:42
Alexander the Pretty Good

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USS Clinton - part of our whitewater navy! Har!
06-23-2006, 23:52
Aenlic

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I'm confused. (Stop that giggling in the back! :wink:)

Would a sea-going electronic surveillance platform and listening post be christened the USS Tricky Dick or the USS Dubya?
06-23-2006, 23:59
PanzerJaeger

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Originally Posted by Aenlic

I'm confused.

As usual. ~:)
06-24-2006, 00:19
Aenlic

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It's OK, PJ. I know you only tease because you love me...

Or because your jackboots are too tight. :wink:
06-24-2006, 00:59
AntiochusIII

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Is it just me or I think we have far more than enough of the Nimitz-class supercarriers already to waste yet another billions on another one? :inquisitive:

Besides, methinks--okay, I *think*--a Nimitz is getting a lil' too old to be starting new ones by the 21th century anyway. I'm sure the American military could've come up with something newer and shinier than a giant aircraft carrier. Or darker, if we're talking about those cute billion-dollars stealth ships.
06-24-2006, 01:07
Aenlic

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The X ships are actually rather interesting. They're designed to be modular and use off-the-shelf technology. The loadouts are designed to come in what look like stacks of railroad cars. They can switch out various configurations quickly and easily, eliminating the need for a large number of different classes of ships. Instead they have one ship which can carry out a variety of missions based on the modular loadout. Pretty freaking clever, really.
06-25-2006, 11:59
Brenus

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“Clemenceau”: Are you sure of that? I know that Joffre (General) told than planes were good for sport but will never be useful in war, but Clemenceau was a politician…
06-25-2006, 12:08
Kralizec

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It seems I was mistaken (and not just about the spelling). It was indeed Joffre who said that.

Also Clemenceau may have been a politician but he also said "War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men." ~;)
06-25-2006, 12:12
edyzmedieval

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Originally Posted by Aenlic

I'm confused.

You always are. :grin:

I like the fact that USA likes to spend billions of dollars on constructing new military equipment. And with that money, you can help a gazillion of in-need families.
06-25-2006, 15:27
Fragony

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Originally Posted by Papewaio

Come on a Clinton ship would have to be some sort of stealth variant as it got past so much, and it would have to have a lot of firepower... that is phallic shaped... torpedoes, missiles and large guns.

Oh common, you had it all in your hands and still you failed. Now what is stealthy, looks like a cigar, is wet after use and fires torpedo's?

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/systems/dvic117.jpg
06-25-2006, 20:45
Aenlic

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OK, now that's funny!
06-25-2006, 20:54
Kralizec

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Originally Posted by Fragony

Oh common, you had it all in your hands and still you failed. Now what is stealthy, looks like a cigar, is wet after use and fires torpedo's?

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/systems/dvic117.jpg

And when they dock, seamen will come out of it!
06-26-2006, 04:11
rotorgun

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Originally Posted by Lemur

I think it's a little odd to name ships after living people. Let some time pass, let history start to make its judgement, and then stick their names on boats. Look what happened in Rome when they stopped deifying dead emperors, and started calling the live ones Gods. Same principle.

We should anoint our God-Kings after they're safely in the ground.

I toally agree with you Lemur on this. It is repugnant to me that this obvious brown noser is recommending such a thing. Talk about vanity! Well, there is at least one thing about George Herbert Walker Bush that is different from his son, at least he did actually serve on active duty during an actual war and was actually fired upon by a real enemy. All that Bush Jr. (Shrub) has ever done is fly over Texas in an obsolete (at the time) aircraft while thousands were dying in a little place called Vietnam.

Good analogy about the "Deification" of the Roman emporors. I guess the Bush family may want us to think of them in the same way. Impossible, but what the heck?

PS: Is that a fully integrated crew on that sub? If it is the USS Clinton then their must be a contigent of....oops! Don't ask me 'cause I cain't tell!
06-26-2006, 04:19
Lemur

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I'm glad you agree, Rotor. We're going to turn this thing around.

As for your points about the Bush family, well, part of the reason I'd like to wait until someone is safely dead is so that we can get some perspective on these things. Then we can decide if we want a USS Nixon or a USS Carter, or better yet, neither.
06-27-2006, 23:51
BDC

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The USS Clinton, the Phallic-Class nuclear sub?