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USS Ronald Reagan Commissioning Tomorrow
wessman writes "Being an employee at Northrop Grumman's Newport News shipyard, I cannot help but be proud to see one of our products commissioned by the U.S. Navy, especially considering how long it takes to build a $5 billion Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. And I'm sure the other 18,000 workers here feel the same way. The ship is being commissioned Saturday, July 12 at the Norfolk naval base. It is obviously the most technically advanced carrier in the fleet, taking the term "hardware" to new levels. Pick a local story. From the Hampton Roads Daily Press: Anchors Aweigh, Changes Abound Aboard Carrier, Some Wanted CVN-76 Named after Daredevil Flier, 20,000 Expected for Reagan's Rite, USS Constellation Retiring Too Soon?. From the Virginia Pilot: The Carrier Reagan - Ahead of Its Class, Carrier Construction is All in the Family, Former President's Son Michael Reagan Excited about Commissioning."
The United States claims to be a nation of peace lovers
and it has been at peace since the end of the Second World War, except, that is, for their attacks on
China (1945-46);
Korea (1950-53);
Guatemala (1954, 1967-69);
Cuba (1959-60);
Belgian Congo (1964);
Vietnam (1961-73);
Cambodia (1969-70);
Grenada (1983);
Libya (1986);
El Salvador (1980-92);
Nicaragua (1981-90);
Panama (1989);
Iraq (1991);
Bosnia (1995);
Sudan (1998);
Yugoslavia (1999);
Afghanistan (2001-02);
Iraq (2003 - ongoing);
Plus "police action" in Colombia regarding drugs (ongoing),
an insurrection in Chile (1973),
and numerous other covert bombings conducted by, or under the direction of, the CIA.
From 1945 to the end of the 20th century, the U.S. attempted to overthrow more
than 40 foreign governments and to crush more than 30 populist movements
fighting against insufferable regimes.
In the process, they have bombed about 25 countries,
killed several million people, and condemned many millions more to lives of agony, poverty and despair, not bad for a nation of "peace lovers"
Ah yes .... in the time you read this posting, a thousand children died from not having clean water. Think about where we are spending our money!
Does the ship forget where it is?
Only after engaging in super-secret don't-tell-Congress enemy government-destabilizing activities. Obviously, it's the epitome of politico-military technology...
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This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it. - Dorothy Parker
They're naming an aircraft carrier after a guy who oversaw one of the largest peacetime military expansions in history. At least that's better than naming an airport after a guy who fired half the nation's air traffic controllers.
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bears the name of the man who invented modern deficit spending in America.
That would be JFK, not Reagan. We can thank JFK for the mess that was the Vietnam conflict, as well as the mess that is NASA. Neither of those endeavors were cheap. What a great leader he was...
Reagan was pro-defense (USSR hadn't fallen yet) but not really pro-big-goverment. His anti-labor policies must have been why he had more Democrats voting for him than any Republican ever.
1. Think
2. Post
3. ???
4. Profit!!!
That "shit" president turned the US economy around and bankrupted the Soviets into submission.
Not a bad 8 years.
Ursula Andress, Catherine Deneuve, and Charo, twice...
Is that for when Canada finally invades?
How do 12 aircraft carriers stop box cutter wielding fanatics hijack a plane and crash it into the White House?
Just curious, it's just the USA seems to be armed to the teeth with OFFENSIVE weapons...
That was classic intercourse!
I agree with you. I would pitch in for a one way ticket for him to leave the greatest country on the face of the Earth. France is nice this time of year. He could even catch the Tour De France race where US bike rider Lance Armstrong is kicking everyones (including the French) ass again this year.
"I love you people who have nothing but contempt for this country. Where but you to live anywhere else."
That's the part that shows how little YOU know about the rest of the world.
To paraphrase Kipling "They that know only America do not know America."
That was classic intercourse!
Mr. Moderator... tear down this post!
--Kevin
"I truly loathe you."
Good stuff for a Friday afternoon - that'll really put a spring in my step over the weekend!
That was classic intercourse!
Kids go to school hungry...but now there's a lovely new $5Bn aircraft carrier named after a President who'd forget his on name on occassion!
Never mind, all that free oil that the US just "liberated" in Iraq can help offset the costs.
-psy
Yeah, Kennedy was a moron. So let's get this straight, Mr. President - your strategy is to play "nuclear chicken" with a guy who took off his shoe at the UN, banged it on the table, and screamed "We will bury you!"??? Sheer brilliance there. Thank God someone had the sense to have him shot.
-Looking for a job as a materials chemist or multivariat
Are you counting the fat corporate welfare payments to keep defense contractors afloat because their business has long since fallen apart but Uncle Sam still needs them to make parts?
When the Ronald Reagan loses the ability to make quick decisions and stumbles a lot?
./revolution