USS Ronald Reagan Commissioning Tomorrow

Posted by michael on Friday July 11, 2003 @03:20AM from the no-memory-of-those-events dept.

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."

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Re:How appropriate... by BigBir3d · 2003-07-11 03:35 · Score: 2, Troll

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.

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Re:I wonder by Blackneto · 2003-07-11 03:44 · Score: 2, Troll

That "shit" president turned the US economy around and bankrupted the Soviets into submission.
Not a bad 8 years.

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