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jdmyprez_deo_vindice
05-19-2011, 12:39 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/18/ship.cesar.chavez/index.html?hpt=T2

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Anti Federalist
05-19-2011, 11:02 AM
LoL - I honestly thought that was an Onion story, as Chavez's "disillusionment", shall we say, with the Navy, was well known.

So, when is the USS Malcolm X being launched?
KingRobbStark
05-19-2011, 11:12 AM
Cesar Chavez? Of all people in American history they pick Cesar Chavez? Who the hell is Cesar Chavez? Why Cesar Chavez? Was there a process in the naming, or was it made on the spot?

So many questions.
specsaregood
05-19-2011, 11:21 AM
Cesar Chavez? Of all people in American history they pick Cesar Chavez? Who the hell is Cesar Chavez? Why Cesar Chavez? Was there a process in the naming, or was it made on the spot?

So many questions.

I think this should clear things up:


The U.S. Navy has named one of its newest ships after Mexican-American labor organizer Cesar Chavez

Any questions?
doodle
05-19-2011, 11:23 AM
Could be worse, they could have named it "USS Barack Hussein Obama".

But wait, that could still happen and probably would looking at the way neocons are handling him.
KingRobbStark
05-19-2011, 11:27 AM
I think this should clear things up:


Any questions?

Compared to many others, he is irrelevant.
specsaregood
05-19-2011, 11:31 AM
Compared to many others, he is irrelevant.

Mexican Americans are a big and growing voting block and important to Obama's reelection (and democrats in general).
Union Labor is an instrumental base for Obama's reelection (and democrats in general).
KingRobbStark
05-19-2011, 11:36 AM
Mexican Americans are a big and growing voting block and important to Obama's reelection (and democrats in general).
Union Labor is an instrumental base for Obama's reelection (and democrats in general).

How does that in any way invalidate my point?
specsaregood
05-19-2011, 11:37 AM
How does that in any way invalidate my point?

He is relevent to those two groups.
KingRobbStark
05-19-2011, 11:38 AM
He is relevent to those two groups.

I never said he wasn't.
specsaregood
05-19-2011, 11:39 AM
I never said he wasn't.

I never said you did.
KingRobbStark
05-19-2011, 12:39 PM
I never said you did.

You were implying I did. :cool:
specsaregood
05-19-2011, 12:47 PM
You were implying I did. :cool:

Well it started because you wrongly assumed I was trying to invalidate your comment; but I was simply expounding upon a likely explanation for why this ship was named after Chavez.
Zippyjuan
05-19-2011, 12:47 PM
It is a cargo ship- outside of this story, it is probably the last time you will hear the name of the ship mentioned.
libertarian4321
05-20-2011, 02:45 AM
Compared to many others, he is irrelevant.

The Navy has named thousands of ships over the years, MOST named after people not even 1% of Americans could identify.

Cesar Chavez, regardless of what you think of his politics, was certainly far better known than many of the people who have had ships named after them.

Geez, it's a freakin' glorified cargo ship, not an aircraft carrier, what's the big deal?