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Headline:
Navy to Commission *Attack* Submarine Jimmy Carter
Now there is a misnomer if ever there was one. -- Unless, of course, it was named after the attack rabbit.
Update: I see Chris Muir had the exact reaction I had:
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Comments (37)
Borrowing from a commenter ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Red Five | February 15, 2005 10:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Borrowing from a commenter on the Rott, "with all that inflation, will it be able to dive?"
1. Posted by Red Five | February 15, 2005 10:25 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 22:25
2. Posted by arb | February 15, 2005 10:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I WARNED you, but did you listen to me?
Oh, no, you know, didn't you?
Oh, it's just a harmless little BUNNY, isn't it?
2. Posted by arb | February 15, 2005 10:36 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 22:36
3. Posted by Tuning Spork | February 15, 2005 10:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
As I just wrote over at my blog: If there's such a thing as poetic injustice the thing will probably run aground in the Iranian desert while looking for North Korean nuclear missile launchers. Why would the Navy tempt fate like this?!
3. Posted by Tuning Spork | February 15, 2005 10:37 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 22:37
4. Posted by bullwinkle | February 15, 2005 10:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What's next, the John Kerry Veterans Adminstration Building? A new model deep sea diving suit called the Kennedy for the Navy?
4. Posted by bullwinkle | February 15, 2005 10:43 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 22:43
5. Posted by Paul | February 15, 2005 10:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
MAN- you guys are brutal.
5. Posted by Paul | February 15, 2005 10:46 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 22:46
6. Posted by Al | February 15, 2005 10:48 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
So...
What will Clinton get?
Both submarine _and_ carrier seem out of place.
6. Posted by Al | February 15, 2005 10:48 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 22:48
7. Posted by firstbrokenangel | February 15, 2005 10:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
ain't that the truth.
Cindy
7. Posted by firstbrokenangel | February 15, 2005 10:58 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 22:58
8. Posted by bullwinkle | February 15, 2005 11:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How about the Clinton Center For Ethics?
8. Posted by bullwinkle | February 15, 2005 11:04 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 23:04
9. Posted by mcg | February 15, 2005 11:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Actually, I think a Clinton submarine is more appropriate. It is, after all, long and hard and full of seamen.
9. Posted by mcg | February 15, 2005 11:07 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 23:07
10. Posted by julie | February 15, 2005 11:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
mcq: But it would alwasy veer off course by 30 degrees.
10. Posted by julie | February 15, 2005 11:15 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 23:15
11. Posted by Scott B | February 15, 2005 11:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
LMAO!! Off course...OMG!!
11. Posted by Scott B | February 15, 2005 11:39 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 23:39
12. Posted by mojo | February 15, 2005 11:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
USS Wascally Wabbit?
12. Posted by mojo | February 15, 2005 11:55 PM |
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Posted on February 15, 2005 23:55
13. Posted by LF | February 16, 2005 12:03 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I think the headline was simply inappropriately punctuated, perhaps by a vindictive typesetter, whose motives are known only to him. The headline should have read a little more like this:
Navy to Commission: "Attack! Submarine Jimmy Carter!"
As for Clinton, thanks mcq and julie (LOL). I wasn't sure if I had the nerve to say it.
13. Posted by LF | February 16, 2005 12:03 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 00:03
14. Posted by bullwinkle | February 16, 2005 12:15 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A Clinton submarine wouldn't be practical, it could be detected from the surface. There'd be a stain in the water everyhwere it went.
14. Posted by bullwinkle | February 16, 2005 12:15 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 00:15
15. Posted by Ray Midge | February 16, 2005 12:19 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What, did they decomission the U.S.S. Malaise? Now there was a ship! Why I remember...
15. Posted by Ray Midge | February 16, 2005 12:19 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 00:19
16. Posted by Eric | February 16, 2005 12:51 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You guys are being too harsh.
After all, if there had been no Carter, there may not have been a Reagan.
Besides, Carter was a sub-mariner and a Canoe U grad. Personally I figure some cargo vessel would have been more appropriate, but what the heck.
16. Posted by Eric | February 16, 2005 12:51 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 00:51
17. Posted by rocketman | February 16, 2005 1:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The USS Jimmy Carter comes with some special features..
1. Tomahawk delivered leaflets saying "stop it, or we won't come after you"
2. Anti-dolphin radar (Can't hurt any creature en route to conflicts)
3. UN GPS Transmitter to allow our allies constant view of our position to aid in the mission
17. Posted by rocketman | February 16, 2005 1:07 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 01:07
18. Posted by Terry | February 16, 2005 1:39 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Maybe they should name a submarine after Ted Kennedy, he's experienced at sinking things
18. Posted by Terry | February 16, 2005 1:39 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 01:39
19. Posted by Brian | February 16, 2005 3:05 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm simply looking forwards to hearing what it's crew ultimately decides to nick-name it. We've had the Ike, and the Abe, I think the Wabbit is a very real possibility, but we'll have to see what the troops settle on themselves. What fun!
19. Posted by Brian | February 16, 2005 3:05 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 03:05
20. Posted by Henry | February 16, 2005 3:12 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
oh man I just couldn't stop laughing at this entire comment thread, my sides are hurting.
20. Posted by Henry | February 16, 2005 3:12 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 03:12
21. Posted by Charles R. Williams | February 16, 2005 6:02 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I suppose an ex-President who served honorably is bound to get a ship named after him. How high in the pecking order is an attack submarine? Reagan will probably get an aircraft carrier.
21. Posted by Charles R. Williams | February 16, 2005 6:02 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 06:02
22. Posted by jack | February 16, 2005 7:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Charles,
Reagan already has an aircraft carrier named after him.
http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/76.htm
22. Posted by jack | February 16, 2005 7:41 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 07:41
23. Posted by bullwinkle | February 16, 2005 8:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Scott Ott has us all beat again in the humor department.
http://www.scrappleface.com/MT/archives/002070.html
23. Posted by bullwinkle | February 16, 2005 8:27 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 08:27
24. Posted by Eric | February 16, 2005 8:50 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Think about it. Other than the officers, most of the folks serving aboard this ship will have been born since Carter was president.
God, I'm old.
24. Posted by Eric | February 16, 2005 8:50 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 08:50
25. Posted by Cousin Dave | February 16, 2005 9:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Check out today's Day by Day...
"Stop saying that!"
25. Posted by Cousin Dave | February 16, 2005 9:37 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 09:37
26. Posted by TallDave | February 16, 2005 10:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Finally, something to defend America from giant swimming rabbits.
26. Posted by TallDave | February 16, 2005 10:09 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 10:09
27. Posted by da sting ray | February 16, 2005 10:14 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hats off to bullwinkle. I will cherish the 'Kennedy diving suit' for many a day.
27. Posted by da sting ray | February 16, 2005 10:14 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 10:14
28. Posted by htom | February 16, 2005 10:29 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
They'll call her "BunBun".
28. Posted by htom | February 16, 2005 10:29 AM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 10:29
29. Posted by Thomas | February 16, 2005 12:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I agree....for Jimmy Carter to have a nuclear attack sub named after him is analogous to George W. Bush being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
29. Posted by Thomas | February 16, 2005 12:11 PM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 12:11
30. Posted by McGehee | February 16, 2005 1:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The story is all wrong. What the Navy named after Carter was a submarine sandwich.
30. Posted by McGehee | February 16, 2005 1:55 PM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 13:55
31. Posted by Ray Midge | February 16, 2005 2:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm sure it's crew, and that of it's sister ship, the U.S.S. Diminished Expectations, must be very proud indeed.
31. Posted by Ray Midge | February 16, 2005 2:05 PM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 14:05
32. Posted by BlogDog | February 16, 2005 2:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
htom - To steal a name from "The Drew Carey Show," shouldn't that be "Commander BunBun?"
32. Posted by BlogDog | February 16, 2005 2:29 PM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 14:29
33. Posted by Ray Midge | February 16, 2005 4:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The U.S.S. Jimmy Carter
Fleet: Submarine
Class: Attack!
Squadron sub-type: Boycott!
(sorry, i can't let go of this gem.)
33. Posted by Ray Midge | February 16, 2005 4:23 PM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 16:23
34. Posted by htom | February 16, 2005 4:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I was refering to BunBun, the homicidal, psychotic, switch-blade wielding mini-lop in the webcomic Sluggy Freelance at www.sluggy.com (aka Professor Bun, Captain Bun, Subject 38AD-3UN-5.)
"Time to die, Nerd-Boy!" *Ka-Klick!*
34. Posted by htom | February 16, 2005 4:27 PM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 16:27
35. Posted by Gordon | February 16, 2005 9:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I suppose it is the first of it's kind in the Malaise class sub.
35. Posted by Gordon | February 16, 2005 9:22 PM |
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Posted on February 16, 2005 21:22
36. Posted by BR | February 17, 2005 6:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
THANKS FOR ALL THE LAUGHS !!
Let's all whisper in Carter's left ear: "Not in my name, not in my name, I can't accept it, no, no, I'll ask the Navy to change the name, I want to be remembered as a peace maker, I don't want to be connected to a machine of war, not in my name..."
It should blend right in with all the other voices he's already hearing. Just get into his head, think like he would, it's what he wants anyway.
Let's save the poor future seamen from the embarrassment.
36. Posted by BR | February 17, 2005 6:42 PM |
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Posted on February 17, 2005 18:42
37. Posted by Doug Stewart | February 18, 2005 1:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Not to toot my own horn or anything, but, well, toot-toot.
Suggested names:
* “the Billy Beer Can”
* “World’s First Nookyular Sub”
* “USS Impure Thoughts”
* “Submerged Habitat for Humanity”
* and, if there’s any justice in the world, “History’s Greatest Monster“
37. Posted by Doug Stewart | February 18, 2005 1:25 PM |
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Posted on February 18, 2005 13:25