Hi Terry. I laughed too when I saw this, then I got kind of annoyed. Naming a nuclear attack submarine like this after him is in poor taste at best.
http://cryptome.org/mmp/jimmy-carter.htm As well, that the name should invoke some fear in the enemy; even the common swamp rabbit is nonplussed by this moniker. More on Carter's naval adventures here. http://www.narsil.org/politics/carter/killer_rabbit.html ...including rare photos of the enraged lagomorph charging the presidential vessel, and the former president driving off the beast with some decidedly non-nuclear weaponry. ( of course, one might imagine some nuclear reactions occurring in the cavitation bubbles formed by all that splashing... ) K. -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OT] Naval Irony --- Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An attack sub named jimah: > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-uss-jimmy-carter,1,7214089.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true > Forgot the excerpt: To ensure that the last Seawolf was not obsolete before it hit the water, the Pentagon delayed production to install a 100-foot hull extension that military analysts say equips the Jimmy Carter to replace the USS Parche, one of the fleet's premier spy subs. <end> What's 100 ft. long and makes you a spy? "Oh! James!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
