1/10/09

Question

Okay, I got thirteen comments in the Name My Band contest. Let's see what we can do here.

Today at the YMCA I was running and watching Fox News. The US Navy was dedicating a warship to President G.H.W. Bush.

Here's my question. Would you want something made for war named after you?

8 comments:

Karen A. Fentress said...

Great question. No answer yet. I'm mulling it over. Great question

Shari said...

If you're the president, you're commander in chief of all war activities. So I don't know why you would have a problem with a ship being named after you. Since I would never want to be president or commander in chief, I would not care to have a war ship named for me either. But would it not be inconsistent/hypocritical for a sitting president to object?

Anonymous said...

James says...

Better than a disease (see: Lou Gehrig).

Thomas McKenzie said...

Somehow I missed that whole band thing. My family's band, the "Stone Cold Killers" is a much better name than yours. We are terrifying. And, yes, I have beat it on medium. Thank you.

I would not want a ship named after me. I would want a bomb named after me, preferably a low-yield nuclear weapon with bunker-busting capability. You know, something that might actually get used.

Karen A. Fentress said...

I have to say, I would be tempted to lobby that a particlar thing (made for war) be named for me, which, I suppose, is a yes. I'd prefer a jet fighter

If in fact, we are engaged in daily supernatural battle, how is a ship of metal being named for a President or other statesperson different than the McArthur Study Bible being named for John McArthur?

Danny Bryant said...

the armed services have lighter uniform standards than john macarthur. sorry, todd.

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Eric said...

I would prefer to give my battleship the name of Pamela Friedman. Very appropriate. She was a fighter.