In case you don't know or don't remember, former President Carter attended my alma mater, Georgia Tech, before receiving an appointment to the US naval academy and going on to be a submarine jockey until he left the navy in 1953.
The US Navy has seen fit to name SSN-23, a Seawolf class fast attack submarine, after former President Carter. He and his old lady (is that "first old lady" or "old first lady"?) got to take a ride in it today before it sails off toward its new home port out in Bangor, Washington.
Here’s a picture of the Navy’s newest boat:
USS Jimmy Carter
Notice the strong family resemblance…designed to put despots and dictators the world over at ease. Following Carter’s lifetime tradition of appeasement and pacifism, the sub has been especially fitted out with a special arsenal of weapons designed to ensure peace.
Instead of batteries of Harpoon and Tomahawk cruise missiles and eight MK-48 torpedos, the ship has a single giant set of lips mounted prominently on the front side of the hull designed to offer promises of additional American taxpayer funded foreign aid, prolific anti-war statements delivered from far flung ports around the world, and the capability to pucker up and plant a big old fat wet kiss on the ass of the dictator du jour.
This really makes me so darned proud that Carter is from Georgia.
(P.S.--This is an original picture that I did with Photoshop. Aren't I clever?)
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