Comments on: Obama Elementary

By: Bill Leonard

Bill Leonard — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:18:42 +0000

“What’s next: Obama’s face on the money?”

At the rate The Anointed One is printing money, why not? If this keeps up, the money soon will be worthless anyway.

By: Dave J

Dave J — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:06:43 +0000

“I don’t see this as being much different than the US Navy naming an aircraft carrier after a career politician, John C Stennis.”

Which was equally repugnant. As a rule, I think you should have to have been dead for at least a few years before getting anything named after you. To name buildings and ships for the living smacks of monarchy. What’s next: Obama’s face on the money?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:32:55 +0000

Naming a school after a President who’s still in office is just wrong, and kinda creepy. At least wait until the guy’s out of office.

By: Dick Eagleson

Dick Eagleson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:23:30 +0000

Being written in stone doesn’t mean what it once did.

Indeed. Anyone driven by Spiro Agnew High recently?

By: PeterW

PeterW — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:23:49 +0000

I don’t recall much discussion about whether George W. Bush was a great statesman when elementary schools were named after him…so I don’t really think that greatness is required to have your name on a school.

Obama is already a historic president, of course, and I would imagine that a lot of schools – especially those in minority areas – might choose to name themselves after him.

(And if he turns out to be ultimately unpopular, they will change the name to something else. Being written in stone doesn’t mean what it once did.)

By: Mike in Texas

Mike in Texas — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:03:52 +0000

I don’t even have a problem with aircraft carriers being named after presidents even though I’d rather see them carry historical names.

Aren’t we overdue for a Lexington or Yorktown or Bunker Hill. Why not name them after American heroes? How many people attacked the highjackers on Sept. 11th on the Penn. plane? Why haven’t many of them been honored?

Stennis may have served for a long time but he was still a career politician.

By: Mark Roulo

Mark Roulo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:33:41 +0000

Obama may yet prove to be a statesman.

Using the definition of statesman of, “a dead politician,”
I think we can be confident that in fifty years or so, Obama
will prove to be a statesman

-Mark Roulo

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:08:28 +0000

but in the end, Stennis is still support staff as opposed to naval leader or a historical battle – and therein lies a tale of the modern military (just as when you find a school with more support staff than teachers, something is invariably awry)

Personally prefer ship names with history or successive generations of vessels eg USS Enterprise

By: gbl3rd

gbl3rd — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:05:24 +0000

“Because of his work with the Armed Services committee (1969–1980) he became known as the “Father of America’s Modern Navy”, and he was subsequently honored by having a supercarrier named after him. He is one of only two members of Congress to be so honored, the other being former Georgia Democrat Carl Vinson.”

From Wikipedia

By: Mike in Texas

Mike in Texas — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:37:10 +0000

I don’t see this as being much different than the US Navy naming an aircraft carrier after a career politician, John C Stennis.