It's nice to see that they named this tax-payer financed vessel after a former Vietnam era naval hero who served bravely before serving his Constitutionally-allotted/limited two terms as senator...

...oh wait...I must have been day dreaming. I just researched Levin...he was actually just a Harvard educated draft dodger who became a career politician beginning in the 70's, who also just happened to Chair the Armed Services Committee. I wonder how many "thumbs up" military budget votes it takes to have a naval vessel named after you in Washington?.

Here's a great suggestion...the next time they name one of these ships, perhaps a better way to name them would be to enter very tax payer's name into a lottery drawing where the winner gets the ship named after them. Now that how a country run by THE PEOPLE should work!

It's nice to see that they named this tax-payer financed vessel after a former Vietnam era naval hero who served bravely before serving his Constitutionally-allotted/limited two terms as senator...

...oh wait...I must have been day dreaming. I just researched Levin...he was actually just a Harvard educated draft dodger who became a career politician beginning in the 70's, who also just happened to Chair the Armed Services Committee. I wonder how many "thumbs up" military budget votes it takes to have a naval vessel named after you in Washington?.

Here's a great suggestion...the next time they name one of these ships, perhaps a better way to name them would be to enter every tax payer's name into a lottery drawing where the winner gets the ship named after them. Now that how a country run by THE PEOPLE should work!