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BWHAHAHAHAH! What a legacy you've left, GWB! A legacy of shame for anyone associated with you! You guys didn't even get invited to your own party!
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Leaving a wave of controversy in its wake, one of the most visible reminders of the Bush administration's ties to big oil - the 129,000-ton Chevron tanker Condoleezza Rice - has quietly been renamed, Chevron officials acknowledged yesterday.
"We made the change to eliminate the unnecessary attention caused by the vessel's original name," said Chevron spokesman Fred Gorell.
The double-hulled, Bahamian-registered oil tanker carrying the moniker of Bush's national security adviser was renamed the Altair Voyager, after a star, Gorell said.
The unannounced decision to rechristen the tanker was made by Chevron officials in late April, after "we had been in discussions with (Rice's) office," said Gorell. Asked if Rice or the White House had specifically requested the name change, Gorell said, "that's not for me to discuss."
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http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Chevron-redubs-ship-named-for-Bush-aide-2922481.php
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Response to snooper2 (Reply #1)
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Atman
(31,464 posts)Something is odd here.
Why would a 2001 article be saying there is a problem with a connection to Bush?
Seriously, re-read this paragraph...why would this have been posted in 2001? Doesn't make any sense...
Leaving a wave of controversy in its wake, one of the most visible reminders of the Bush administration's ties to big oil - the 129,000-ton Chevron tanker Condoleezza Rice - has quietly been renamed, Chevron officials acknowledged yesterday.
all you want...something ain't right.
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KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)If there are more things to rename they better hurry because we are running out of anagrams of A A L I T R
and those are the magic letters that make people forget what the old name was.
global1
(25,278 posts)Do you think that the Rmoney people made them do it? (conjecture & sarcasm)
Warpy
(111,367 posts)and was posted at 4 AM. I suspect a half asleep web guy posted the year the tanker was originally named as the story date.
Ooops.
However, the OP is correct. It's just one more bit of Stupid's legacy, everybody wants his whole administration to be forgotten ASAP.
Atman
(31,464 posts)Yes, something is very weird here. I specifically recall when the tanker was re-named the Condoleeza Rice...it was while Bush was President, and it caused an uproar. So why would this story be dated 2001, talking about leaving the troubled Bush legacy behind? It makes no sense. Below is a great picture accompanying one of the articles you'll find via the google. Notice, there is absolutely NO Photoshopping
onehandle
(51,122 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Heh. What a odd thing to get randomly re-published.
Skinner
(63,645 posts)And 2005
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3139198
So I think the 2001 date is correct.