Tom Tiffany, Little Rock and Freedom
A friend spotted the ironies in GOP State Sen. Tom Tiffany's July 24th e-newsletter:
Christening of the USS Little Rock
On Saturday, July 18, I was invited to the christening of the USS Little Rock (LCS-9) in Marinette. The Little Rock is a Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship and is the ninth Littoral Combat Ship made for the U.S. Navy.
3 comments:
Sorry, I'm usually on High Irony Alert all of the time, but I'm missing the irony here. Please take pity on the dullards and start 'splaining' the joke.
I would guess the fact that Tiffany has no problems posing with federally built warships but at the same time creating a massive deficit by rejecting the ACA medicaide money of over $300 million and climbing. But we can't depend on that money can we. We dont see him rejecting federal $$$ for roads do we. Some fed money is good and some is bad according to Tiffany.
Freedom?
Orval Faubus Blocks Little Rock High School Integration:
On Sept. 2, 1957, Gov. Orval Faubus called out the Arkansas National Guard to prevent a group of African-American students, who later became known as the Little Rock Nine, from entering the all-white Central High School. In a broadcast that evening, Faubus defends his decision to call in the state's National Guard.
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement/videos/orval-faubus-prevents-little-rock-high-school-integration
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