Jimmy Carter Honored (USS Irony Edition)
Former peanut farmer and naval officer Jimmy Carter has had the "world's most advanced fast-attack submarine named in his honor."
Which leads Neil Steinberg in the "eyes, the ears, the honest voice of New York" (a.k.a. the Daily News) to note:
Name senior centers and, at the proper time, a stamp after him.
But an attack submarine, as the Navy did yesterday? After the man famous for two battles: a tragically botched rescue mission in the Iranian desert, and fending off a crazed bunny with an oar?
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