I wouldn't trust this sleaze to captain a taxi ride around Rome.
Posted on 01/17/2012 8:45:17 AM PST by Red Badger
Please and Thank You of course.
The Captain F’ed up big time.
It’s too bad because Italy has a long history of maritime excellence. One guy’s poor performance taints the reputation of a country.
The coward has the same approach to life I’ve encountered in many an Obama fan, section 8 folks, union and government workers of clerical stripe. All professional honor and belardment is for their own, except when there’s trouble. Then ...
It’s NOT their problem. Like the coward claiming to be in charge of the situation while in a life boat away from the boat. Their words parse well and and they make claims of great entitlement, but reality finds them all empty, empty, empty.
I wouldn't trust this sleaze to captain a taxi ride around Rome.
Yea, and early Christmas. He probably never fathomed that there was anyone worse than himself.
FR approved Magic words.
“Look you stupid SOBs, get your ‘sorry butts’ (FR response substituted for vulgarity) back on that ship RIGHT NOW! THAT’s A DIRECT ORDER, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!”
Wow... Not exactly a “take-charge” sort of guy, is he?
I wonder what his history is. The ship captains I’ve known are some pretty salty old hands, crusty and hard to rattle. This guy seems like he’s green as a cabin boy.
The Captain, even after reassuring the Port Authority he was going to, never went back on the ship after he abandoned it. He will almost certainly face charges.
The one thing he did right after the collision, probably to save his own ass more than anything, was to ground the ship before she could sink. In that regard, at least, he probably did save lives but those lives were at risk due to his incompetence and gross negligence in the first place.
Well, at least the Captain didn’t yell,”Allahu Akbar!!!”
Drudge has posted a video on the gCaptain website. the video was taken from a restaurant on Giglio Island and shows how dangerously close the Costa Concordia was to the shoreline as it blew its horn three times.
The Captain is screwed.
I was thinking of another mishap at sea as well. Wasn’t the captain Greek?
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Cowardice isn't limited to just Democrats, though I think you're generally right - Dems have more than their fair share.
Grace under extreme pressure is an undefinable quality....you either have it, or you don't. And either way, it's easily apparent to others whether it's there or not.
For instance, I'm in IT and my company recently had a serious (read: company-threatening) computer issue. The boss, who generally is a really nice guy and excellent to work for, was completely paralyzed by indecsiveness. His second in command took a powder (went on vacation for the week, and the boss let him!!!), so the whole thing was dumped on me. I worked with the vendor - the Boss "made the decisions", but was really following our advice - and we muddled through. I'm still drawing a paycheck, so I guess I did something right.
However, the Boss is already out the door, and the 2nd in command will be following shortly. When the chips were down, they just weren't capable of making the decisions that needed to be made.
Now, if we screwed up, it would have meant the end of work for a bunch of people. Inconvenient, but certainly not life-threatening. Contrast this with the life and death decisions that this captain had to make. I've no idea how this particular captain didn't get weeded out - at some point in his career, he must have been put in an all-in type situation.
Thier fathers were probably officers in North Africa that surrendered to the hugely out-numbered British in 1942........
"Gepetto, look, six British soldiers - quick, let's surrender the Division...."
there is no “women and children first” tradition in the italian maritime history.
Given a choice of a captain who was not distracted by concern for his personal safety because he was already in a lifeboat, or a captain doing his best to get everyone off quickly and safely so that he could then save his own life, I'd prefer the traditional approach. This "man" is so low that I can't imagine wanting to live with the reputation he just earned.
was it a ferry boat sinking in rough seas where the front gangway doors failed?
“I’ve got those Yellowstain Blues...”
Don’t know
I was thinking it was a situation where the capatin AND crew abandoned the ship
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