Quote Originally Posted by David88vert View Post
What crack rock did you get hold of?
Carnival put out the fire. The people have food, and are not going to die without the US government. Everyone is safe - without the government's help. The ship is only 200 miles from San Diego, and tugboats are headed to it now.
The US Coast Guard responded - because that is their job.
The US Coast Guard asked for the USS Ronald Reagan to divert from training maneuvers to go to the ship - not Carnival.

You need to get your facts straight before you make baseless accusations.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/09...ex.html?hpt=T2

Sure sounds like capitalism handled it just fine.

I wonder how socialism (your favorite) would have handled it? Oh yeah, no one would have the ability to take a cruise, as their money would have been taken from them by the government in the form of higher taxes.
This made me laugh. As I was reading his responses I was thinking the same things. His stories are not even close to the reality of it.