Well once again we were reminded of how the pecking order works on this planet and you guessed it….the super rich get all the stuff. For example, this OceanGate debacle, or as I like to call it The Debris Field of Dreams, “is this heaven? no it’s the rusted shell of the Titanic.” The Dive Clark Five set out to look at a cemetery and voila are now part of the cemetery, and for that experience they paid $250K. The real pisser though is the days following their disappearance when at least 3 countries deployed vessels to search for the Cinco de bye-bye-O or as was referred to all the boats and planes….assets. The last time we saw the Atlantic Ocean drained was when JKF jr. went kerplunk in his plane and took his wife and sister-in-law with him. It really gets you to thinking “hey would I get that kind of response if I was in a similar situation?” Say I’m on a pontoon boat with some friends on the ocean and the vigorous hug of Neptune knocks the boat over and we all fall in and go missing. Does the Coast Guard and Navy automatically send assets to do a search? I’m gonna take a not wild guess and say no. There might be a search but it wouldn’t match what we saw to look for those 5 guys in a can. And therein lies the reality check, if you gots some caaassshhh you get deluxe service, if you don’t….eh. So the rich get to do risky ass shit because apparently they’re bored and figure if they get twisted up John Q. Taxpayer will bail them out, literally, as we did in the banking meltdown of 2008. Yep, fear not one percenters we got your back because we have no choice. I wasn’t asked if I minded using my tax money to send out the Navy to fish around for some rich people. If I was asked I’d say “hey, this is a private enterprise running a very risky business and they should have contingency plans ready to go if something goes south and not just dialing 911 to the Coast Guard. I pay for those ‘assets’ assholes.” That whole operation looked like they were looking for a school busload of kids that fell off a bridge. Cry eye! The same thing with JFK jr. I really thought they were considering draining the Atlantic to find him. You/me on a jet ski gone missing in the ocean…..bye bye now. I have no problem with rich people other than don’t come crying to the taxpayer when your excellent adventure turns shitty, yep, I’m talking to you Mt. Everest “climber.” And pick up all that trash goddamnit. We’re all not your freaking gardeners.
Gunga, galunga
Garry