CRUISE SHIP TRAGEDY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED

The Carnival Cruise ship Costa Concordia and 4,200+ people ended up in the drink Friday after the ship allegedly struck a sandbar off the Coast of Italy.    

COMMENTS:

Today’s luxury cruise liners have the most sophisticated navigation, weather and safety equipment aboard in history.  Computerized charts guide the ships with GPS technology.  The only way this ship should have been near that sandbar is through an engine failure coupled with loss of steerage and bad weather, or negligence and dereliction of duty.  The weather was reportedly good and the engines properly functioning; no steerage had been lost.  I think the Captain and associated top crew members are in deep trouble. 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. The investigation into the Solyndra Scandal seems to be back on track.  What’s the latest?  (Herb ~ Pocatello, ID)

A. They now know for certain that top White House aides knew that Solyndra was in financial trouble and going to lay off employees before the 2010 election.  If properly uncovered, the evidence will ultimately show that money from the ill-fated loans went back into the hands of top company officials who, in turn, contributed heavily to Obama’s campaign chest. 

Q. I hear that there is now a lawsuit against Obama’s “recess” appointments of three NRLB officials.  Is there anything inherently wrong with the officials themselves, or just the process?  (Theo ~ Pittsburg, PA)

A. All three have very strong associations with unions and organized labor.  Therefore, the NRLB is now controlled by the unions, whereas its charter was supposed to keep it neutral.  As a result, Obama and the unions can now virtually control everything in the labor sector including, I presume, how union members vote.   

Q. How do you think Martin Luther King Jr. would view Barack Obama?  (Andy ~ Elk Grove, CA)

A. I think he’d be very upset.  He might even disown Obama.  Obama has treated blacks very badly, just as he has done with the rest of the country but… more so.   

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“The only tactic liberals have is to try to intimidate people into thinking that the Tea Party is racist. The Tea Party is not a racist movement, period! If it were, why would the straw polls keep showing that the black guy is winning? That's a rhetorical question. Let me state it: The black guy keeps winning.” ~ Herman Cain

TODAY’S VIDEO:  

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1387908893001/life-of-a-modern-monarch/?playlist_id=86857&intcmp=obnetwork