Mon, 11/17/2008 - 9:47pm — lambert
An oil-laden Saudi Arabian supertanker with 25 crew members on board that was hijacked by Somali pirates is being taken to a region in the Horn of Africa used by gangs seeking ransoms for ships, the U.S. Navy said.
I think this privatization thing has gone far enough -- perhaps even too far!
Now, on the other hand, if they weren't pirates but bankers...
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The difference between Bankers and Pirates...
Is, the Pirates get to wear really cool gear!
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We can't afford not to have single-payer!
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We can't afford not to have single-payer!
Well...
Prove to me it's wrong!
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We can't afford not to have single-payer!
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We can't afford not to have single-payer!
Once Again
low tech guerilla warfare trumps the mightiest military industrial complex (naval branch) evah assembled.
No security on the ships?
That was in the article. Those private companies really don't get the idea of an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure.
The more that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, the more attacks on the rich. Social programs are NOT for the poor, they are put in to protect the RICH from attacks from the poor. Give people the ability to eat, have shelter, to drink, and have families to love, and they will pretty much leave the wealthy alone with their wealth. Take that away, and the wealthy are at risk.
Read an article about Mexico on that, where the wealthy have to hire bodyguards to go anywhere. Talk about gilded cages! Can you imagine what it's like growing up that way? What kind of fear would be instilled from childhood.