Kind of a metaphor for this election, isn’t it?
Yeah I know it was Bush’s fault…I rule it was “distracted driving”.
The disgraced captain of the Costa Concordia which ran into a rock and capsized off the Italian coast in January, killing up to 32 people, has sued for wrongful dismissal.
Italian Francesco Schettino was not only fired by Costa Cruises but is accused by prosecutors of causing the accident by sailing the luxury cruiser liner too close to shore.
He faces charges of multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship and preliminary hearings will begin on Monday.
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The Naples-born captain has always acknowledged making mistakes once it became clear that the 144,400-tonne Costa Concordia was in trouble.
But he has said he was not the only one who should be blamed for the tragedy.
Read more at dailymail.co.uk …
“The ship of state is an ocean liner, it’s not a speed boat.” – B. Obama
Any comparison to Captain Obama is purely accidental….
