As soon as we heard that this overgrown bathtub toy, destined to give a couple of billionaires a jolly or two looking at the wreckage of the Titanic, was missing, life stopped and millions of dollars were spent looking for the five passengers on board. Luckily, we found that this "submersible" had imploded before we added even more dollars to the national debt. Indeed, the only things that benefited from all of this were the fish of the North Atlantic who got an Applebee's-like buffet.
I'm sorry for the lives lost, but they knew what they were getting into for their quarter-million dollars. I mean, the first page of the release form lists the word "death" three times. You don't see that when you go on Space Mountain at Disneyland. And it should be, given that these contraptions have been cited for defects over the years.
I feel bad for the 19-year-old kid who told friends he didn't feel safe but went anyway to keep his dad happy. That's the shame of it all. Didn't Dad and the other gazillionaires have something better to do with their money? I mean, even director James Cameron went on one of these things and didn't feel comfortable. At least, he got an Oscar for his fears. Plus what would these clowns see down there that Cameron didn't already use for footage in 1997??
It's all on You Tube, gang.
This was all money well spent and would you trust your life to private venturers who cobbled something in their garage? Your money could be better spent on some many other causes.
The same can be said for these dummies who are making rockets and shooting people like William Shatner into space for 11 minutes? What's the point? And that explosion is inevitable, too. Wait till you see the hand wringing then?
Dinner last night: Salad with leftover ribeye steak.
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