And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Captain Edward J. Smith on the boat deck of the RMS Titanic with the shipbuilder who was instrumental in the ship's design, Lord William Pirrie, on April 4, 1912.
His company designed and built the monster ship. The design was revolutionary and guaranteed to never sink. It sank. I am no lawyer, but I'd say that it was his company's fault. It's kind of like the cigarette industry and cancer.
How incredibly stupid to you have to be to believe that inhaling carcinogenic smoke into your lungs does not cause all sorts of health issues up to and including lung, mouth and throat cancer.
He doubles down on his gullibility. Plenty of people get cancer that never smoked. Plenty of smokers never get cancer. There is no proven direct link between cancer and smoking.
A captain is always resposible, if his or her ship collides with something. Ex: USS Harry Truman, 2 months ago. Great novels like "The Caine Mutiny" were written about the principle.
Those are a couple of nice looking chaps. It just shows to go you, when things are going well, they're going well. When they crash they crash. Who knows what's around the next corner? Human error will never go away. When you try great things, you take great risks. I'm thankful for those who do.
Absolutely! Take the Unsinkable Molly Brown…who was there, and actually helped with the lifeboats and saved people…a member of the Astor party onboard, she apparently knew what was up, and later vowed to never hang out with the elites again. My mother was engaged to Richard Morris who wrote the book The Unsinkable Molly Brown, story of her Molly’s life. Often have I wondered what kind of research Morris achieved, how much did he know, did he ever meet the real Molly (née Tobin) Brown…? but my real life father then met my mother just after the war in 45, and she never married Morris.
This British "Lord" conveniently got sick and missed the maiden voyage. It's a shame that he was not reduced in "rank" after the disaster.
ReplyDeleteHe didn't run into the iceberg.
DeleteWhy? It wasn't his fault the captain chose to proceed at speed in ice filled water.
DeleteConvenient. There’s far more to this story.
DeleteHis company designed and built the monster ship. The design was revolutionary and guaranteed to never sink. It sank. I am no lawyer, but I'd say that it was his company's fault. It's kind of like the cigarette industry and cancer.
DeleteWell we know who here takes responsibility for their work.
Delete"...guaranteed to never sink..."
DeleteProve he said that.
Or live with your gullibility.
There has never been proof cigarettes cause cancer.
More gullibility.
https://www.britannica.com/story/did-anyone-really-think-the-titanic-was-unsinkable
DeleteRE: "There has never been proof cigarettes cause cancer." ghostsniper
DeleteFinally the king of snark expresses a germ of Truth.
Dan Kurt
Your reinforced what I said. Thank you.
DeleteHow incredibly stupid to you have to be to believe that inhaling carcinogenic smoke into your lungs does not cause all sorts of health issues up to and including lung, mouth and throat cancer.
DeleteHe doubles down on his gullibility.
DeletePlenty of people get cancer that never smoked.
Plenty of smokers never get cancer.
There is no proven direct link between cancer and smoking.
say bill, shouldn't the bulkheads go all the way to the deck? Nah, it will be ok.
ReplyDeleteThat photo didn’t age too well - Huh?
ReplyDeleteRemember, it was working perfectly when it left Belfast. After they gave it to an Englishman, however......
ReplyDeleteA captain is always resposible, if his or her ship collides with something. Ex: USS Harry Truman, 2 months ago. Great novels like "The Caine Mutiny" were written about the principle.
ReplyDeleteThose are a couple of nice looking chaps. It just shows to go you, when things are going well, they're going well. When they crash they crash. Who knows what's around the next corner? Human error will never go away. When you try great things, you take great risks. I'm thankful for those who do.
ReplyDeleteI bet if they knew how many folks opposing the Aldrich Plan (The Federal Reserve) were on board, they never would have sailed.
ReplyDeleteAs they often say: "Ignorance is bliss."
DeleteAbsolutely! Take the Unsinkable Molly Brown…who was there, and actually helped with the lifeboats and saved people…a member of the Astor party onboard, she apparently knew what was up, and later vowed to never hang out with the elites again.
DeleteMy mother was engaged to Richard Morris who wrote the book The Unsinkable Molly Brown, story of her Molly’s life. Often have I wondered what kind of research Morris achieved, how much did he know, did he ever meet the real Molly (née Tobin) Brown…? but my real life father then met my mother just after the war in 45, and she never married Morris.