Oh how I wish.
...and definitely short on your knowledge of history
mmm. My bachelor's degree is in History, but few are as wise as you.
The only reason there aren't private towing and rescue companies at sea...
There are, and they are useless and undependable.
I revise my previous statement: Should your boat go down, I will call you a private tow boat. I might even give him the coordinates. Expect him to respond within 24 hours, but only after your Visa card has been verified. (Unless he runs out of fuel in 8 foot seas, like the one I once towed in.)
The container ships? There must be something in the Constitution that can help us out here, don't you think?
Oh how I wish.
I was being charitable. If it isn't inexperience, it's ignorance.
...and definitely short on your knowledge of history
mmm. My bachelor's degree is in History, but few are as wise as you.
There's a cure for that.
The only reason there aren't private towing and rescue companies at sea...
There are, and they are useless and undependable.
Red Stack? LOL, they're they guys you call when you can't handle it! Oh, but they're for big ships. I see. You can't see your invisible hand. And why can't they move down-market? You don't charge what the service is worth so they don't go there. Meanwhile you tell us that you don't have the manpower to inspect those containerships. Why not?
I revise my previous statement: Should your boat go down, I will call you a private tow boat. I might even give him the coordinates. Expect him to respond within 24 hours, but only after your Visa card has been verified. (Unless he runs out of fuel in 8 foot seas, like the one I once towed in.)
Nothing like tax money to make you feel superior. So when no self-respecting company competes with a tax funded competitor you think you're somehow superior. You just don't want honest competition.
You are now showing your true colors. A government agent that thinks it's just fine to write, enforce, and adjudicate laws by simply calling them rules, an agent with no accountability for delivering an effective product. That's why less than so few incoming containers are inspected. Any one of them could easily contain a nuclear weapon. The Chinese have missile designs to fit. So what does government do? Defend the nation as a whole? No. It defends government ships.
The container ships? There must be something in the Constitution that can help us out here, don't you think?
Yeah, it's called "regulate the militia," "letters of maruqe and reprisal," and "no standing armies," all having something to do with "provide for the common defense." Remember them history major?