Sunday, March 13, 2005
Euro-peons: The Tsunami was the Fault of...the United States! Yeah! That's the Ticket!
The old adage states that if you can't sue someone with large pockets, find someone who does have them and sue their pants off, even if they have no fault in the matter. So it goes with Euro-peon morons who allege - get ready for this one - that the United States had an obligation to warn the world about the impending tsunami which killed 250,000 people. An "obligation" you say? How can the US warn everyone when it gets the information as quickly as it can? And when countries in the area refused to institute a similar warning system years ago? Could it be that these Euro-peons can't sue Thailand or Indonesia or Sri Lanka because they are poor countries (or would get laughed out of court), so they decide to sue the United States?
Tsunami Survivors Sue Warning Center
Last week, a judge in New York threw out "war crimes" claims of Vietnamese who alleged they were exposed to Agent Orange. Let's hope there is a judge out there who throws this ridiculous lawsuit in the same direction - into the shit pile.
"OMIGOD! Here comes a tsunami! Quick! Let's sue the United States for not warning us here in Thailand! Let's hire a lawyer! Hurry!"
The old adage states that if you can't sue someone with large pockets, find someone who does have them and sue their pants off, even if they have no fault in the matter. So it goes with Euro-peon morons who allege - get ready for this one - that the United States had an obligation to warn the world about the impending tsunami which killed 250,000 people. An "obligation" you say? How can the US warn everyone when it gets the information as quickly as it can? And when countries in the area refused to institute a similar warning system years ago? Could it be that these Euro-peons can't sue Thailand or Indonesia or Sri Lanka because they are poor countries (or would get laughed out of court), so they decide to sue the United States?
Tsunami Survivors Sue Warning Center
HONOLULU — Tsunami survivors and relatives of victims have sued the federal agency that operates the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, alleging the center did not do enough to warn people about the disaster.
The lawsuit was filed last week in New York federal court by a plaintiffs group that includes at least 58 European survivors and family members of victims.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center monitors seismic and ocean conditions in the Pacific Basin and issues warnings to member nations. It is based on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
NOAA officials refused to comment on the complaint but have previously said the center was not set up to warn nations outside the Pacific rim.
A Dec. 26 earthquake caused the massive tsunami that killed at least 166,000 people in 11 countries on the Indian Ocean.
Last week, a judge in New York threw out "war crimes" claims of Vietnamese who alleged they were exposed to Agent Orange. Let's hope there is a judge out there who throws this ridiculous lawsuit in the same direction - into the shit pile.
"OMIGOD! Here comes a tsunami! Quick! Let's sue the United States for not warning us here in Thailand! Let's hire a lawyer! Hurry!"
