Is the Hudson landing an omen or a metaphor?

[aquart]

That when competent experienced people are put in charge, we will survive even the disasters?

[Cetacea]

1. Perhaps both. n/t

[Oregone]

2. Perhaps neither

Maybe its just an accident. Shit happens.

[Chulanowa]

3. Good question

On the one hand, everyone did survive...

On the other, they landed in the Hudson...

So maybe it says that even with a competent leader saving our asses, we'll still be knee-deep in shit.

[aquart]

8. Excuse me, we've cleaned up the Hudson, thank you very much.

[Chulanowa]

10. "Clean" must be a relative term

But I'm in the Northwest, so maybe I'm just spoiled :P

[John Q. Citizen]

4. that's an interesting take on the story. Let me chew on that.

[Donnachaidh]

5. kind of puts a damper on the argument to force early retirement so youg'uns can move up

doesn't it?

Guess the fogeys DO have some use after all. :rofl:

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. The name of the Ship that first rescued the Passengers was Named:

JEFFERSON


Thom Hartman just mentioned that.

[Cetacea]

12. Gotta love the synchronicities

[Democrats_win]

7. Exactly as you said! After all, disasters will happen. bush's response is often worse!

Take his wars for example.

[Spider Jerusalem]

9. No, it's a random occurrence

and competence is never any guarantee of success.

[Staph]

11. Competence may not be a guarantee of success.

But I'll take competence every time. The last eight years have proved that choices made on the basis of personal connections and blind loyalty just ... don't ... work.

[tekisui]

13. I see it as an omen of things to come.

The first 'disaster' story of the year, a resounding success of cool headed people.

[aquart]

15. Cool-headed, experienced, well-trained people.

Monthly drills in sea rescue.

[SidneyCarton]

14. Not necessarily either...

But I wish to feel optimistic, therefore I will interpret it as follows:

We're crashing and there's no way to avoid it. Fortunately there are competent and calm pilots who are going to manage to guide us through it in such a way that we will survive to rise again.

Or maybe we're all going to end up bobbing in the Hudson...