So ...

According to the comments on my post yesterday, Erickson blew his SWATing incident out of proportion. All well and good, but this happens all over the country to people who aren't flaming assholes. I have a problem with putting innocent people in danger. I also have a problem with the waste of our dwindling resources on bullshit. Somebody's gotta pay for it with their tax dollars. Yesterday, the Coast Guard, NYPD, and NJ State Police were mobilized because of a call about a yacht with 21 people aboard exploded off the coast. USCG Sandy Hook was the staging area where medevac choppers and ambulances stood by to receive the wounded and take them to hospital.

SANDY HOOK (WABC) -- Authorities believe a reported yacht explosion off the New Jersey coast was likely a hoax, and the Coast Guard wants to find out who is responsible.

A costly rescue mission is now a criminal investigation, after the Coast Guard and emergency crews from New Jersey and New York raced to respond to a distress call that reported that a yacht, called "Blind Date," had exploded about 17 miles off Sandy Hook.

The transmission came in around 4:20 p.m. Monday, and the caller said that 21 people onboard had made it off the ship and seven were injured.

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So, we pay, air and boat crews were put in danger, and a whole bunch of emergency personnel stood around for 6 hours waiting for nonexistent casualties to be brought to shore. I'd say we all should be quite pissed every time a "prank" like this is committed regardless of who was the target. Idiots are wasting our money and putting innocent people in mortal danger. That's the bottom line.