4/13/2012, 1:02 pm

NBC News is about to release a mostly unedited Morse Code transcript of messages between the Newfoundland Emergency Operator and the Titanic's Captain, George White, moments before the fatal altercation:
Operator: Newfoundland SOS, what is your emergency?
Titanic: This is George White, skipper of the Titanic. I'm on neighborhood watch in the North Atlantic. It's dark out and I think I see an iceberg.
Operator: An iceberg? Can you describe it?
Titanic: It's big.... there's no moon out tonight... It looks black!

President Barack Obama:
"This is evidence of a GOP 'War on Ice,' which is an attempt to exacerbate global warming. We can't allow the forces aligned with Big Coal to sabotage our investments in newest sailing technologies, such as wind."

VP Joe Biden:
"NOW I know why Herbert Hoover was laughing when he announced this disaster on television!"
White's defenders will probably argue that it is almost impossible to turn a large vessel quickly and the confrontation was unfortunate but unavoidable. However, the historical record indicates White was driving the ship too fast and was in an area it shouldn't have been in to begin with, as other neighborhood watch craft in the area had broadcast iceberg sightings earlier in the evening.
It is likely that White, harboring deep-seated hatred for ice, deliberately sought out a large iceberg in an attempt to provoke a quarrel and incite violence.
Experts fear the new revelations will lead to an anti-ice backlash and warn against citizens refusing ice in their drinks or defrosting refrigerators too often in a display of disrespect to the iceberg community.
Reaction from other concerned parties to the new evidence has been swift and pointed.


DPRK Leader Kim Jung Un: "At least when we launch stuff, it hits the water, not icebergs."


The People's media will have more on this story as we develop it develops.

