May 26, 2004
5/26 - Greetings Liberians! An upsetting new book on the horrors of the shipping industry
Last fall Groundlings veteran Roy Jenkins performed 10 minutes of stand-up comedy for the banquet in San Diego honoring The Ocean Conservancy at Yachtfest 2003 -- the world's largest gathering of "mega-yacht" owners. He opened his set by saying, "Greetings Liberians!" a reference to the fact that most of the all-white super-wealthy crowd have their mega-yachts registered in a foreign land.
Now comes a book, "The Outlaw Sea," that by all accounts will leave you wanting to stay on dry land. The reviews for this book on Amazon are very impressive. And check out the review here in the San Francisco Chronicle.
