Now here is a thought…If we are suppose to believe that we can keep bombs out of the country, how do all the drugs get in here?

Out in the Long Island Sound when I was kid, sailing in a 25 footer, ya could not dream of even getting close to those tankers. So what ever they have has room for stores, to BE out that far and a sea worthy motor. I have this image of larger support ships, rust buckets, running supply lines out to these “fast boats”. It is a basic picket line with radio coms.

I don’t get it myself. It was also reported that Admiral Mullen was “shocked”, for the life of me repelling borders is an ancient art, it seems, long forgotten.

Pirates are pretty sneaky. I don’t think it’s too odd that they have managed to pull this off. Things are different on the water. If you aren’t on alert, you could be fooled easily.

I have no idea how they row off with the money, LOL. I’m not even sure what a million dollars weighs, but that’s a good point.

Paying ransom only increased the troubles. Anyone with an 8th grade education can look into history and quickly conclude that rewarding lawless behavior can only encourage more of the same.

How did Jefferson handle the matter?

The Somali pirates are groups selected from blooded fighters/warriors, even though one really couldn’t call them soldiers. They’re armed with military grade weapons and ordinance.

The number of warship—ours, Russian, European–patrolling the area–big spread of water, that–is small.

Check out “Thomas Jefferson,” “Theodore Roosevelt,” “the Barbary Pirates,” and the U.S. Marine Corps anthem. This kind of piracy has been going on in that area, in one form or another, for a long time.

Now, getting down to cases; are the pirates in
question Muslim? If so, it would certainly
address the why–why they can rob a merchant
ship at will without fear of reprisal or international uproar.

It is more than a little curious how Islam is
beginning to infiltrate and upend Western societies from Denmark to the U.S. I don’t want to get classified as a bigot but I am alarmed. I have
listened to many expats from extreme Islam, now reveling in the freedom democracy enhances.
They seem to validate my concern.

I speak in particular of Wafa Sultan–Syrian-
American psychiatrist–who rages against the
misogyny and violence of a religion she says cannot be moderated. Its very foundations are rooted in
fundamentalist theology. And the theology is rooted in politics–no separation of church and state.

Is it not politically correct to address this
explosive issue, just as we are not allowed to
express concerns about Obama on grounds of
his race? I don’t think any topic is out of
bounds; how do we settle dilemmas if we are
thrasing around blindfolded? I accept anyone
who comes in peace. Can’t I draw the line at
piracy?

For now, it seems as if the targeted companies are considering the pirates a cost of doing business.

Something is wrong folks. Why are these pirates allowed to do this? Who is protecting them? Why don’t we hear more about this? Could it be for the same reason Obama was sheltered by the media?

When one young thug complains that a $5,000 deduction for disobeying an order is “illegal,” the old man snaps back: “Even the $15,000 you are getting is illegal! It’s all stolen!”

Rampant piracy is the latest, strangest and by far the most lucrative survival technique employed by Somalia’s desperate populace, which has struggled without a functioning government since 1991. Seizing boats on the high seas along this lawless Horn of Africa nation is turning once-quiet fishing villages such as Haradhere into Mafia-style dens of greed and vice.