tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481838326205496616.post3509608685723367152..comments2023-10-22T08:57:00.454-04:00Comments on Twelfth Bough: Laying it on with a trowelA. Peasanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01929646095992796530noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481838326205496616.post-6416227677543468202009-04-14T11:57:00.000-04:002009-04-14T11:57:00.000-04:00Newshoggers have a good discussion of piracy now a...Newshoggers have a good discussion of piracy now as well.<br /><br />http://www.newshoggers.com/blog/2009/04/creating-varangians.htmlmalcontenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16858172638092240331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481838326205496616.post-88697510522491398082009-04-13T18:15:00.000-04:002009-04-13T18:15:00.000-04:00malc, it would seem that private contractors like ...malc, it would seem that private contractors like blackwater can make money here, as i'm sure they know.<BR/><BR/>sis, it's even bigger than i expected -- the show that is. this isn't for nothing.<BR/><BR/>greg, yes there does seem to be a little secrecy brewing about the edges. noticed that too.A. Peasanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929646095992796530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481838326205496616.post-44173650015440950732009-04-13T16:58:00.000-04:002009-04-13T16:58:00.000-04:00Maybe they could try hijacking another airliner an...Maybe they could try hijacking another airliner and flying it into an American flag shipped?<BR/><BR/>That worked pretty good on 9/11.<BR/><BR/>I like it that they won't release the name of that Somali "pirate" that said America is our #1 enemy and must be defeated.<BR/><BR/>Maybe he trained with Bin Laden?<BR/><BR/>Or maybe he's from Tel Aviv? One thing's for sure, by the end of the week, Obama will engage in a time honored American tradition required of all new presidents; sending in flights of F-16's to blow the hell out of some poor fuckers living in hovels.<BR/><BR/>Damn, I love the smell of napalm in the morning!Greg Baconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08110469235589724960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481838326205496616.post-23770544796560669212009-04-13T16:28:00.000-04:002009-04-13T16:28:00.000-04:00Thanks for leading me to the Al-Ahram article; I w...Thanks for leading me to the Al-Ahram article; I was looking for it last night. I will leave the article for W to read. When I told him what was really going on off the Somalia coast, he gave me the eye-role.<BR/><BR/>I felt like Ebert At The Movies this weekend - like I was handed the script prior to the show so I could critique the debut. However, I already read the book, which is always more interesting and never the same as the Hollywood production.Sishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424481532985961991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-481838326205496616.post-55853087526575774822009-04-13T15:22:00.000-04:002009-04-13T15:22:00.000-04:00Please send armed escorts for the merchant vessels...Please send armed escorts for the merchant vessels that sail through this sea. If the world wants the support of the most capable armed force on the high seas, then we can rent out the US Navy. That would certainly solve the irresistable appeal of ransom for these hungry thugs AND give America a solid export opportunity. <BR/><BR/>It just costs money, right? Let everyone be earnest about this security initiative. We need to know who will pay for the security and a basic outline of operations involved before America absorbs this as yet another unfunded service. Jon-boy Bolton wants us to invade Somalia by this weekend but he has yet to detail how exactly this should be funded. Not that I would ever want anyone to follow Jon-boy's mustache of doom anywhere...<BR/><BR/>US Navy needs a marketing staff ASAP.malcontenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16858172638092240331noreply@blogger.com