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The worst thing that the US can do is nothing in this situation.  The pirates are still hijacking ships because it’s profitable to  do so when private corporations or governments pay ransom.

It’s just like dealing with other types of terrorists.  If you give them anything, that’s incentive for them to do the same thing again.

President Obama made a good decision here.  The Navy Seals are perfect for this type of operation and going up against pirates who likely have no military training makes it much safer for them.

The story mentions that this might endanger current hostages, but that’s a bunch of crap.  The biggest thing that will come out of this is that pirates will be much less likely to engage American ships from here on out I’d bet.

Please consider their motivation: it is not money but rather to regain control of their waters from over-fishing and the dumping of toxic wastes by almost all European nations who have refused to stop their people. The dumping is killing their waters and their ability to survive.

martin theodores, new york city, USA

This is a comment on a story about pirates attacking a U.S. cargo ship.  I’m guessing he has his Obama underwear, bunny slippers, and democratic underground bathrobe on (with his moveon.org pin securely attached).

The story explains that the pirates were paid $80 million last  year by shipping companies for the return of their ships, crew, and cargo, but this guy thinks it’s about keeping toxic waste from being dumped there?  I guess all of that food on the ship they attacked would cause too many people to crap up a storm and pollute their waters.  Makes sense to me.  Of course, if they starve, then you have that little problem as well.

I wonder what it’s like to talk to this guy.  I can’t imagine knowing someone who would actually believe this kind of thing.  I can just hear his high pitched whiny voice saying: “Oh, the innocent little pirates are just trying to stop toxic waste from being dumped on them. The millions of dollars they ask for will be used to clean up the mess being made by those bad American companies.  They aren’t after the money for themselves.”  Riiiiight.

It’s only taken a short time for President Obama to give rights once only afforded Americans and those who commited crimes within the borders of the united states to just about anyone.  This sets a dangerous precident that will definitely come back to haunt us.

This is a great article on using OpenDNS.  I’ve been using it for over a year now and it’s great.  I started using it when my ISP (Charter) started becoming slow to respond when I would try to follow a link to a website.  Sometimes it would time out completely and I would have to hit the Try again button on Firefox (you are using Firefox or Opera, aren’t you?).  It was a DNS issue at Charter.  I’ve had all of my computers plus my router set up to use it since then and I’ve had zero problems.

Follow the link and follow the instructions.

Where’s my belt!?!  Someone needs a good ass whipping.

SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — Investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said a report of an attempted kidnapping on Sunday night in a Simpsonville subdivision is false.

Investigators said that the 13-year-old girl confessed, in front of her parents and investigators, Monday night that she made the story up.The girl reported that she was grabbed by a man while she was walking a neighbor’s dog around a pond at the Adams Run subdivision.According to an incident report, the girl told deputies that the man was wearing all-black clothing, a black mask and black gloves.The girl told investigators that after the man grabbed her, the dog bit the man on the arm and he fled in a white box-type van.The sheriff’s office said that there is no indication right now as to why the girl made up the story.She could face charges of filing a false police report.

Greenville County may shut down businesses that knowingly hire illegal immigrants under an ordinance adopted by County Council on Tuesday night.

It’s about time that local governments began forcing small businesses to follow the rules.  Now if only the state would do the same there wouldn’t be a market for illegal workers and they would stop coming.

So having armed guards prevented this ship from being hijacked, but it’s a bad idea because it might make the pirates mad.  Only in a liberal mind could defending yourself and your interests be seen as a bad thing.  Just think of the poor pirates.  You could have killed some of them.

So goes the old argument that if you arm citizens they are more of a threat and more at danger.  Never mind the fact that statistics prove otherwise.

I don’t understand as much about this proposal as I’d like, but from what I can tell McCain is at least partially right on it.  I don’t think that any type of cap and trade system is necessary for one thing, but for another reasonable.

It gets back to the same old line.  The media is beating the drum of the far left and pushing us further to the left by making knuckleheads believe global warming is real.  Then they want you to believe that a huge bureacracy can buy their way out of it by charging people for everything from driving cars to running their home airconditioners or eating beef (cow farts are causing global warming you know).

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of extremists from both sides pushing their bs on the rest of us.  I’m a Republican but on social issues I’m more aligned with Libertarians.  Don’t tell me I can’t buy alcohol on Sunday because you don’t like it.  If it’s legal on Monday, why not on Sunday?  And don’t give me the whole wine wasn’t wine crap either.  Read YOUR HISTORY to see where that mess came from.

Believe it or not, you can’t legislate your way to heaven any more than you can legislate anyone else to heaven or hell, though you can make their life hell here on earth.  Just ask those who lived through Stalin’s rule of the great socialist experiment.

OK, I’m rambling now but since I pay the rent here and the thought police haven’t fully taken over the internet yet, I’ll say what I damn well please.