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2009-04-12 Africa Horn

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Posted by Glenmore 2009-04-12 09:50|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 But Glen, you must ask yourself the Southside, Chicago community organizer question......What Would Barry Do (WWBD)?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-04-12 10:17|| 2009-04-12 10:17|| Front Page Top

#2 WWBD?

He would use public funding to organize the disadvantaged pirate community in a protest of this obvious international racial discrimination.

Posted by USMC6743 2009-04-12 13:53|| 2009-04-12 13:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Traditionally, when a pirate ship was captured, it was rigged to slowly sink, then the pirates were hung aboard it, hopefully to be found by their fellows.

This served several purposes. First of all, it kept your own decks clean, as it were. Second, the hanged pirates would serve as a message to other pirates. And third, the pirate ship would be unrecoverable by other pirates, so would sink one way or another.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-04-12 13:55|| 2009-04-12 13:55|| Front Page Top

#4 "Historically, civilized nations understood how to handle pirates"

Unless they gave them Letters of marque, of course.

Or made them governors of Jamaica.
Or let them sleep with the English Queen

And of course many pirates just "relieved" Spanish ships of all that gold and silver they had just stolen in Peru.

Posted by European Conservative 2009-04-12 15:05|| 2009-04-12 15:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Tis a glorious thing to be a pirate king.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-04-12 15:45|| 2009-04-12 15:45|| Front Page Top

#6 VARIOUS MSM NEWS > seems PIRACY is still good for attracting the SOMALI = LOCAL BABES???

D *** NG IT, CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW gets to nail/marry KEIRA KNIGHTLEY - "YAAARRRRRR, ABAST YE BABES"!?

Who knew?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-04-12 19:53|| 2009-04-12 19:53|| Front Page Top

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