First they jettison Marxism, Communism and the religion of big-government. Then they embrace a flat tax on income instead of a damaging, Marxian progressive tax-code. They have a newspaper once run by the communist government that has just chastised the US for descending into Marxism. 
Vodka, big furry hats, beautiful mail-order brides ,(don’t ask how I know), mutually assured missiles, funny accents and names, James Bond movies characters good and bad, colorful landmark buildings. I guess the weather sucks…..
And now they have one more hobby too. Paying lots of money to board luxury yachts to sail the seas and……..shoot (or blow up) pirates. Yes here, according to Ananova.com, several companies that run luxury ocean liners are taking cruises off the Somali Coast to patrol the most treacherous waters in the world. Apparently they are actually looking to be attacked and (if they are lucky), they retaliate with grenade launchers, machine guns and rocket launchers. Everything out the door for $5600.00 per diem. Passengers, (read pirate hunters), are also protected by a squad of ex special forces troop. Sucks for them that that Cold War is over.
Russian yachtsman Vladimir Miron –
“They are worse than the pirates, at least the pirates have the decency to take hostages, these people are just paying to commit murder.” Hmm, misplaced sympathy, decency to take hostages? It seems there are liberals amongst the Pirates too, I leave you on that……
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Sorry. Saw the picture of Johnny Depp in the pirate outfit and got too distracted to read.
Blackandgold – haha, I thought I might throw out at least one funny story here, God knows I need some comic relief
Don't tease me!
Must…scrounge…up…$5600
I originally asked WHERE DO I SIGN UP???? I'd love to go pirate hunting. Much more fun than shooting innocent wildlife!!! Then for a second, I thought you may be serious….What the heck was I thinking?
Andrew – I'm with Innominatus here, where's my $5600? Should I buy a clunker and get some cash for it?
Anybody see "Somali Pirate Takedown" on Discovery Channel the other day? Pretty darned cool.
Color me cold-hearted meanie, but I think that there are certain behaviors that bad guys commit that make their lives forfeit. Piracy is among them. And the guys on the yacht have as much right to putt around the sea as anybody else, and to defend themselves as needed. Defending oneself with grossly superior firepower is still just defending oneself.
I'm still trying to get past Johnny Depp. As long as he doesn't say anything….DAMN!!!
Nice article. You'd think that this would be ever country's reaction.
I have a "clunker" as one may call it, but I like it just fine. It is an old, yet quick good handling Honda Prelude. It has over 200K on it, with the original clutch and blows the family Prius's doors off both in straight line and around corners…but if someone wants to give me $5600 for it..
When I see pirate pics like that I just want to say WHERES MEEE GOLD!!!!
I like the idea of anything that makes the pirates afraid to go trolling, but I couldn't do that. First, I'd probably shoot myself instead of them (really bad hand to eye coordination) plus, I'd find it much more satisfying to rip them to shreds with my vicious rhetoric. I'm way more dangerous that way.
And Johnny Depp is distracting, but give me Gerard Butler in that Spartan gear any day!
That's why I'm the LandShark. Kill'em and grill'em, gives me a toofie grin. Great post.
Tommi – Your rhetoric would tear them up, they wouln't have anywhere to hide…..
Tommi — May I throw Hugh Jackman as Wolverine into the mix? That would be one decision you couldn't lose! 🙂
blackandgold, tommi – eeww, I am offended 🙂
Great post! I really like your blog!!
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