The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
Seems I’m not the first to notice this terrorist promoting series. I am late to the game, as “Whale Wars” is on it’s second season. Neither of us are regular watchers of Animal Planet. Most of the cable we watch are food shows; a devious plot to prevent weight loss.
I understand that Steven Irwin’s widow apparently condones these folks naming their ship after her late husband, who was supportive of the cause:
That’s conservation for you!
Hey, who would have guessed southerners are polite and tolerant, and don’t assault, verbally or otherwise, people who express views different than them. What kills me about stories like this, is the authors pretty clearly did not mean to drip cultural condescension, but it nonetheless comes through.
Does this guy really think people in the South never met an atheist before? I’ll be honest, some of the most provincial people I’ve met come from the urban Northeast, not the South.
Looks like hope and change is costing Pennsylvania steel jobs.
Chalk up another activity you can do with air guns, namely help rid Florida of an invasive species. Perhaps Bitter can dig up some iguana recipies.
Much like a train wreck, Bitter and I couldn’t help but watch the Animal Planet series Whale Wars, which looks to me like a celebration of eco-piracy. Bitter and I were rooting for the Japanese, and the ice. What these people are doing is appalling, and Discovery Communications should be ashamed for painting criminals in a positive light. The Japanese government has put out Interpol alerts, and the leaders of this gang of pirates is wanted in Japan, at least. Yes, those brutish Japanese, eh, who want to continue barbarous whaling?  Tell me if this video of a Japanese vessel defending itself against a deliberate collision by the Sea Shepherd looks anything but measured:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXQq78lvKrU[/youtube]
If I’m Captain of a ship being attacked and rammed on the Antarctic Ocean, in an attempt to sink my ship with my crew on it, I’m ordering my harpooner to fire one of the explosive harpoons at the bridge, not spray the hippies with water cannons, even though they could probably use the shower.
That might sound extreme, but sinking in water that cold is likely to kill some of my crew. It’s time to stop being nice to these people. If the countries harboring these terrorists don’t take action, someone needs to send the Sea Shepherd to the bottom of the ocean. I don’t care what you think about whaling, or whether you think the Japanese are abusing the research exemption. You don’t get to attack shipping, put people’s lives at risk, and get away with it. If someone attacks and tries to kill me on land, I’m justified legally shooting them dead where they stand.  The high seas should be no different. Just for fun, here’s a video of The Sea Shepherd being rammed by the Canadian Coast Guard.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nUSWTzvzZA[/youtube]
Go Canada! And shame on the Dutch for allowing these pirates to continue flying their flag. The Japanese and the Canadians ought to file a formal complaint with the IMO against the Dutch for failing to prosecute piracy by ships flying their flag. Why do we tolerate this?
UPDATE: Please file a complaint with Discovery Communications here. I did.
I am absolutely appalled that Discovery Communications is legitimizing piracy by airing a program that promotes violence against other human beings. Regardless of what one thinks of whaling, the actions of these eco-terrorists is in violation of the international law of the seas, and is criminal. What’s next for Discovery Networks? Following around people who try to murder abortion doctors? I have been thinking about canceling my cable subscription as of late. This has convinced me it is time, and I will make sure Comcast knows why.
I’m not kidding about the cable either. There’s literally nothing on worth watching except for Mythbusters, which still isn’t worth 80 bucks a month.
Looks like Governor Phil didn’t want another veto fight on the parks issue. But he also said something rather bizarre about the Firearms Freedom bill as well, while letting it become law without his signature:
This bill is not about firearms. It is about a fringe constitutional theory that I believe will be quickly dispensed with by the federal courts.
I think I agree with RAH. He has to be hoping for a spot in the Obama cabinet. I guess he figures in order to qualify, he’ll have to demonstrate that he has not “gone native” while living among the southerners. (Governor Phil was born in New Jersey, and grew up in New York. Shocking eh?)
… to a renewed federal assault weapons ban.
Kevin has a story that is absolutely mind boggling. They apparently didn’t realize when you steal that kind of money, you better make sure they think you are dead. They’ve not been watching enough movies:
Well, when you steal $600, you can just disappear. When you steal 600 million, they will find you, unless they think you’re already dead.
I’m going to agree with the folks who say they are counterfeit. I also would not be surprised to find out they are not, in fact, Japanese Nationals, but North Koreans with false papers. Can you imagine being the teller at the Swiss Bank when two guys show up with more treasury bonds than the GDP of most countries in their briefcases?
Goes to Bruce, on a story about a man indicted for voting twice last election:
There isn’t a soul alive so enamored with John McCain as to vote for him twice. Most of us had a hard enough time voting for him once.
Amen.