Plain, But you're not even going to pay them you cheap fuck, why would they listen to your advice? How you going to "pick their replacements", the military leaders are not elected officials.
On Dec 3, 7:51 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > Well fuck, you don't think they are going to follow YOU, do you? > --- > no - I wouldn't pay them > > You > expect them to deliver the bad guys to your door, neatly sedated and > hog-tied? > --- > no > but if they won't do their fucking jobs I'll gladly pick their > replacements > > On Dec 3, 6:28 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Plain, > > > Well fuck, you don't think they are going to follow YOU, do you? You > > expect them to deliver the bad guys to your door, neatly sedated and > > hog-tied? > > > On Dec 3, 4:38 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > so volunteer Rambo and collect those > > > buckets of blood you long so for > > > --- > > > too old and wise to follow dumbass military leaders w/o a clue > > > > On Dec 3, 4:20 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Plain, > > > > > Ain't no draft lad, hasn't been since the mid 70's, they are not going > > > > to call. A fact I'm sure you're counting on. > > > > It's a volunteer military, so volunteer Rambo and collect those > > > > buckets of blood you long so for. > > > > > On Dec 3, 3:32 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I don't play video games. > > > > > > If they need me they'll call - until then they should do their fucking > > > > > jobs > > > > > > On Dec 3, 3:24 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Plain, > > > > > > > Wasn't referring to the latest Playstation game you acquired BOB. > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 2:22 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I'd be honored to fire the first shot. > > > > > > > > I'll aim for the head first. > > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 1:16 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Plain, > > > > > > > > > You get right on that BOB. > > > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 11:00 am, plainolamerican <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > dead pirates can't hijack ships > > > > > > > > > > let the killin' begin!!! > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 10:18 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=2289558 > > > > > > > > > > > Pirate stock exchange helps fund hijackings > > > > > > > > > > > *Mohamed Ahmed, Reuters *Published: Tuesday, December 01, > > > > > > > > > > 2009 > > > > > > > > > > > HARADHEERE, Somalia -- In Somalia's main pirate lair of > > > > > > > > > > Haradheere, the sea > > > > > > > > > > gangs have set up a cooperative to fund their hijackings > > > > > > > > > > offshore, a sort of > > > > > > > > > > stock exchange meets criminal syndicate. > > > > > > > > > > > Heavily armed pirates from the lawless Horn of Africa > > > > > > > > > > nation have terrorized > > > > > > > > > > shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean and strategic Gulf of > > > > > > > > > > Aden, which links > > > > > > > > > > Europe to Asia through the Red Sea. > > > > > > > > > > > The gangs have made tens of millions of dollars from > > > > > > > > > > ransoms and a > > > > > > > > > > deployment by foreign navies in the area has only appeared > > > > > > > > > > to drive the > > > > > > > > > > attackers to hunt further from shore. > > > > > > > > > > > It is a lucrative business that has drawn financiers from > > > > > > > > > > the Somali > > > > > > > > > > diaspora and other nations -- and now the gangs in > > > > > > > > > > Haradheere have set up an > > > > > > > > > > exchange to manage their investments. > > > > > > > > > > > One wealthy former pirate named Mohammed took Reuters > > > > > > > > > > around the small > > > > > > > > > > facility and said it had proved to be an important way for > > > > > > > > > > the pirates to > > > > > > > > > > win support from the local community for their operations, > > > > > > > > > > despite the > > > > > > > > > > dangers involved. > > > > > > > > > > > "Four months ago, during the monsoon rains, we decided to > > > > > > > > > > set up this stock > > > > > > > > > > exchange. We started with 15 'maritime companies' and now > > > > > > > > > > we are hosting 72. > > > > > > > > > > Ten of them have so far been successful at hijacking," > > > > > > > > > > Mohammed said. > > > > > > > > > > > "The shares are open to all and everybody can take part, > > > > > > > > > > whether personally > > > > > > > > > > at sea or on land by providing cash, weapons or useful > > > > > > > > > > materials ... we've > > > > > > > > > > made piracy a community activity." > > > > > > > > > > > Haradheere, 400 km (250 miles) northeast of Mogadishu, used > > > > > > > > > > to be a small > > > > > > > > > > fishing village. Now it is a bustling town where luxury 4x4 > > > > > > > > > > cars owned by > > > > > > > > > > the pirates and those who bankroll them create honking > > > > > > > > > > traffic jams along > > > > > > > > > > its pot-holed, dusty streets. > > > > > > > > > > > Somalia's Western-backed government of President Sheikh > > > > > > > > > > Sharif Ahmed is > > > > > > > > > > pinned down battling hard-line Islamist rebels, and > > > > > > > > > > controls little more > > > > > > > > > > than a few streets of the capital. > > > > > > > > > > > The administration has no influence in Haradheere -- where > > > > > > > > > > a senior local > > > > > > > > > > official said piracy paid for almost everything. > > > > > > > > > > > "Piracy-related business has become the main profitable > > > > > > > > > > economic activity in > > > > > > > > > > our area and as locals we depend on their output," said > > > > > > > > > > Mohamed Adam, the > > > > > > > > > > town's deputy security officer. > > > > > > > > > > > "The district gets a percentage of every ransom from ships > > > > > > > > > > that have been > > > > > > > > > > released, and that goes on public infrastructure, including > > > > > > > > > > our hospital and > > > > > > > > > > our public schools." > > > > > > > > > > > RISK VS REWARDS > > > > > > > > > > > In a drought-ravaged country that provides almost no > > > > > > > > > > employment > > > > > > > > > > opportunities for fit young men, many are been drawn to the > > > > > > > > > > allure of the > > > > > > > > > > riches they see being earned at sea. > > > > > > > > > > > Abdirahman Ali was a secondary school student in Mogadishu > > > > > > > > > > until three > > > > > > > > > > months ago when his family fled the fighting there. > > > > > > > > > > > Given the choice of moving with his parents to Lego, their > > > > > > > > > > ancestral home in > > > > > > > > > > Middle Shabelle where strict Islamist rebels have banned > > > > > > > > > > most entertainment > > > > > > > > > > including watching sport, or joining the pirates, he opted > > > > > > > > > > to head for > > > > > > > > > > Haradheere. > > > > > > > > > > > Now he guards a Thai fishing boat held just offshore. > > > > > > > > > > > "First I decided to leave the country and migrate, but then > > > > > > > > > > I remembered my > > > > > > > > > > late colleagues who died at sea while trying to migrate to > > > > > > > > > > Italy," he told > > > > > > > > > > Reuters. "So I chose this option, instead of dying in the > > > > > > > > > > desert or from > > > > > > > > > > mortars in Mogadishu." > > > > > > > > > > > Haradheere's "stock exchange" is open 24 hours a day and > > > > > > > > > > serves as a > > > > > > > > > > bustling focal point for the town. As well as investors, > > > > > > > > > > sobbing wives and > > > > > > > > > > mothers often turn up there seeking news of male relatives > > > > > > > > > > missing in > > > > > > > > > > action. > > > > > > > > > > > Every week, Mohammed said, gang members and equipment were > > > > > > > > > > lost to the sea. > > > > > > > > > > But he said the pirates were not deterred. > > > > > > > > > > > "Ransoms have even increased in recent months from between > > > > > > > > > > $2-3 million to > > > > > > > > > > $4 million because of the increased number of shareholders > > > > > > > > > > and the risks," > > > > > > > > > > he said. > > > > > > > > > > > "Let the anti-piracy navies continue their search for us. > > > > > > > > > > We have no worries > > > > > > > > > > because our motto for the job is 'do or die'." > > > > > > > > > > > Piracy investor Sahra Ibrahim, a 22-year-old divorcee, was > > > > > > > > > > lined up with > > > > > > > > > > others waiting for her cut of a ransom pay-out after one of > > > > > > > > > > the gangs freed > > > > > > > > > > a Spanish tuna fishing vessel. > > > > > > > > > > > "I am waiting for my share after I contributed a > > > > > > > > > > rocket-propelled grenade > > > > > > > > > > for the operation," she said, adding that she got the > > > > > > > > > > weapon from her > > > > > > > > > > ex-husband in alimony. > > > > > > > > > > > "I am really happy and lucky. 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