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What are the Pirates (holding U.S. Captain) armed with? Prediction by marktwain: Knives.
10 April, 2009
| marktwain
Posted on 04/10/2009 9:22:26 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: cripplecreek
> There are also hatchets and a few knives as part of the lifeboat’s provisions.
You’re right. I was just reading “South by Java Head” by Alistair McLean the other week. A significant part of the story takes place on lifeboats, and the boat knife and hatchet are both used...
...as well as something called a “crutch” — I don’t know what it’s proper use is on a lifeboat, but it gets used as a weapon at some point in the story. There are two per boat IIRC.
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04/10/2009 9:48:48 AM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: marktwain
They’re armed with a weak US President. A very dangerous thing.
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:50:35 AM PDT
by
Made In The USA
(Liberalism is a sign of stupidity.)
To: marktwain
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:50:37 AM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: DieHard the Hunter
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posted on
04/10/2009 9:56:08 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: Made In The USA
They’re armed with a weak US President. A very dangerous thing.
All 0bama needs to do is Goggle for:
Thomas Jefferson, President, pirates
He might have a clue as to a course of action.
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posted on
04/10/2009 10:01:47 AM PDT
by
TYVets
To: Made In The USA
Post of the day.......and so dead on correct. I will pray for this man, it is his only chance.
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posted on
04/10/2009 10:06:08 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: marktwain; All
“American cargo ship captain Richard Phillips jumped overboard overnight. He was apparently hoping to reach a U.S. warship standing guard several hundred yards away. The destroyer USS Bainbridge has rescue helicopters aboard, as well as lifeboats. The Bainbridge is keeping its distance, in part to stay out of the pirates’ range of fire.”
Yes, it looks as though the U.S. military’s teeth have been pulled, at least under this administration.
To: cripplecreek
Interesting — thanks for this.
I have to wonder at the wisdom of Maersk putting this info on the web at this time. It’s a huge assumption that the pirates won’t find it, and thereby discover what the Captain may/may not have done to the engines.
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04/10/2009 10:14:25 AM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fà g am bealach.)
To: marktwain
Your theory is a good one. If the pirates had AK47s or other firearms, it’s hard to see how the crew could have freed themselves.
To: Made In The USA
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04/10/2009 6:46:49 PM PDT
by
TheConservativeParty
("Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force." George Washington)
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