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Andrew C. McCarthy: Pirates Test the ‘Rule of Law’
National Review Online ^ | April 10, 2009 | Andrew C. McCarthy

Posted on 04/11/2009 5:56:12 AM PDT by kellynla

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1 posted on 04/11/2009 5:56:13 AM PDT by kellynla
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To: kellynla

One 50 caliber would fix everything.


2 posted on 04/11/2009 5:58:00 AM PDT by Tarpon (You abolish your responsibilities, your surrender your rights.)
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To: kellynla

Why don’t the crews of these ships pack heat?


3 posted on 04/11/2009 6:00:57 AM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: kellynla

When asked about the pirates seizing an American-flagged vessel and taking the crew hostages:

Obozo didn’t know what to say, since TOTUS had no comment, and said he was “too busy talking about housing” (where is that in the Constitution?) to play Commander-in-Chief (that is in the Constitution).

Hildebeast, aka Secretary of State of the United States, cackled like a stoned witch.

Do you feel secure now with the leadership of your country?


4 posted on 04/11/2009 6:04:18 AM PDT by webschooner
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To: Tarpon

Poor Barry...suddenly he is being dealt “ACORN” tactics on a world scale....

Funny...suddenly the shake down by rag tag black folks isn’t that funny when it isn’t happening “state side”...


5 posted on 04/11/2009 6:04:56 AM PDT by antivenom (The messiah turning worthless mortgages into redeemable assets (like water into wine)...)
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To: Tarpon

Yes, but a few boxes of ammo would be required to get the job done right.


6 posted on 04/11/2009 6:05:13 AM PDT by John Valentine
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To: pnh102
Civilization is not an evolution of mankind but the imposition of human good on human evil. It is not a historical inevitability. It is a battle that has to be fought every day, because evil doesn’t recede willingly before the wheels of progress. Something the left is too blind, ignorant or evil themselves to see.
7 posted on 04/11/2009 6:08:57 AM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: pnh102

> Why don’t the crews of these ships pack heat?

The Laws of the Sea. IOW a stupid reason.


8 posted on 04/11/2009 6:08:57 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: antivenom

Pirate ‘community organizers’ ... how quaint.


9 posted on 04/11/2009 6:09:08 AM PDT by Tarpon (You abolish your responsibilities, your surrender your rights.)
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To: pnh102

Because they’re not allowed to.


10 posted on 04/11/2009 6:10:51 AM PDT by Old Sarge ("Remember, remember, the Fourth of November, the Socialist treason and plot...")
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To: pnh102

“Why don’t the crews of these ships pack heat?”

“pack heat?”

You’ve been watching too much television. LOL

Have you ever killed a man?

Well, I have.

Ya know you FR “keyboard cowboys” talk a lot of BS...

It is one thing to go to a range and shoot at targets that don’t shoot back and quite another to actually be involved in a “firefight”...

I’ve seen trained combat Marines “freeze” when faced with the possiblity of being killed in combat.

So stow the “cowboy” posts;
it just makes you look STUPID!

shezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...


11 posted on 04/11/2009 6:11:32 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: DieHard the Hunter
The Laws of the Sea. IOW a stupid reason.

Who made those rules, the pirates?

12 posted on 04/11/2009 6:14:51 AM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: kellynla
Have you ever killed a man?

Well, I have.

Sure you have.

13 posted on 04/11/2009 6:15:54 AM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: Tarpon
“One 50 caliber would fix everything?”

yea, endanger and kill a lot of hostages in the process!

stick to what you KNOW, whatever the hell that is, and leave combat to those of us who are trained & experienced at it!

shezzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

14 posted on 04/11/2009 6:16:42 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla

You know, I’m beginning to wonder if he’s soft-peddling or reluctant to deal with these pirates because they’re black.

He stayed in that insane church for 20 years because of his love of black liberation theology, maybe he somehow thinks these pirates deserve some money -especially at the expense of Americans.


15 posted on 04/11/2009 6:19:07 AM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: pnh102

Well, anytime you wanna come by my house, I’ll be glad to show you my Marine Corps combat service record, complete with 3, count ‘em, 3 combat promotions and two combat medals including a PH...

FYI, genius, I walked point for the 5th Marines in 1969 & 1970.

So I suggest you keep your stupid posts to yourself.


16 posted on 04/11/2009 6:20:30 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla

NOt that it surprise me, but did Obama actually say, when queried at a press conference “Guys, we’re talking about housing right now” as a way of ducking the Somali pirate question?
Everything we need to know about the guy is embedded in that moment and its context.
1. He’s not really concerned about “international affairs” where it might force him to make a life or death decision face to face with Islamic terrorists/
2. His New New Deal “agenda” takes precedence over EVERYTHING, and the stupid press needs to be reminded of that all the time.
and 3. Addressing the press as “Guys” in both creepily over-familiar, conspiriatorially chummy, and , to my ear, makes him sound like your waiter at Chili’s, as in , Hi,guys, I’m your waiter, my name is Barack””. (later in the meal) “You guys all right? You want anything else?”
What a stupid low-grade slob this guy is.
We will defeat him handily.


17 posted on 04/11/2009 6:22:53 AM PDT by supremedoctrine ("Time is the school in which we learn that time is the fire in which we burn"--Delmore Schwartz)
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To: pnh102; kellynla

We know kellynla and have no doubt he's telling the truth. You, OTOH, haven't answered his question.

18 posted on 04/11/2009 6:23:21 AM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: kellynla

Thank you first for the service to this nation and secondly for your response.


19 posted on 04/11/2009 6:23:59 AM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: kellynla

THere’s never a wasted word in anything Andrew McCarthy writes. It is ALL right on, and to the point. Love this guy.


20 posted on 04/11/2009 6:24:04 AM PDT by supremedoctrine ("Time is the school in which we learn that time is the fire in which we burn"--Delmore Schwartz)
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