Details are sketchy at the moment – it’s a currently breaking story – but by all indications, the American crew of the American-flagged Maersk Alabama has retaken the ship from the Somali pirates who commandeered the ship last night.
Oh my godz! O Noes!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Americans taking care of themselves, without Obama’s government coming to the rescue. Does……. not…… compute. Does……. not…… compute.
The American government’s response thus far had been the following:
- White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs – yes, THAT Robert Gibbs, the Obama answer to Scott McClellan – had stated: The White House is closely monitoring the apparent hijacking of the US-flagged ship in the Indian Ocean and assessing a course of action to resolve this situation. Our top priority is the personal safety of the crew members on board.
- US Navy ships were steaming that direction. Navy Spokesman Lt. Nathan Christensen offered this: The area the ship was taken in, is not where the focus of our ships has been. The area we’re patrolling is more than a million miles in size. Our ships cannot be everywhere at every time.
It’s likely the sailors figured they had a choice between being beheaded on camera, and taking matters into their own hands. President Bush’s Navy might save them. Obama? Nah, we better do this ourselves.
Good job, boys! Expect a bill from the United States Government in the near future, to pay for the petrol they burned up moving those Navy ships in your direction. They need the money, ya know, so they can pay ACORN to run the 2010 census. Also, word has it there are still a couple of bridges, buildings and highways in West Virginia without “Robert C. Byrd Memorial [fill in object name here]” emblazoned on them.
Sources indicate Obama will apologize to the Somalis.
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hopefully they get backup soon
Common_Cents (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 12:44PM EST (link)Hopefully if there was a skirmish they’ll get an escort and backup soon against any retaliation. Because the pirates used small boats from probably a bigger ship nearby.
Obama=Golfer in Chief, Leading from,
behind, the Back Nine.Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.
The vessel is the sixth to be seized within a week and the first with an all-American crew.
INC (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:00PM EST (link)Proud to be an American!
John Wayne lives!
"You've got to be the worst pirate I've ever heard of." "But you have heard of me." -nt
Leon H. Wolf (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:01PM EST (link)————
We can’t stop here. This is bat country.
5!!!! -nt
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:26PM EST (link)Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
55!!
Pomme (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:52PM EST (link)Best use of line EVAR!
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views” William F Buckley Jr.
HAHAHAHA! Comment of the day. [nt]
Bill S (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 3:52PM EST (link)“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
AWESOME. WIN. YES. LOVE.
Amy Miller (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 5:42PM EST (link)Yarrrrrr, etc.
::Waits with baited breath for regulations prohibiting the injuring of precious pirates::
“I’m a conservative, I’m a textualist, I’m an originalist, but I’m not a nut.”
~Scalia, J.
First US Ship taken by Pirates in over 200 years
red4ever (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:06PM EST (link)Tells you exactly what we can expect with Obama compromising our national security.
We need to take the exact same approach we did to the Barbary Pirates. Send in the Marines. Leave no pirate alive to carry on this business. Not one cent in tribute.
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
Dante
George Washington:
blooch Wednesday, April 8th at 2:13PM EST (link)“I knew Thomas Jefferson. I was a friend of Thomas Jefferson, and you, Barack, are no Thomas Jefferson.”
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
Standing Up
mas1916 Wednesday, April 8th at 1:14PM EST (link)American’s shouldn’t be permitted to stand up for themselves and resolve their own problems. Why would they then need our Leader?
Look for Justice to prosecute those involved for violating the human rights of the pirates.
Given the Dems in the DoJ
djemi (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:25PM EST (link)I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
“If I can’t shoot rabbits,then I can’t shoot fascist”
“With age, comes Wisdom, but only if you are paying Attention, son” my ‘Old Man’
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America!
sloeride Wednesday, April 8th at 1:16PM EST (link)Fock yeah!!!
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Good update here
djemi (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:20PM EST (link)http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97ED7QG0
“If I can’t shoot rabbits,then I can’t shoot fascist”
“With age, comes Wisdom, but only if you are paying Attention, son” my ‘Old Man’
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EPU, WH said that it's "closely monitoring". And that's sufficient.
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:20PM EST (link)Now, it’s a good time for Obama to show in TV camera to celebrate the said American crew for political, gimme-vote points for 2012.
And that’s the real Obama Doctrine for international matters.
You Coined it. nt
djemi (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:24PM EST (link)“If I can’t shoot rabbits,then I can’t shoot fascist”
“With age, comes Wisdom, but only if you are paying Attention, son” my ‘Old Man’
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Hope this is the first of many
RoscoeP Wednesday, April 8th at 1:21PM EST (link)It’s about time that the Potomac had some “swimmers” in the water. I don’t care whether they can swim or not.
12 hour fight!
INC (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:27PM EST (link)TV just said the American crew fought them for 12 hours!
This should be the GOP theme of self reliance. nt
Common_Cents (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:28PM EST (link)Obama=Golfer in Chief, Leading from,
behind, the Back Nine.Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.
If the pirates slipped overboard
woodsman (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:34PM EST (link)at least the marine animals get an easy meal.
I suppose it’s time for Obama and his TOTUS to make a photo-op out of this.
I hope all our people are OK.
If true, blame Bush, apologize for America,
johnt Wednesday, April 8th at 1:39PM EST (link)grovel to the pirates [O can use the Saudi Bow & Scrape] and inform the world that in “restart” the USA is not an enemy to pirates and dialogue is sought with no preconditions.
As for the ship’s crew, ignore the pushy bastards.
“a man’s admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him”. Tocqueville
Jefferson Versus the Muslim Pirates
INC (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 1:54PM EST (link)Go Crew!!
spreadthered (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 2:09PM EST (link)That should teach those pirates not to F’ with an American ship!
Thank god for the brave crew because I was really thinking this would turn into another Iran hostage situation and the crew wouldn’t be released until we got a real man back in the WH instead of the spineless anti-American scumbag in there now.
Who wants to bet me? $20 bucks says Obama and Pelosi will apologize to the pirates?
Or Better yet...
spreadthered (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 2:12PM EST (link)Obama will say the American Ship deserved it for being so arrogant.
Let's Roll
deweyfromdetroit (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 6:38PM EST (link)Hey GM, Chrysler, JPMorgan Chase: Pay attention!
Tme to throw the pirates overboard
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Just once
ss396 Wednesday, April 8th at 6:50PM EST (link)When Gibbs says things such as
Just once I wish someone in the press would ask him “What the **** does THAT mean?”
If you pay someone to sit on his butt, you can’t be surprised when he does.
This was so unecessary and is very upsetting
mom2oneson (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 11:01PM EST (link)The captain’s life is in danger because we were sending food to the country! Why are we sending food there in the first place?
US ships are going there to help, why aren’t there ships from the Somolia trying to help? We should cut off everything to that government immediately. Could you imagine if the US has US pirate citizens attacking ships coming here? That would never happen, our military would stop it ASAP. If it did happen our military would help rescue whoever was in danger too.
The Captain is a Hero
red4ever (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 11:12PM EST (link)The crew is free because he lured the pirates into the lifeboat. Now the sailors want their captain back.
He risked his life to save everyone else. Hopefully, this ends well.
But, Mom, there is no Somali navy. There are no ships to help. There is no real Somali government. It is a completely failed state. We are there feeding them because there is no one there to do it. This is the same Somalia we were feeding almost 20 years ago. then Clinton failed to support the troops and pulled them out after one bloody October day. Things went downhill from there.
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
Dante
Because America is a good and charitable nation.
penguin2 (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 11:21PM EST (link)The poor people of Somolia are starving and their government is really non-existent. I think warlords steal most of the aid. This is true of a number of these desperate African nations, as well as in Haiti. I don’t even know if Somolia has a naval vessel.
Contrary to what our current president believes; I believe America is a noble nation and is probably the most generous in charity to other countries. Our country is made up of people like you m21s, caring and giving, despite the odds.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. – Benjamin Franklin
When Good stands up to Evil, Evil blinks. – Vassar Bushmills
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red4ever and penguin2
mom2oneson (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 11:58PM EST (link)Thank you for your responses and gently educating me about Somolia. I didn’t know any of that I thought they were well off if even their theives were doing that well to have houses and everything.
You would both make great teachers.
present tense
mom2oneson (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 12:12AM EST (link)You both are great teachers!
I guess they are not happy with
nivlem (Diary) Wednesday, April 8th at 11:35PM EST (link)taking down Minnesota….
What else would you expect from a crew
Broomy Thursday, April 9th at 8:41AM EST (link)of a ship that carried the name, Alabama? No surpise there; however, what would have happened if the ship carried the name of Massachussetts or New Hampshire? Scary isn’t it?
LOL!!!
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 1:40PM EST (link)I have to agree with that.
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
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The original Alabama, as in CSS Alabama
Achance (Diary) Thursday, April 9th at 1:50PM EST (link)did a brisk business off the coast of Africa, likewise the CSS Shenandoah. The only known pictures of CSS Alabama are from her stay in South Africa where she and the crew were quite popular. After CSS Shenandoah surrendered at, actually well after, the end of the Civil War, she was sold to a private party and ultimately was sunk in the Indian Ocean.
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