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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:07 PM Original message |
Somalia wants to handle the pirates internally |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Somalia has a prime minister? |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That was my first reaction too |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yeah, I'm not being snarky either |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Yes, but he never goes more than 5 miles out of town. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Hey, I'm the messenger here. I didn't know until I read the article! |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Now that's a man with a death wish |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. My first thought too. nt |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. I didn't think there was an internally. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. if they could -- there wouldn't be pirates would there? nt |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Somalia is supposedly a Libertarian's paradise! |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think we should chance giving money or weapons to the internal government |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. We already fund the internal government. And arm it. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Lot of good that does. They probably are using that on that on the Pirate Ships. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Hmmm, interesting. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I heard a report that the Elders get a cut of like 30%. Are they the Government? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I don't know, but it would be a good conversation to have. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 04:55 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. According to the UN report from which the garbled media reports of "cuts" |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. There's a blog already!? Wow. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. He was writing a book on pirates before the latest peak of interest. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Cool. I hope he gets all the fame that Mudflats got! n/t |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. The return of the Barbary Coast? |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. That's a joke |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Somalia is a chaotic country and no one from inside could control even a kindergarten nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Someone could, & we sent the Ethiopians in in 2006 to take them out. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I've heard about this, but haven't read much about it. Do you have a link? n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. start here, |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I'm starting to get a sense of deja vu here. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. But isn't that why the U.S. exists? To F*CK up everything on this planet to enrich the rich? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. I think we should extricate every GOPer from every public office. n/t |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Those are blessed words! nt |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. Amid the stupidity, he said one smart thing |
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corruptmewithpower (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. Need to cultivate ties with the more moderate pirate factions. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'm wondering how people can make a living there. |
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corruptmewithpower (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. From the encyclopedia of nations |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. The last date mentioned in that article is 2003. |
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corruptmewithpower (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Yeah, it's probably a totally different place. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. It is a bit different, as in 2003 Somalia was on the upswing (for it). |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. "Pirates are becoming richer and more powerful than the government." Hmmm— |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Good point. n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. That totally makes sense and |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. Somehow that makes me think of The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:12 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Somehow it makes me think of a prostate exam |
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