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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (308139)	6/1/2009 7:43:20 PM
From: Alan Smithee	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793919

Luxury Pirate Hunting Cruise THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE CRUISE To The Point is excited to offer the ultimate adventure cruise along the pirate-infested coast of Somalia! We board our luxury cruise ship in Djibouti on the Gulf of Aden near the entrance to the Red Sea, and disembark in Mombassa, Kenya seven adrenaline-charged days later. * * * For the object of the cruise is to sail up and down the Somali Coast waiting to get hijacked by pirates. The weapons rental costs are as follows. Rent a full auto M-16 for only $25/day with ammo attractively priced at $16 per 100 rounds of 5.56 armor-piercing On a budget? Rent a full-auto scope-mounted AK-47 for only $9/day with 7.62 ball ammo at $12 per 100 rounds Hello! Nothing gets a pirate's attention like a Barrett M-107 .50-cal sniper rifle; only $59/day with 25 rounds of armor-piercing ammo affordably priced at only $29.95. Also included: Free complimentary night vision equipment - and throughout the night, coffee, pastries and snacks are always available on the main deck from 7pm until 6am. Our deluxe package comes complete with gourmet meals and all rooms offer a mini-bar. But that's not all! Twin mounted miniguns are available for rental at only $450.00 per 30 seconds of sustained fire! We guarantee that you will experience at least two hijacking attempts by pirates or you'll receive an instant $1,000 refund upon arrival in Mombassa. How can we make that guarantee? We operate at 5 knots just beyond 12 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia, thus in international waters where pirates have no rights whatever. In fact, we make three passes through the area's most treacherous waters to ensure maximum visibility by Somali "mother ships". We repeat this for five days, making three complete passes past the entire Somali Coast. At night, the boat is fully lit and bottle rockets are shot every five minutes with loud disco music directionally beamed shoreside to attract maximum attention. Testimonials from previous participants in the Somali Cruise: "Six attacks in 4 days were more than I expected. I bagged three pirates, my wife nailed two, and my 12-year old son sank two boats with the mini-gun. This wonderful cruise was fun for the whole family" -- Fred D., Cincinnati, OH "Pirates 0, Passengers 32! Well worth the trip! Can't recommend it highly enough!" -- Ben L., Bethesda, MD "I haven't had this much fun since flying choppers in 'Nam. Don't worry about getting shot by pirates... they never even got close to the ship with the crap they shoot and their lousy aim... reminds me of a drunken juicer door-gunner we picked up from the motor pool in Phu Bai!" -- Dan J. - Denver, CO maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com [EDIT - likely humor. This was on the post from Maggies Farm: This came in over the transom, I know not whence]

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (308139)	6/2/2009 1:39:20 AM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793919

Obama had better hurry up those wonderful new energy sources...my station manager said tonight that his gas has gone up 37cents just in May. The gas at that station for Regular is $2.89/gal, with premium at $3.09.... He was really upset about the GM situation, because of all the subs that will be hit hard too...He expressed that he is furious because of the Billions in Bailouts.... I said at the end, that I was sorry for the whole country, but I didn't vote for Obama. I darn near laughed....but didn't .... then I said I could always tell if a person voted for Dems... he asked how, and I said "people who voted for Obama, now don't want to talk about that or much of anything else these days".... Pete turned and then said..."This had been going on for years.." I replied..."Yes it has....going all the way back to 1914 and the income tax implementation".... He went back to work...<ggg>