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To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (105315)	12/6/2009 2:11:50 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

Ralph, you're wrong. Pirate payoffs feed big-money lifestyle in Somalia breitbart.com BOSSASO, Somalia (AP) - A parcel of land here that sold for $12,000 two years ago now costs more than $20,000. The price of a nice pair of men's shoes has gone up from $20 to $50. The reason: pirates. The influx of millions of dollars in ransoms has changed life in this coastal <<Muslim community>>, driving prices up and creating a schism between the pirate haves and have-nots. As piracy ramps up again with the end of the monsoon season, the lifestyle of the pirates—big houses, fast cars and easy drugs—is decried by both religious leaders and ordinary villagers