John H wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2009 07:09:32 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
Animal Planet?

Intense - better than "Deadliest Catch" in some ways.

Highly recommended.
I LOVE watching Whale Wars. It is one of the funniest shows on TV
today. It reminds me of what you would get if the Keystone Kops and
Animal House had a baby. The crew has no idea what they are doing.
The crew can NEVER remember to put the phone in the inflatable. They
forget to turn on the phone so the captain can't communicate with them.
They have all of this expensive equipment, and completely
inexperienced volunteers trying to use it, so they end up breaking it.

The captain (who does not actually have a license to captain a ship)
places a bullet in his jacket and pretends that the whaling boats tried
to shot him, but he was saved because he the bullet passed through a
Kevlar vest. but was stopped by an anti-whaling medal he was wearing.
Yeah right. Out in the middle of the ocean, he is wearing a Kevlar vest
for safety, but he doesn't think it is necessary for any of his crew to
have a Kevlar vest.

The only problem is, while it is like watching slapstick, It is sad,
that such a serious issue is being handled by such bumbling idiots.
Paul Watson, the founder of the Sea Shepard summed up his philosophy in
the following sentence " “If you do not know an answer, a fact, or a
statistic, ... make it up on the spot and deliver the information
confidently and without hesitation"

Paul Watson was on the board of Greenpeace, and was voted off the board
by all of the other board members due to his strong opposition of
Greenpeace's commitment to nonviolence. Costa Rica charged him with
seven charges of attempted murder due to his actions against shark
fishing off their coast. He was convicted in absentia by Norway on
charges of attempting to sink a small shipping boat off of Norway. As
you saw last night, he has actually rammed other ships in the Antarctic
Ocean.
.
Paul Watson will end up hurting or killing some of these young
volunteers who are looking for an adventure and as a way to reduce the
slaughter of whales. I (and most other environmental movements) don't
think his tactics will be effective in reducing the number of whales
killed, but will actually hurt the environmental movement.

Ok, tirade off.

That was a pretty good one, though. Maybe you should do that more
often.

How about one on our lack of nuclear energy?
--

John H

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government
results from too much government."

Thomas Jefferson

Don't get me started on that issue. Too often we allow emotions to
overrule logic. N.E. would have reduce our carbon foot print, reduced
acid rain and the resulting problems, and provided us with better
leverage in negotiating the cost of oil and gas from OPEC.

And I know a little Red Barn in Maryland were we could have dump all the
spent nuclear waste.

--
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq.

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