The Truth about The Somali “Pirates”
The Truth about The Somali “Pirates”
“Only the devil and I know the whereabouts of my treasure, and the one of us who lives the longest should take it all.”
– Edward Teach AKA Blackbeard
Click Here for Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
Click Here for Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas
Be very wary of Western Media. My best college Professor told our class: “Half of what you read in the Newspaper is a lie”. Too which I said, “Well, then why don’t you read half the paper?”. Which in turn made everyone in the class laugh, including a fly girl that became a San Diego Charger Cheerleader. I swooped her. But that’s neither dope Champagna nor Tony Montana.
Anyways, the point I am trying to make is don’t believe everything our country is telling you about the Somali “Pirates” and how horrible they are.
Here is The Truth:
Following the collapse of the Somali regime in 1991 The “International Community” (Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Russia, Britain, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Yemen, Egypt and many others.) has been illegally poaching and destroying the Somali Marine Resources.
This Illegal, Unregulated and Unlicensed fishing is destroying fish stock, marine life, and the habitats.
Illegal, Unregulated and Unlicensed fishing are using trawlers in even the inshore areas of reserved for artisanal fishing.
These illegally caught fish are “laundered” with legitimately caught fish.
Since Somalia has not had a functioning “Coast Guard”, the rest of the world has taken advantage of the situation as they have vastly over fished their own seas.
Click Here for Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
Click Here for Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas
K’naan – What’s Hardcore?
Many Somali fisherman have been killed by trawlers and had their fishing nets destroyed over the last 18 years.
In 2005 there were over 800 illegal fishing vessels At One Time in Somali waters.
Over $450 Million in fish annually, have been taken illegally from Somali waters with out paying tax or royalties to the Somali People. And since it is unregulated, they have not paid attention to conservation or the environment.
A bunch of other complicated license scams have been run, which I can’t explain because even I think the shit is confusing.
The Somali’s have complained to the UN at least three times. No one listened.
Shyne – That’s Gangsta
Industrial, Nuclear and Toxic waste have been dumped in Somali waters. The waste has caused deformed babies and killed many people.
Somali fishermen in various regions of the country also complained to the international community about the illegal foreign fishing, stealing the livelihoods of poor fishermen, waste dumping and other ecological disasters, including the indiscriminate use of all prohibited methods of fishing: drift nets, under water explosives, killing all “endangered species” like sea-turtles, orca, sharks, baby whales, etc. as well as destroying reef, biomass and vital fish habitats in the sea.
Now, who are the “Pirates”?
So what do you expect the Somali Fisherman to do?
Lay down?
Imagine what would happen if you fished illegally and dumped waste off the coast of San Diego?
Ill tell you, you would have every San Diego Fisherman and Surfer blowing up your boats.
Click Here for Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
Click Here for Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas
Try dumping toxic waste on The North Shore. Or try dumping chemical waste on Maroubra Beach and see what The Bra Boys do.
If nuclear waste was dumped on your beach you’d grab a cutlass, too.
And you would stop him in his tracks and show him you are Ruthless.
A couple more points to bring up:
Piracy is the result of one thing: Rebellion to unjust activity.
Sure the Pirates are living it up, smoking hashish, boozing, swooping mad girls, and chowing down stimulants. Who can blame them? I would too. In fact, they sound like some cool cats to roll with.
Now that we killed a few Somali “Pirates”, the Somali people are completely backing the Pirates. So are the Islamic Militants.
The Hornet’s Nest has been stirred.
And we cannot fight another war on another front (See The Art of War).
Remember one thing: What did America do, in the days of George Washington, before we had a Coast Guard?
We used Pirates.
The Somali Pirates: The Most Radical Revolutionaries of our Generation.
Let’s make peace in Somalia. Then we can go over and swoop Fly Somalian Girls.
The Rest is Up to You…
Michael Porfirio Mason
AKA The Peoples Champ
AKA GFK, Jr.
AKA The Sly, Slick and the Wicked
AKA The Voodoo Child
The Guide to Getting More out of Life
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13/04/2009 at 9:20 pm Permalink
man, this blog is becoming my one-stop-shop for what’s up; money, suits, broads, truth…you got it all covered.
keep it up, MPM!
13/04/2009 at 9:39 pm Permalink
Steve Lurkel,
Word.
Someone has to do it.
– MPM
14/04/2009 at 5:43 am Permalink
By the US used pirates, do you mean Privateers? I seem to recall we blew up the Barbary Coasters after we became a nation.
14/04/2009 at 9:16 am Permalink
Scott,
“By the US used pirates, do you mean Privateers?”
Sure.
Although I wasn’t around at that time, the line between “privateers” and “pirates” is very blurred.
Privateers were just a “legal” form of Piracy.
The same cats did both.
– MPM
14/04/2009 at 9:17 am Permalink
the manifesto always seems to bring out the truth. finnally there is some balance in the world. i knew there had to be another side to this story.
14/04/2009 at 9:17 am Permalink
Nice article, If someone came into my backyard dumping and stealing stuff I’d be mad too. Theres always two sides to every story………….
14/04/2009 at 12:10 pm Permalink
It’s important to understand the broader conditions that created the pirate climate, but let’s at least note here that the Pirate solution is not much of a solution for Somalia.
Pirates generally keep their profits within their mafia structure, and do not kick it out into the society any more than Reaganomics kicked out income to the many.
Secondly, the pirates earned their stripes collecting money from the fishing industry, but have moved onto bigger and better targets. While it’s amusing to a certain degree that the pirates can take such enormous boats, clearly Ukrainian arms boats, oil tankers, etc.. are not overfishing Somali waters.
Clearly, the power vacuum is a problem, but this is just a makeshift fix…
But we’re in agreement that the corporate press is nothing more than a corporate propaganda machine that dominates the minds of many, and leaves us with a distorted version of reality.
–E
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14/04/2009 at 12:38 pm Permalink
I am backing the Pirates on this one too.
14/04/2009 at 12:42 pm Permalink
Good comments: King T, Jhunt, Evan.
Coby Yeah, I think The Pirates are going to give as good as they get.
– MPM
14/04/2009 at 12:43 pm Permalink
You are right: “Somali pirates hijack 4 ships, take 60 hostages”: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/piracy
Its on now.
14/04/2009 at 10:01 pm Permalink
Hi,
Thank you! I would now go on this blog every day!
Have a nice day
Dirnov
15/04/2009 at 1:50 pm Permalink
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Rufor
16/04/2009 at 10:17 am Permalink
Now that’s real talk!
06/01/2010 at 11:20 am Permalink
Plus Somali girls are totally off the hook. Best unmentioned place to swoop them? Minneapolis, MN. They are to MN what Asians are to my home digs in Sea-town. Every time I’m back there (as I was for New Years) I’m working the African connection. Stunningly gorgeous babes almost to a one. For a great satirical take on the pirate issue watch Southpark’s “Fatbeard the Pirate.” It’s great and touches on the same issues you address here, albeit lightly.
Happy New Year G
06/01/2010 at 3:34 pm Permalink
“Best unmentioned place to swoop them? Minneapolis, MN.”
I heard that before. Good tip.
MN is kind of off my radar screen though.
– MPM
04/03/2010 at 4:06 pm Permalink
Never mess with a African
19/02/2011 at 10:23 am Permalink
That Somali girl looks beautiful. Anyways I think all opinions and facts can be disgusted or debated peacefully rather than using guns.