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2005-11-01 Southeast Asia

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Posted by God Save The World AKA Oztralian 2005-11-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He said the crew made dive sorties to inspect the effect of global warming on the coral formation. "The chart indicated we were a mile and a half" from the coral reef when the ship ran aground

Translation: We didn't like the data we were getting from the divers, so we fudged it a bit by ramming the reef.

Posted by badanov 2005-11-01 02:13|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2005-11-01 02:13|| Front Page Top

#2 *Crickets*

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-11-01 02:24|| 2005-11-01 02:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Heh.

Posted by .Halliburton Ratfucker Division / GPS Spoof Team 2005-11-01 02:58|| 2005-11-01 02:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Must of been a French secret commando reef

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-11-01 06:50|| 2005-11-01 06:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Now that's a hoot!! What a bunch of maroons.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2005-11-01 07:31|| 2005-11-01 07:31|| Front Page Top

#6 I think the capt. was HAMMERED!!!!

Posted by ARMYGUY 2005-11-01 07:33|| 2005-11-01 07:33|| Front Page Top

#7 "The chart indicated we were a mile and a half" from the coral reef when the ship ran aground

And just where did they learn to trust charts?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-01 07:43|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-01 07:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Guess someone forgot to turn on the sonar!

Posted by raptor 2005-11-01 08:14|| 2005-11-01 08:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Sonar might damage the fragile ears of whales and dolphins in the area.

Posted by Dick Lynes 2005-11-01 09:06|| 2005-11-01 09:06|| Front Page Top

#10 The ship's own rubber boats safely towed it into deeper water, and it escaped serious damage.

Back to the drawing board boys!

Posted by Haliburtion Coral Reef Ram Division 2005-11-01 09:29|| 2005-11-01 09:29|| Front Page Top

#11 I just had a thought...GP oughta rename the ship the "GSS* Global Warming" and ram reefs all over the world to highlight the damage to the environment caused by...you got it - global warming.

* G stands for Gaia

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-11-01 10:18|| 2005-11-01 10:18|| Front Page Top

#12 the August 2005 navigational map was provided by the mapping office of the Philippine Government

there's your problem

Posted by bk 2005-11-01 11:08|| 2005-11-01 11:08|| Front Page Top

#13 There's just too much in this story to make fun of, but I'll try:

The ship and its crew were assessed a 640,000-peso ($15,000) fine after the 55m motor-assisted schooner ran aground at the Tubbataha Reef Marine Park yesterday, park manager Angelique Songco said.

Well, if one truly believed in global warming, then shouldn't one be expected to do away with all fossil-fuel burning instruments, including motors? Reminds me of the video I saw on World's Funniest Videos one night of some GP Yahoo riding a jet-ski off the Alaskan coast, trying to interrupt the Eskimos (who, by the way, was in an ecologically friendly canoe) from hunting whales, when the Coast Guard was called in. This yahoo cut right in front of the Coast Guard cutter (ya know, the kind that doesn't turn on a dime), and, whoops, the cutter ran right over her and her jet-ski. Don't think she was seriously injured, but it gave me a good chuckle.

He said the August 2005 navigational map was provided by the mapping office of the Philippine Government.

Obviously, charts from before Halliburton - Tsunami Division got a hold of the area, eh?

The ship's own rubber boats safely towed it into deeper water, and it escaped serious damage.

You mean, they don't have boats made of hemp? Don't they know what rubber is made of? Egads, it's made from fossil fuels too. Oh, the hypocrisy of it all.

Posted by BA 2005-11-01 13:02|| 2005-11-01 13:02|| Front Page Top

#14 I still can't figure out why Greenpeace wants to shave the whales.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-11-01 16:00|| 2005-11-01 16:00|| Front Page Top

#15 These guys are too stoned to do anything right.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-11-01 16:01|| 2005-11-01 16:01|| Front Page Top

#16 He said the healthy state of the Tubbataha Reefs did not disprove the theory of global warming, which he described as an "extremely complicated science".

Evidence fits: "Global Warming"
Evidence DOESN'T fit: "extremely complicated science". Pissed off. Ram coral reef with boat.

Posted by tu3031 2005-11-01 16:09|| 2005-11-01 16:09|| Front Page Top

#17 I think Greenpeace should put Thor Hyerdahl in charge of their ship building.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-11-01 16:58|| 2005-11-01 16:58|| Front Page Top

#18 Rubber is made from the sap of the rubber tree. However, and this is a biggie, almost all the rubber trees on the plantations are clones, and some killing disease is going through them... along the lines of Dutch Elm Disease or whatever wiped out the American Chestnut trees. Last I heard, we may be the last generation to have natural rubber for tires (tyres) and things.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-01 22:47|| 2005-11-01 22:47|| Front Page Top

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