Well Done USN SEALS!

U S Navy SEALS rescued
American merchant ship
Captain, Richard Phillips
from Somali pirates.

http://news.aol.com/article/snipers-ended-pirate-standoff/424506?icid=mainhtmlws-maindl1link2http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fsnipers-ended-pirate-standoff%2F424506

This is not the first time the United
States has had to confront Muslim
pirates.

See the First and Second Barberry
Pirate Wars:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Barbary_War


The modern day pirates must be dealt
with as acts of war. It is only a matter
of time until similar pirate incidents
occur elsewhere on the High Seas and
in vital shipping lanes, like the Strait
of Hermuz or other oil shipping lanes
ports and refineries.

Just when you thought gasoline and
home heating oil were back to affordable
prices....think again and recognize how
this temporary respite could evaporate
at any time:

http://www.moneyweek.com/investments/commodities/why-oil-investors-are-still-smiling.aspx


Don't close those RC churches and schools
in Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Cohoes and
Watervliet just yet. People will have to return
from the suburbs and countryside to the cities
because gasoline will not be affordable or
available at any price.

A priority challenge facing the above cities
in this 2009 election year is: restoring urban
neighborhoods, housing, water and sewer
infrastructure to accommodate the return
of people to the cities.

Joe Sullivan