*Sea Shepherd related* / Bob Barker to be on Rachel tonight.

[Lex]

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100105-1.html

[Shadowwiggs]

1. Raising money to replace the boat already?

I want to know:

1) how much he is paid

and

2) why he stupidly parked his little boat in the path of a huge ocean liner

Rules of the "road" are very clear on the ocean. You don't park in front of a ship that takes the lengths of football fields to turn a few degrees.

Also, reference the web site; he claims the Japanese ship suddenly started up and hit them.... how do you suddenly start up an ocean vessel?

"According to eyewitness Captain Chuck Swift on the Bob Barker, the attack happened while the vessels were dead in the water. The Shonan Maru No. 2 suddenly started up and deliberately rammed the Ady Gil ripping eight feet of the bow of the vessel completely off. According to Captain Swift, the vessel does not look like it will be saved."

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100105-4.html

How F ing stupid does this captain think people are that now suddenly everybody will chip in millions to replace the ship and his wages?

[Lex]

2. I'm with the anti-whalers every time.

Bob Barker rules! They will raise the money now, plenty of GREAT publicity.

[Shadowwiggs]

3. Bob Barker is a nut. God bless the steak. NT

[Lex]

4. Bob Barker put up $5 million and will put the whalers out of business.

I like steak too. I'm sure there must be a point there somewhere you were trying to make about steak?

[Shadowwiggs]

7. $5 million? That is almost as much as he paid to settle his sexual harassment suits. NT

[Lex]

8. Let's see: steak and harassment suits. Anything else?

You make a lame ass debater.

[DainBramaged]

9. I think a pizza is coming.....

[Lex]

11. hope it has some steak on it for him (nt)

[DainBramaged]

12. maybe he'll slip and give us a few more nuggets to enjoy....

I love pizza deliveries.

[Lex]

22. Pizza was delivered

to poor stupid shadowwiggs:

[Raine]

15. What does "steak" have to do with anything?

:shrug:

[Lex]

16. right-wingers stupidly think we all sip lattes, save the whales, & are vegetarian

same old tired crap from them

[Raine]

19. Going by some old stereotype

well that figures. :silly: They need to pay attention cause Bob Barker as far as I know as never claimed to be a vegetarian.

[petronius]

21. I think it's because every PETA thread requires an avowal of how delicious steak is,

and the Sea Shepherd is somehow vaguely analogous to PETA. Some people are easily confused... :shrug:

[Raine]

20. Just for your info so you don't keep making an ass out of yourself

Bob Barker is not a vegetarian and has never claimed to be. Vegetarians and animal activists are two different things, sometimes they over-lap but you don't have to be one to be the other, duh.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

17. At his age is more like drools

From a seamanship view, its quite clear primary blame lies with the master of the Ady Gil. He was the one playing chicken.

From a showmanship side, Watson is as good as they come and his PR machine is well oiled. Some of the silliness already making the rounds is awesome, if it wasn't so dumb. Its great street theater, bread and circuses for the contributing masses.

In the end it really will not matter. Using the AG in those latitudes in that manner was a setup. It was not going to survive the season regardless.

[Realityhack]

26. The simple answer to #2 is to get hit.

leading to publicity. It is standard OP (or MO) for the group. It doesn't really mater in the end who is at fault, they will use the publicity to their advantage. People who agree will think it is great, those who disagree will say it was a dangerous prank, and people who had no idea the group existed might be exposed to it's message.

Of course they run the risk of backfire as the newly exposed public sides against them and by default against every other anti-whaling group regardless of their activities. But let us not dwell upon the facts where so much spin is to be had.

[Lint Head]

5. The Sea Shepherd is doing great work.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

18. Yes its rating points will be the best this season

[TheWatcher]

6. Maybe he'll beat the shit out of Adam Sandler Again.

I would tune in for that.

:evilgrin:

[DainBramaged]

14. The price is Wrong Bitch..........LOL

[TheWatcher]

23. One of the ALL TIME Great Moments in Cinema.

:rofl:

[Ignis]

24. I'd dig the rabbit ears out of the closet to see that.

:D

[Pretty Boy Floyd]

10. I gotta say

Way to fuckin' go Bob Barker!!!

Who knew?

[EndersDame]

13. He always has been an advocate for animals

at the end of every Price is Right he would encourage spaying and neutering

[goldcanyonaz]

25. Bob Barker is a good man, he was an animal rights activist before it was cool.