On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen brought on Ken Quinn, second mate of the Maersk Alabama, the ship that was recently boarded by Somali pirates. I have to say, it really brought back memories of my time in the Merchant Marines. The Merchant Marines is when you go on a half-day casino-boat cruise out of Tampa and spend six hours throwing up from seasickness, right? I never faced pirates, but I did lose forty bucks on video poker, so basically same diff.
After the jump, Stephen comments on Congressman Ron Paul's call for government sanctioned vigilantism to combat high seas piracy.
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