Find the treasure ~ lower my bills

LowerMyBills.com has this animated Flash auto insurance ad floating out there (found on CNN.com):

Those look like pirate ships to me.  Do you really want to represent your company as a couple of pirate ships on a treasure hunt?  And those creatures jumping out of the water could be sharks.  Even the best case scenario is [...]

US Pirate Party Endorses Barack Obama

The US Pirate Party has officially endorsed Barack Obama.  Their PDF press release can be found here.

Lego Aqua Raiders

One of the great toy finds of the year is definitely the Lego Aqua Raiders sets.  Here’s one with an amazing Lego skeleton in the lower right-hand corner:

I wonder if it draws its inspiration from Pirates of the Caribbean on some level.  I’d like to think that Disney doesn’t dictate most toy evolutions.
The box set [...]

Disneycemetery ~ People scattering remains at the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’

There is a group of people who think that it’s okay to spread ashes at Disney’s theme parks according to this article. Apparently, the most recent incident happened on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride where a woman claimed she was putting baby powder into the water.

Nothing communicates political scandal faster than a journalist wearing half a bikini

Nothing communicates political scandal faster than a half-naked woman in a bikini. This week, it’s happening in Brazil. According to the Merco Press, journalist Monica Veloso posed recently for Playboy and revealed wrongdoings by her former lover Senate President Renan Calheiros. Merco writes:
The Senator and close ally of President Lula da Silva allegedly paid for [...]

Pirate Politician ~ U.S. Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska)

Florida real estate keeps coming back to this special section of Rapidsea, this time involving a prominent Alaskan.  Don Young has served as the only official in the U.S. House of Representatives from Alaska for almost 35 years.  In the past couple of years, more and more information has been brought forth to lead [...]

Pirate Politician ~ Former U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Sr.

Continuing in the spirit of our post on former Mexican President Vicente Fox and his "beach house" scandal, former U.S. Representative Harold Ford Sr. (D-TN) is in the news with his own.  Among all of the controversy that has followed his son and him around over the years, this time dad’s being accused of [...]

Pirate Politician ~ Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) at his "floating trailer park"

Up until I posted the Pirate Politician Post on Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL), I had avoided using Larry E. Craig as the first “Pirate Politician” for various (perhaps obvious) reasons, but this week his hypocrisy and lust for luxe have been further exposed. It’s time.
I’ll dive right into this post, which was born because [...]

Pirate Politician? Former President Vicente Fox Which came first the beach house or the scandal?

The classic Rapidsea corruption question is popping up again today: Which came first the beach house or the scandal?
I have chided Rep. Jerry Weller’s (R-IL) Nicaraguan land deals and Larry Craig’s (R-ID) yacht club lifestyle, but a new issue has popped up with Mexico’s Former President Vicente Fox in the Houston Chronicle today. [...]

Pirate Politician ~ Torturing tropical kittens to stop Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.)

After learning from Professor Leeson how much law and order went into piratical governance, I couldn’t help but think that Rapidsea should host an occasional section called "Pirate Politician."  I have just the candidate for September.
The political sphere is buzzing about Representative Jerry Weller (R-Illinois) who had made some misjudgments in revealing some paradisiacal [...]

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