Whale Awards

I'd like to announce the winner of this years annual whaling hunt. The award goes to the United States of America! Congratulations!

United States of America would like to thank Japan, Norway and Greenland leading the largest whaling hunt in the world, along with Canada, Iceland, Indonesia, Russia and the Eskimos for all the hunting in the background nobody hears of.

You've heard all the controversies and hype around the whaling hunt being in the media spotlight. What I was both amazed and impressed to see was how the United States are handling this situation. Without being directly involved and utilizing their usual military power or economic power tactics, they are unexpectedly tackling this issue indirectly, behind the scenes away from all the commotion.

Sea Shepherd, a member of Greenpeace has been tackling this issue directly with the Japanese Hunters with their annual whale hunting in the antarctic seas. They have been chasing each other like cat and mouse every hunting season only to see that the solution has not moved forward. Instead they are losing numerous number of hours and most recently, Sea Shepherd lost their high tech speed boat worth $3 million.

While all this is going on, many of the Americans have been taking footage (some secretive) for documentary series such as Whaling Wars and The Cove. The Cove recently won the best documentary feature award at the at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards ceremony Sunday in Los Angeles. It most likely will be propaganda, but nevertheless an intelligent method of tackling this issue without being directly involved in this "War".

Just think about how many advocates will join the support after watching these simple documentaries. It's a sure way to move people to finding a resolution quickly, and also make a quick buck in the process! I've got to hand it to the Americans on this one....

Whaling Wars


The Cove


You've got to love the corny dramatic scenes, especially the background music.