RSSPablo Cerda, 23, Fifth Firefighter Dies of Burn Injuries from the California Wild Fires
Another hero has passed. The sad news being reported is that Pablo Cerda, the fifth firefighter who received burns over 90% of his body from the California wild fires has died. Earlier this week four of his fellow fire fighters died battling the wild fires, now Pablo Cerda has passed as well. God bless your soul and rest in peace.
A fifth U.S. Forest Service firefighter died of burns suffered when an engine crew was overrun by a Southern California wildfire blamed on arson, authorities said late Tuesday.
Pablo Cerda, 23, of Fountain Valley, died at 5:08 p.m. at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, said Jeanne Wade Evans, the San Bernardino National Forest supervisor, at a press conference outside the hospital. (Fox News)
One Happy Island … Man caught with 5 kilos of Cocaine in Aruba
Just another case of One Happy Island. So who in Aruba is smuggling 5 kilos back to The 
Netherlands? Did the ATA say Aruba was known for its white sandy beaches or white powdery substances?
Amigoe, October 31, 2006: Man caught with 5 kilos drugs
ORANJESTAD – Customs officials have run in a man yesterday that tried to smuggle 5 kilos cocaine on a flight to the Netherlands. The 61-year old S.A.H. had put the drugs in 13 packages that he taped on his belly, buttocks, and thighs. H. was discovered when a sniffle dog started to bark on him during the passengers control in the departure hall. The man was handed over to the organized crime department. H. declared that he was in Aruba on vacation and that he was talked into smuggling the drugs.
Missing Persons in New England … Several cases of Missing Persons in Water Accidents
What’s going on in the Great White North of New England? There has been a rash of missing persons stories lately. All involving water and with the water temperatures in the 50’s this time of year, that is never a good sign.
Richard Drouin, Jr., 38, Missing in Bath, ME … boat capsized.
Authorities Search Portsmouth, NH Harbor for Missing Person … fell off bridge.
James Sylvestre, 45, still Missing after Falling of MS Mt. Washington during Halloween Cruise
The body of a man who fell off a Halloween cruise during the weekend remained missing Monday as crews used a high-tech cameras to scan Lake Winnipesaukee.
Now We have the “Anti” Father of the Year … Alfredo Martinez uses 7 Year old Son as Designated Driver
The sad part is, truth is stranger than fiction. First we reported about a loving, caring mother 
who killed her baby with cocaine. Not to be out-done, Alfredo Martinez, 37, used his 7 year old son as a designated driver.
As reported at The Smoking Gun, “Martinez directed the boy to drive him home because he was too drunk to do it himself.”
While the Nevada man should be saluted for knowing that he was too drunk to get behind the wheel last night, he probably should not have tabbed his seven-year-old son as his designated driver. Martinez, 37, was arrested after Reno cops spotted his car weaving across lanes and stopping suddenly.
Not so Fast Democrats … Black Democrats in MD Cross Party Lines To Back Steele for Senate
The Democrats and the MSM may wish they never have boasted of “The Blue Wave” that 
was going to sweep up the Republican Party on November 7. Now less than two weeks before the midterm elections the Democratic Party and MSM are getting a bit nervous. The “Blue Wave” may turn into Democrats feeling blue.
In Maryland the US Senate Race is getting interesting. In a state where Democrats out-number Republicans 2 to 1, Republican candidate “Black Democrats Cross Party Lines To Back Steele For U.S. Senate.” Michael S. Steele is gaining momentum.
A coalition of black Democratic political leaders from Prince George’s County led by former county executive Wayne K. Curry endorsed Republican Michael S. Steele’s bid for the U.S. Senate yesterday.
The support from Curry, five County Council members and others barely a week before Election Day reflects their continued disappointment that the Democratic Party has no African American candidates at the top of the ticket and a sense that the county is being ignored, officials said.
Take a good listen Democratic Party to those that you have taken for granted far too long and merely have an expectation that Blacks will vote for you, just because.
“They show us a pie, but we never get a slice,” said Major F. Riddick Jr., a former aide to then-Gov. Parris N. Glendening and a former county executive candidate. “We are here today to say we’ve waited and we’ve waited and we’re waiting no longer.”
Aruba Quick to Rush Loan ($$$) Issue to Court … Aruban Lawsuit against the Netherlands
When its about money and loans, Aruba seems to find the fast track and expedite lawsuits in 
the courts. When its about missing American tourists … that seems to be another issue. Priorities.
Amigoe, October 31, 2006: Lawsuit against the Netherlands
ORANJESTAD – If by this Friday the Netherlands does not change her position regarding the foreign loans, the Aruban government will take them to court. The relations between the countries got this worse that Aruba will not be present at the governmental deliberations on the new political relations within the Kingdom this Wednesday.
John Kerry, Lover Of the Military
I grew up in the Northeast and saw the disdain that John Kerry shows for the military in this clip first hand in many faces around me. Now I live in the south and see the proud military tradition that encompasses this region, it makes me proud of our men and women in the service.
“You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.”
And kids, don’t listen to this moron who wanted to be President of the United States. If you do not study in school, you have a much better chance of being a New England Liberal than a soldier in Iraq. That is because the military has the higher standards.
“Senator Kerry not only owes an apology to those who are serving, but also to the families of those who’ve given their lives in this,” White House press secretary Tony Snow said. “This is an absolute insult.”
Of course Senator John Kerry being the man that he is responded with the following:
”This is the classic GOP playbook,” Kerry said in a harshly worded statement. “I’m sick and tired of these despicable Republican attacks that always seem to come from those who never can be found to serve in war, but love to attack those who did. I’m not going to be lectured by a stuffed suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium.”
Senator Kerry owes an apology to the many thousands of Americans serving in Iraq, who answered their country’s call because they are patriots and not because of any deficiencies in their education. Americans from all backgrounds, well off and less fortunate, with high school diplomas and graduate degrees, take seriously their duty to our country, and risk their lives today to defend the rest of us in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.They all deserve our respect and deepest gratitude for their service. The suggestion that only the least educated Americans would agree to serve in the military and fight in Iraq, is an insult to every soldier serving in combat, and should deeply offend any American with an ounce of appreciation for what they suffer and risk so that the rest of us can sleep more comfortably at night. Without them, we wouldn’t live in a country where people securely possess all their God-given rights, including the right to express insensitive, ill-considered and uninformed remarks. (Drudge Report)
What struck me about this comment beyond the obvious fact that it is insulting to our troops, is just how politically incompetent John Kerry is. Here we are, a week before Election Day, Democrats are favored to win back control of the House and possibly the Senate, so you’d think it would make sense for the party’s leaders to play it safe. Republicans have tried very hard to convince voters that Democrats don’t support our troops, a charge that Democrats have been countering by saying that they do support the troops, only that they oppose the war and want to bring the troops home.
A Democratic congressman told ABC News Tuesday, “I guess Kerry wasn’t content blowing 2004, now he wants to blow 2006, too.”
Daily Commentary – Tuesday October 31st, 2006
Dana Pretzer comments on these issues in the news in his daily podcast:
- What is a Cop?
Daniela Toledo do Prado … Mother of the Year Award (NOT!!!) … Accused of Giving baby Cocaine
Simply unbelievable, sad and tragic. Why certain people even have children is a mystery. If you don’t want them, please give them up for adoption. 21 year old Daniela Toledo do Prado has been charged with murder of her one year old daughter. The baby died of a drug overdose. The police found traces of cocaine in the baby’s bottle. We file this one under, “why do they walk among us”? What did this baby have to look forward to if she had actually lived? Regrettable, the one year old baby died of heart failure.
Doctors found a suspicious white powder on the girl’s tongue. The mother claimed the powder was milk but it tested positive for cocaine, Rodrigues said.
Police searched the mother’s house and found a hypodermic needle and a bottle hidden behind a shelf in a baby supply bag. The bottle and the needle had traces of cocaine. (Breitbart)
Aruba Worried about Financial Reputation … ha … Best Worry about your Reputation in General
Once again in Aruba … its all about the money … Can these people be any more short 
sighted? One would not have to worry about their financial situation, if you had taken care of business and properly investigated a crime against a tourist.
The reputation and name of Aruba on the international financial market is at stake, says minister Nilo Swaen (MEP) of Finance and Economic Affairs
Aruba, News Flash … You best worry about the reputation of your island in general. Aruba would worry about their financial reputation? Aruba’s reputation has been in question and at stake since 5/30/05. The manner in how Aruban officials showed the world that the covering up a crime was more important and a tourism at all cost vision is apparent to all. Your reputation is already toast for the most part as seen by the continual decline in tourism since the charade known as the Natalee Holloway investigation. 
It is too bad that the Aruban officials did not take the reputation of Aruba as serious as they do when it comes to the almighty florin.
Swaen indicated in a reaction that in the past five years, the Netherlands has never mentioned that there are stipulations with borrowing money in foreign countries. Aruba participates in the international financial market and is being monitored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Fitch Ratings. According to the minister, Aruba has better ratings this year compared to last year.
On November 1, 2006 Deepak and Satish’s attorney, David Kock, will petition the Aruban courts to have his clients taken off the suspect list in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. The interview can be heard here with David Kock as too what he sets out to do for his clients.
We have said for months, hopefully Aruba will listen or they will not have to worry about any financial reputation … as their overall reputation will be gone, if it already is not beyond repair. Maybe some in Aruba would like to explain, for a legal system that relies so much on “hard evidence” like DNA and confessions why no such tests were done on the three suspects and their possessions day 1? Instead, they were allowed to get rid of any potential evidence. Think your reputation is not gone? Tourists do not go to Aruba not because they fear of safety … they fear that they will be provided no justice if heaven forbid something happens to them. That is Aruba’s legacy. There is another word Aruban officials may want to concern themselves with as well, honor.
What is good for the three suspects, Joran Van der Sloot, Deepak Kalpoe and Satish Kalpoe … is terrible for Aruba, its people and its economy. One would have thought they would have figured this out with their non-existent tourism.
Posted October 30, 2006 by Scared Monkeys Aruba, Crime, Economy, Missing Persons, Natalee Holloway, Politics | 68 comments |
