Michael Vick of the Atlanta Falcons flips the Crowd the “Dirty Bird”

Vick Flips the Atlanta crowd the Dirty Bird

Way to make friends and influence people in Atlanta, GA. Doesn’t Vick realize that the NFL stands for the “No Finger League”?

(Hat Tip: Drudge Report)

Nice … Vick didn’t just flip the crowd one finger, he showed he was ambidextrous and gave the crowd the dirty bird with both hands. With the performance that the Falcons put on in the Georgia Dome Sunday, losing for the fourth time in a row he is lucky the fans did not ride the entire team out of town on a rail. What do we really expect anymore from professional athletes in this day and age? At least he Vick did not pull a Ricky Manning Jr.

The Falcons lost 31–13 to the Saints while Vick did run for 166 yards, he passed for 9 of 24 for 84 yards. OUCH!!! Think that type of team effort is going to garner anything but boos and choice comments from a paying crowd? Funny how these over-paid athletes do not shy away from the cameras or crowd adulation when they are cheered. They also do not donate parts of their paychecks to charity when they stink up the field.

Of course Vick was quick to apologize as I am sure the Falcon PR department  sat him down immediately.

ESPN, Falcons PR machine

UPDATE: Michael Vick fined $10,000 for obscene gesture

Prime Minister Nelson Oduber’s Wife Glenda Oduber called as witness in Minister Ramon Lee Assault case

They just don’t get it. 18 months after the disappearance of Natalee Holloway and an image and perception by travelers that Aruba takes an apathetic approach to crime, they are doing it again. This time to one of their own. It is hard to imagine that these are the words of a leader. One would think they would want to get to the bottom of an alleged crime, not whine and make excuses. Then again … that is the MO.

Glenda Oduber, the wife of Prime Minister Nelson Oduber was called as a witness in the alleged sexual assault matter against Minister Ramon Lee. The Prime Minister’s wife was asked to testify as the victim claims she telephoned her about what had occurred. What is more disturbing are the comments coming from the Prime Minister. Oduber, are you telling us that there are 100’s of people alleging sexual assaults against your ministers every day? Really? Are you saying so many calls come in alleging assault? You mean you cannot determine the difference between an assault and a nuisance call? Also, the Prime Minister has just admitted they cannot or is it (will not) check everything whether they are true or not.  Isn’t that par for the course?

“Hundreds of people call here every day with all sorts of stories.  We cannot check everything whether they are true or not.  That would mean that we are in court every day or called to witness”, was the premier’s comment on the witness call. 

Because heaven forbid the stories be checked out to make sure the Aruban people are safe. I guess they randomly pick and chose what they deem politically expedient.

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Airlines Expand Schedules to the Caribbean and little Attention given to Aruba

As has been previously discussed, tourism in the Caribbean is on the increase. That is for most islands in the Caribbean; however, Aruba is not one of them.

“Thankfully, we’re climbing and growing quite significantly,” said Hugh Riley, a spokesman for the Caribbean Tourism Organization. (NY Times)

Recently airlines have expanded their schedules to the Caribbean; however, Aruba is getting little attention. The only mention of added flights is that of discount airliner Jet Blue. As of the last tourism reports, Aruba is still in decline. Thus, all this is truly offering is a cheaper way to offer an incentive for the same existing tourists to fly to Aruba rather than on more expensive larger traditional carriers.

Daily Commentary – Monday November 27th, 2006

Dana Pretzer in his morning update discusses

• Gloria Allred represents Micheal Richards Targets From Comedy Club, A Great Chicken and the Egg Question. 

Peter de Vries Investigates the Natalee Holloway Disappearance in Aruba … Lies and conflicts of Interest

It is apparent that Investigative Crime reporter Peter R. de Vries feels that the case of missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway is one of  lies, conflicts of interest and highly sensitive police information. It is also apparent who he is focusing on.

Today at 3:00 PM EDT, 9:00 PM in The Netherlands, Peter R. de Vries will be airing a show regarding the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba. After 18 months of a less than stellar performance by Aruban officials and investigators in Aruba in handling the Natalee Holloway case, Dutch investigative reporter Peter de Vries is taking on the case.  De Vries will be looking at all aspects of the case, existing evidence, primary suspects, statements and all the elements that the ALE and prosecutors should have paid attention to.

Peter R de Vries has a long history of investigative reporting in The Netherlands. He is revered by many and now feared by those who do not wish the truth to come forward. The promo (translated) from Peter R de Vries web site.

In an extra long program of almost 80 minutes, Peter de Vries pays extended attention on Sunday to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, at the end of May 2005. He shows us alot of aspects of this mystery. De Vries investigated in the Netherlands and was recently in Aruba for a week researching.  Peter R. de Vries has spoken with several people concerning the case.

Discussions have been conducted with a number of people confidentially and sometimes in secret, which have produced 6 new revealing facts according to SBS. In the program, it is shown that main suspect Joran van der Sloot has not only lied about the fact that he dropped Natalee off at the Holiday Inn hotel, but that there are more points in his declaration that are not correct.
 
Also, in the investigation of the disappearance, it has come to light the importance of a battle at the justice level between the chief public prosecutor and the Procurator-General on Aruba, a violent conflict concerning the matter. Also it is indicated that during the investigation, remarkable decisions were made and things gone wrong. The police force has meanwhile a new theory concerning what happened that night and particularly where it took place. One for example no longer believes that Joran left Natalee behind on the beach. Peter R. de Vries, crime report is Sunday 21.00 see at SBS 6.

• JORAN VAN DER SLOOT, CHIEF SUSPECT IN NATALEE HOLLOWAY DISAPPEARANCE: I told him, you know, The girl’s still on the beach and, you know, she wanted me to stay there with her. And it’s — you know, I want to go — I want to go home. What do you do? And he reacted, like, you know, OK, yes, (DELETED) let’s go, you know? Let’s go fast. (Fox News)

Joran, we told you back on July 21, 2006 not to get too comfortable and that you were still a suspect. You and yours just did not want to listen.  It appears something may still be on your back.

(Hat Tip: Klaas)

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